Attorney Profiles

 have been working for plaintiff's law firms representing people in personal injury and wrongful death cases since 2003. I formed the Law Offices of Jeremiah Johnson PA in 2006 and have been practicing personal injury and wrongful death law in Kansas and Missouri every day since opening the office. I have settled dozens of auto accident, wrongful death, and negligence cases in both Kansas and Missouri, with the total amount of settlements in the millions of dollars.

I believe in taking and working on every Kansas or Missouri personal injury/wrongful death case with the assumption that the case will go to trial.  Although the vast majority of personal injury and wrongful death cases end up settling before trial, I believe this approach allows us to get better offers for our clients, and of course it means that we will be better prepared for trial than an attorney who is forced to scramble to put together a trial plan at the last second. We have seen offers immediately go from $10,000 to $300,000 once opposing counsel realized we were ready to take the case to trial.

I have taken a large range of cases to trial in front of judges and juries in both State and Federal Court. Our office's philosophy is to be ready to take any of our cases to trial in the most advantageous jurisdiction possible. I feel that our trial experience helps us demand and recover more money for our Johnson County, Kansas City, Kansas, and Missouri personal injury and wrongful death clients because we can hold a defendant's or insurance companies feet to the fire. It is easy to realize that a defendant or insurance company is going to de-value a case with an attorney who is afraid or unwilling to take a case to trial - if they know the attorney is afraid to present the case to a jury, why would the defendants and insurance companies pay?

I strive to know all of the ever-changing law that affects our clients cases and I, along with my employees, also maintain a number of contacts in the litigation defense industry, the insurance industry, and the medical industry.  These contacts help us keep abreast of ever changing policies and practices which allows us to maximize the recoveries (settlements or judgments) for our Kansas and Missouri personal injury and wrongful death clients. We know their tactics and we know how to use them to our clients' advantages.

I also strive to ensure that everyone in our client remembers rule #1 - that we are representing our clients, not ourselves. This rule may sound simple enough, but you would be surprised how many law firms and attorneys simply treat clients as "files" and not people with unique and important cases.

We strive to be available to our clients. We do not screen calls in our office. If you call for one of us and we are here and available, we will make time to talk to you. If we are not in the office, we return most calls in a few hours and nearly every call within 24 hours. We also reply to almost every email with 24 hours. We send our clients copies of court pleadings and other important documents to insure that they are up to date with their cases. We also provide our cell phone numbers to our personal injury and wrongful death clients so that they can reach us after hours. Our goal is to make sure that every client is represented as well as possible.