Motor Vehicle lawyers within 300 miles of Independence Missouri

Andrea Welch is the President of the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association (board member since 2001, member since 1999). She is also the President of the Missouri Municipal Prosecutors Association (member since 2000). Andrea has been a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Municipal Court Committee since 1999 and a member of the Missouri Criminal Defense Attorneys since 2001. She has been a Sugar Creek Optimist Club member since 2007 and on the Sugar Creek Parks and Recreation Committee since 2005.

WHEN IT MATTERS The trial lawyers at Votava Nantz & Johnson specialize in claims involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. It attorneys have consistently secured for their clients many verdicts and settlements totaling millions of dollars since the law firm was founded. We focus on cases involving trucking and commercial motor vehicle crashes, worksite and construction accidents, bad faith insurance claims and other cases involving death or catastrophic injury. Call or email us when you or a loved one suffers injury or is killed due to someone else’s negligence. We happily provide free consultations to potential clients. Contact us at 816.895.8800 or help@vnjlaw.com to request your FREE consultation to get started.

Kirk Rahm has been recognized since 2006 as one of Missouri’s “SuperLawyers” by the Missouri and Kansas SuperLawyers and Rising Stars Magazine. He is also a Certified Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocate and National Trial Lawyers Top 100. We have handled a broad range of legal practice areas over the years, including personal injury, legal malpractice, medical malpractice and wrongful discharge employment cases. This experience is invaluable in our efforts to maximize settlements and achieve favorable results as efficiently as possible.

Joshua P. Myers is a founding partner of the Premier Personal Injury Law Firm, Schultz & Myers, LLC. Mr. Myers exclusively focuses his practice on Personal Injury Law and specializes in Tractor-Trailer Semi-Truck Accident cases. He is known throughout the community as a fierce advocate for injury victims and takes a no-nonsense “guerilla warfare” approach when fighting the insurance companies. Throughout his career, Josh Myers has devoted 100% of his time to fighting for injury victims. This intense focus on injury law as the foundation which has led to his successes. In just the past several years alone, he has helped obtain tens of millions of dollars in settlements and judgments. In particular, his practice specifically focuses on two areas – commercial motor vehicle collisions (tractor-trailers) and insurance litigation such as bad faith and coverage determinations. Given his notoriety in these areas, the Missouri Bar Association has asked him to train other lawyers on how to properly investigate and litigate commercial motor vehicle cases. In 2010, the Missouri Lawyers Weekly named him as one of Missouri’s “Up & Coming Lawyers”. He was later honored by Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly as on of the “Winningest Lawyers” based upon his trial results. From 2010 – 2013, he was recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star”. From 2014 through the present, he has been honored annually as a “Super Lawyer”. In 2018, he was named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by U.S. News and World Report in the field of Insurance Litigation.

Kevin Roach is a native St. Louisan and has been practicing law in Missouri and Illinois since 2001. After receiving his B.A. from Colorado State University in 1993, Kevin Roach attended St. Mary’s University School of Law and graduated with his Juris Doctor in 2000. Kevin makes his home in Wildwood with his wife and two kids. When he’s not in the office or courtroom he enjoys coaching his son’s little league games, attending Cardinal and Blues games as well as the great-outdoors. He is an avid skier and enjoys regular ski trips to Colorado with his family. Whether he is traveling, fishing, or skiing it is important to be able to share these passions with his family and friends. Kevin and his wife are active with several charitable organizations and are members of St. Alban Roe Parish. Most recently Kevin and his wife became licensed foster parents. Helping disadvantaged children has been very rewarding and similar in many ways to helping his injury clients. Bar Admissions include Missouri, Illinois, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

I am married with three children. I am a native St. Louisan who enjoys watching sports, playing golf, and hunting. My family and I are members of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church.