Joseph W. Elliott

Joe has nearly four decades of trial practice. He has handled numerous cases in the Kansas City area, St. Joseph, and throughout northwest Missouri. He has litigation experience at both the state and federal levels. He has appeared before every state court in the Northwest Missouri area and has handled litigation in several jurisdictions outside the state of Missouri. Joe has nearly four decades of trial practice. He has handled numerous cases in the Kansas City area, St. Joseph, and throughout northwest Missouri. He has litigation experience at both the state and federal levels. He has appeared before every state court in the Northwest Missouri area and has handled litigation in several jurisdictions outside the state of Missouri. Joe graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1983. During law school, he focused on trial competitions and earned admission to The Order of Barristers. In his last year of law school, he also worked for former Missouri Supreme Court Judge Robert Seiler drafting opinions, compiling research, and reviewing death sentence cases for comparative review. Joe focuses his practice on serious injury cases, including vehicle crashes, product liability, wrongful death, unsafe premises, fire losses, decedent estate disputes, and medical cases. From 1986 through 1996, Joe’s practice consisted primarily of insurance defense in many diverse areas, providing him with experience in a wide array of cases such as fire or alleged arson recoveries, vehicle accidents, premises liability, insurance contract disputes, and medical malpractice. Early in his career, Joe represented defendants in medical malpractice matters, giving him experience in understanding the inner workings of hospitals and various medical specialties. Joe has also handled several large estate disputes. These have included a fraudulent will that suddenly appeared shortly after a death, situations where one family member has taken advantage of circumstances to squeeze out other family members, and cases of undue influence where an outsider ended up with the family farm. Estate disputes are common and should be pursued quickly when strange events happen.