Ten Brown & James attorneys have been named to the 2025 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. Another five have been named as Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars. Principal Edward Zeidler was listed as a Super Lawyer for the first time, and Principal Matthew Lakamp and Associate Remington Harris were listed as Rising Stars for the first time.
Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in a state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area.
The 2025 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers from Brown & James lawyers selected for this credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys are:
- Joshua Davis, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)
- David P. Ellington, St. Louis (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense)
- Corey L. Kraushaar, St. Louis (Personal Injury General: Defense)
- Steven H. Schwartz, St. Louis (Professional Liability: Defense)
- Christopher Seibold, Kansas City (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Christine Vaporean, St. Louis (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense)
- Michael Ward, St. Louis (Appellate)
- Philip L. Willman, St. Louis (Personal Injury General: Defense)
- Richard Woolf, St. Louis (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Edward Zeidler, St. Louis (Personal Injury General: Defense)
Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers. Lawyers must be 40 years old or younger, or in practice 10 years or less. Only the top 2.5 percent are named to the list.
- Emma Bean, Kansas City (Construction Litigation)
- Rebecca Guntli, St. Louis (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Remington Harris, St. Louis (Personal Injury General: Defense)
- Matthew Lakamp, St. Louis (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense)
- Bryce Pfalzgraf, St. Louis (Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense)
The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law.