Belton, MO

Kim Benjamin

Kim Benjamin is the Founding Attorney & CEO of The Benjamin Law Firm, LLC. She has been practicing since 1997, starting as a public defender in Kansas City, Missouri. She is recognized as an expert DWI and criminal defense lawyer and a spectacular trial lawyer, having handled over 70 jury trials. Kim is a faculty member at the Trial Lawyers College (TLC) and the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), and chairs the Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar. She has received numerous awards including the Atticus Finch Award, the Women’s Justice Award for litigation, and has been named a SuperLawyer in 2020 and 2021, and Client's Choice Award by Avvo. She is a lifetime member of MACDL, a Fellow of the Bar with KCMBA, a board member of the Cass County Bar Association, and served as President of MACDL in 2013-14. She was also appointed to the Missouri Ethics Commission. Kim holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School.

Craig Napier

Craig Napier is the Managing Attorney at The Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, with over 20 years of experience, focusing almost exclusively on criminal law for the past 15 years. He is known for his creative litigation and negotiation skills, and has handled approximately 60 felony jury trials. Craig previously ran the District 28 Trial Office of the Missouri State Public Defender. He graduated from Wright State University with a degree in Communications Studies and from UMKC School of Law in 2003. Craig has received extensive advanced trial training, including graduating from the National Criminal Defense College’s Trial Practice Institute in 2015 and the Trial Lawyers College 3-week program in 2021. In 2023, he won the Charles M. Shaw Award for Trial Excellence from the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Megan Oliver

Megan Oliver is an Associate Attorney at The Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, passionate about criminal defense. She graduated cum laude from Northwest Missouri State with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Political Science and earned her law degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law in 2019. Megan was a semi-finalist at the Tournament of Champions in 2018 and a finalist at the National Trial Competition in 2019. She also interned at the Trial Lawyer’s College. Megan began her legal career with the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office, handling cases from low-level misdemeanors to high-level felonies, and is known for her compassionate representation.

Jennifer Reagan

Jennifer Reagan is a Senior Associate Attorney at The Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, specializing in family law, traffic cases, and criminal law. She received her bachelor’s in psychology and minored in Criminal Justice in 1991 and her law degree in 1995 from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. Her law degree thesis focused on 'Prosecutorial Uses of DNA'. Jennifer has been practicing for almost 30 years and joined the firm in January 2024, where she heads the traffic division and handles expungement, hardship, and reinstatement cases. She has received President’s Awards from both the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation.

Blaine H. Elliott

Blaine H. Elliott is an attorney practicing in Belton, Missouri, focusing on consumer-related litigation, particularly fraud in automobile sales, and family law matters such as divorce and child custody. He received his J.D. from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in 1996 and is admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas. He is also a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

William Vance

William Vance is a Law Clerk at The Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, and a second-year student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He holds a degree in Criminology from Missouri State University. Will is a member of the UMKC Law Review and has participated in fieldwork for the Midwest Innocence Project, focusing on injustices within the criminal justice system.