Lee's Summit, MO

Roger Nail

Roger Nail has been litigating high-stakes personal injury cases since the late 1990’s. He founded The Nail Law Firm to focus on representing those injured by negligence. He previously served as a felony prosecutor and worked at an international law firm defending product liability and professional malpractice cases, gaining insight into corporate defense strategies. For nine years, he was a partner at a plaintiff's personal injury firm, specializing in complex medical information and thorough investigations. Since 2005, he has represented victims of catastrophic injury and wrongful death, including medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, motor vehicle accidents, and product/premises liability, as well as mass tort product liability cases. He is recognized for his dedication to clients and has received numerous awards, including the Thomas J. Conway Young Trial Lawyer Award, '40 Under Forty', 'Best of the Bar', and 'Super Lawyer' distinctions.

Paul L. Redfearn III

Paul Redfearn is the owner and President of The Redfearn Law Firm, P.C., founded in 1984. He devotes his practice to representing individuals who have been seriously injured or lost loved ones as a result of medical negligence, defective and dangerous products, motor vehicle/truck collisions, or dangerous conditions of property. He is an experienced civil trial lawyer, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates in Civil Trial Advocacy. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, named to The Best Lawyers in America, and a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers recipient since 2005. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in 1973 and Oklahoma City University in 1976. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1977.

James Roswold

James Roswold has been in practice since 1990. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and University of Iowa Law School. He has extensive litigation experience in personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and workers' compensation cases. He was honored with the 2025 Best in Law Award and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is admitted to practice in Missouri and Kansas.

Chris Benjamin

Chris Benjamin is a seasoned trial attorney with extensive experience in personal injury, traffic law, and criminal defense. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 2002. He has handled over 200 trials, served as a municipal judge in Garden City, Missouri, and argued cases before the Supreme Court of Missouri, the Western District Court of Appeals, and the Southern District Court of Appeals. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients and has been named a 'Super Lawyer' by the Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers publication every year since 2019. He also has extensive legislative experience, having served as Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives and General Counsel to the Majority Floor Leader. Chris is actively involved in the community, serving as President of the Metropolitan Community College Board of Trustees and as a former board member of the Cass County Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees and the Emergency Services Board. He is also a past President of the Harrisonville Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Missouri Bar, and a former member of the Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judges Association.

David DeGreeff

Dave DeGreeff focuses his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on medical negligence, nursing home litigation, complex pharmaceutical and/or medical device actions and catastrophic personal injury. Dave has successfully represented clients in all aspects of litigation, up to and through trial, including serving as primary counsel on numerous cases resulting in multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements. He has been appointed by various courts to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Common Benefit Fee Committee for multiple consolidated litigations. He also served on the trial team for several complex medical device cases, including the first bellwether case in the In Re: Bard Filters Product Liability Litigation which resulted in a $3.6 million-dollar verdict for the plaintiff.

Phillip B. Grubaugh

Phillip B. Grubaugh has been practicing law since 1975 and is licensed in Missouri. He graduated with distinction from the University of Missouri and its School of Law, where he was awarded Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa. He has extensive experience in personal injury defense and commercial litigation, and joined Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys in 2012 as Of Counsel. He has been recognized with an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell and as a Top Car Accident Attorney by Avvo.

Michael D. Wallis

Michael Wallis has been with The Redfearn Law Firm since 2001. He received his accounting degree in 1991 from the University of Kansas, and his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1996. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1996 and the Kansas Bar in 1997. He is a member of the United States District Court for Missouri, Western District, and the United States District Court of Kansas. He has represented victims of motor vehicle and trucking crashes, medical negligence, defective and dangerous products, and dangerous conditions of property, and has been involved in obtaining multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.