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Kansas City, Missouri

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Brett Williams

Attorney

Brett is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen, where he prosecutes cases on behalf of those injured due to nursing home abuse and neglect, motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents, and insurance bad faith. Since joining Brown & Crouppen in 2015, Brett has helped his clients get the compensation they deserve, including a $15 million settlement for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident and a $1 million settlement in a nursing home abuse and neglect case.

Before joining Brown & Crouppen, Brett was principal at the St. Louis law firm of Brown & James, P.C., one of the largest litigation firms in Missouri. While there, he gained valuable experience defending corporations and individuals in a wide variety of personal injury cases. Brett then moved to Kansas City to join Brown & Crouppen to represent the interests of those injured by others’ negligence.

Brett is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas and received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.

EDUCATION

University of Missouri School of Law — Columbia, Missouri
Juris Doctor, 2000
Villanova University — Villanova, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, 1997

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Super Lawyers,® 2015-2024

SIGNIFICANT CASES

$10.75 MILLION

SETTLEMENTWillsey v. Rowles, Jackson County, Missouri (May 2025)
A client was severely injured when a vehicle pulled out in front of his motorcycle. After the Defendant’s insurance company failed to timely tender the $25,000 policy limits upon the request of the Plaintiff, suit was filed, and the case resolved shortly thereafter for 430 times the policy limits.

$700K

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, St. Louis County, Missouri (May 2025)
On behalf of the client’s father, who was a resident at a Maryland Heights, Missouri nursing home. The client’s father became unresponsive, and the nursing home staff negligently failed to administer CPR, which led to his death.

$775K

SETTLEMENTRalston v. Seymour, Shawnee County, Kansas (February 2025)
Client was injured while a passenger in a single-vehicle wreck. After the Defendant’s insurance company failed to timely tender the $100,000 policy limits upon the request of the Plaintiff, suit was threatened, and the case then resolved for nearly 8 times the policy limits.

$1.75 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Wyandotte County, Kansas (January 2024)
Client suffered significant injuries, including his neck and shoulders, when struck by a tractor-trailer.

$900K

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, St. Louis County, Missouri (January 2024)
Client’s mother died as a result of a fire at a St. Louis County nursing home.

$2.5 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Jackson County, Missouri (September 2023)
Parents whose minor son was tragically killed at a homeowners’ association event.

$1.5 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Wyandotte County, Kansas (September 2023)
A spouse whose husband was killed when struck by a tractor-trailer.

$1 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, City of St. Louis, Missouri (March 2023)
On behalf of the client’s mother, who was assaulted while a resident at a St. Louis, Missouri residential care facility. The client’s mother died as a result of the assault by the other resident.

$2.5 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Platte County, Missouri (December 2021)
For a client whose wife was killed in a motor vehicle accident by a driver who was texting while driving. After the Defendant’s insurance company failed to tender the $25,000 policy limits upon the request of the Plaintiff, suit was filed, and the case resolved for 100 times the policy limits before trial.

$748,848

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Jackson County, Missouri (April 2021)
On behalf of the client’s mother, who was a resident at a Kansas City, Missouri, nursing home. The client’s mother developed a pressure sore on the back of her head, which became infected and led to her death.

$1 MILLION

SETTLEMENTConfidential v. Confidential, Jackson County, Missouri (January 2019)
On behalf of a client’s father, who was a resident at a Kansas City, Missouri nursing home. The client’s father, who was on a restricted diet, was allowed to eat a piece of fruit that he choked on and, as a result, died several days later.

$15 MILLION

SETTLEMENTAundre Hobbs, Jr. v. James Gorham, Wyandotte County, Kansas (January 2018)
For a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident. Defendant Gorham’s insurance company first denied liability but later voluntarily paid $15 million even though the policy limits were $100,000.

$61,603.01

VERDICTDamian Gloyd v. Troy Shankles, Cass County, Missouri (December 2017)
For a client who suffered soft-tissue injuries in a motor vehicle accident.

$1.3 MILLION

VERDICTJohn Adams v. Statewide Public Safety, Jackson County, Missouri (December 2013)
$1.3 million verdict for a client injured by a private security guard.

$200K

VERDICTGarry and Linda Schwab v. Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Jackson County, Missouri (November 2013)
$200,000 verdict for clients injured by a defective highway guardrail.

$100K

VERDICTPhillip Dennis v. District Public Safety, Jackson County, Missouri (December 2012)
$100,000 verdict for a client injured due to negligence of a private security company

$250K

VERDICTJeffery Washington v. Club NRG, LLC, Jackson County, Missouri (August 2012)
$250,000 verdict for a client injured by a patron outside a downtown Kansas City nightclub.

$300K

VERDICTElicia McCoy v. Marten Transport, Ltd., United States District Court of Wyoming (June 2011)
$300,000 verdict for a client injured by a fatigued tractor-trailer driver.

$150K

VERDICTEldred Davis v. Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Lafayette County, Missouri (May 2011)
$150,000 verdict for client injured due to dangerous highway conditions.

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