Scott City, KS

Ron Pope

Ron is an experienced personal injury attorney in Topeka who is dedicated to representing those injured by another’s negligence. He attended Emporia State University, where he received his Bachelors before going to Washburn University School of Law in Topeka to earn his Juris Doctor. Ron is an active member of the legal community - throughout the years of his career, he has been involved a number of associations including the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Association for Justice, the American Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association. Ron's outstanding legal work has earned him numerous awards and accolades, including: AV Preeminent® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, 2000- Present; Law Dragon Best 3000 Lawyers in America, 2005-Present; Super Lawyers® in Kansas and Missouri, 2006-Present; Top 100 lawyers in Kansas - 2007-Present; Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury - 2006-Present; Marques Who’s Who for Lawyers - 2006-Present.

Kevin Diehl

Kevin L. Diehl is a founding partner of Ralston, Pope & Diehl. Born and raised in Hays, Kansas, Kevin worked throughout high school and college, while being very active in school sports and outdoor activities. He attended Thomas Moore Prep-Marian High School and received a BS in Finance from Ft. Hays State University in 1982, graduating summa cum laude. After graduation, Kevin went on to attend Washburn University School of Law and graduated magna cum laude in 1985. Kevin’s entire legal career has been devoted to the area of personal injury, which includes: Automobile, Motorcycle accidents, Large semi truck accidents, Medical negligence, Brain injury, Spinal injury, Fire injury. Kevin is licensed to practice law in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. He has also practiced in front of the Kansas Court of Appeals, Kansas Supreme Court, 10th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, and Federal District Courts in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Kevin is also able to practice in Tribal Courts, including Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation, Kickapoo Tribal Court and Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. Professional service is also a large part of Kevin’s practice. He has served on the Shawnee County Local Rules Committee, the Topeka Bench Bar Committee, the Topeka Medical Legal Committee, and has been a Master of the Inns of Court. Throughout the years of his career, Kevin has gained recognition for his outstanding legal work. Some of his impressive accomplishments include: Super Lawyers Missouri and Kansas: Top Attorneys Personal Injury; National Academy of personal injury Attorneys: Top Ten Attorney Award; National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers; National Association of Distinguished Counsel; Nations Top 1%; U.S. News and World Report; First Tier Ranking Best Law Firms in Kansas; American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, One of the 10 Best in Client Satisfaction. Kevin has also served as an adjunct professor at Washburn University School of Law and has participated in their Mentor program. He has given numerous legal presentations at various seminars involving the area of personal injury litigation, medical negligence, auto law, and general personal injury law. Kevin has also given presentations to insurance companies regarding the plaintiff’s perspective and has also given presentations to school groups involving the general practice of law and law as a career.

Tom Diehl

Thomas B. Diehl is an attorney with Ralston, Pope & Diehl, LL. His practice focuses on plaintiff’s personal injury, with an emphasis in complex medical negligence, trucking accidents, and products liability cases. Born and raised in Hays, Kansas, he attended Thomas More Prep-Marian High School. His father, Robert Diehl, is also an attorney and his uncle, Kevin Diehl, is a partner at RPD. Tom is a 2004 graduate of the University of Kansas, where he received a B.A. in Mathematics with Distinction and University Honors along with a minor in economics. During that same year, he was also selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2007, he earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas. In January 2007, Tom started working for Ralston, Pope & Diehl, LLC, as a legal intern. On September 28, 2007, Tom was admitted to the Kansas Bar. Soon after, he began litigating and working cases full-time. He has given presentations on the Kansas Health Information Technology Exchange Act (KHITE), K.S.A. § 65-6821, et seq., which is intended to bring Kansas law in harmony with HIPAA. He also regularly speaks to how technology can aid in all phases of litigation, from investigation of claims, through the demand process and litigation, up to and including trial. He also lectures on dealing with Medicare liens and Medicare Set-Aside Accounts in liability cases. During his spare time, Tom enjoys coaching youth basketball across Topeka.

Greg Diehl

Greg Diehl focuses his practice on representing personal injury cases, including car accidents, medical malpractice, truck accidents, wrongful death claims, and more. He completed his undergraduate degree in Finance from Fort Hays State University, and went on to earn his law degree from Washburn University School of Law. Greg has been named one of 2017 Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys Under 40 in Kansas by the National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys. He is an exceptionally skilled attorney who is passionate about helping the injured.

Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson is a Wyoming native and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wyoming. He then went on to receive his law degree from Washburn University School of Law in 2013, graduating with honors. Ben is licensed to practice law in Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. Ben has successfully represented numerous civil and criminal cases for public and private clients. He is a trial attorney who can provide effective representation in many areas of the law, including personal injury, wrongful death, and other civil litigation matters. Ben is also well-versed in providing non-litigation solutions to complicated legal and regulatory matters.

For over 25 years, Attorney David Thomas has practiced in the area of personal injury law. During that time, he has represented both insurance companies and individuals who have been injured. He is a former insurance defense attorney with firsthand knowledge of the insurance carriers' defense tactics.

David Rutledge (Rut) started practicing law in 2010 and opened his firm in 2015. He graduated from Loyola New Orleans College of Law and earned his Juris Doctorate in both common and civil law. He worked for the Honorable Judge Richard Haik of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the Honorable Jude Ellis Daigle at the 27th District Court in Opelousas, LA.