Michael Foster is the 2018 Pro Bono Publico award winner given by the Missouri Bar Association for outstanding character and pro bono commitment. Michael is also the 2018 Legal Champion given by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. He is a former shareholder at one of the biggest law firms in the country and resides in the Kansas City area with his wife Melissa and their two children.
Michael has a well-honed ability to see the big picture and quickly narrow options to a best possible solution. From growing up in a family of attorneys, this legal intuition comes to him naturally. His father was a noted Wyandotte County, Kansas, attorney for 40+ years, and his uncle is a district court judge in Johnson County, Kansas. Four other aunts and uncles are attorneys or former judges who have or are practicing in Kansas or Missouri. Michael grew up in the Kansas City area and is a former Division 1 college athlete and a Kansas City Star All-Metro Team selection in high school. This collective background has contributed to Michael’s unrelenting drive to compete and win.
As a former partner at one of the biggest laws firm in the country, Michael has successfully represented some of the most noteworthy national clients in their toughest legal battles, and recently won the largest jury verdict in United States history for a prisoner secondhand smoking case that led to a statewide ban on prisoner smoking.
Michael relishes time in the courtroom, and fights on behalf of local and regional plaintiffs who have experienced adverse situations due to liability, negligence or wrongdoing. He has been on both sides of the court and knows how the most aggressive defense firms approach cases. This insider’s knowledge enables Michael to craft winning legal strategies for his clients, whether their matters are large or small, in multiple types of litigation:
• Personal injury
• Car Wrecks
• Truck Accidents
• Dog Bites
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Wrongful Death
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
- J.D. (2008) | Law Degree
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- Honors: Cum Laude, Marvin Rich Scholarship
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- Drake University
- J.D. (2004) | Finance
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- Honors: Cum Laude, Presidential Scholar
- Activities: Golf Team
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- Shareholder
- Polsinelli PC
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- Shareholder of 850 person law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri
- Anatomy of a Personal Injury Claim: A Guide to the Legal Process in Kansas and Missouri
- Foster Wallace, LLC
- What Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Know About Your Kansas or Missouri Car Accident Claim
- Michael Foster and Brian Wallace
- Mulitstate Consumer Class Actions
- For the Defense
- Cryptocurrency Class Action Lawsuits: A New Frontier
- Polsinelli Class Action Alert
- This Article Will Self-Destruct: Your Employees’ Use Of These ESI-Destroying Apps Could Subject You To Sanctions
- Polsinelli Financial and Fiduciary Litigation Alert
- United States Western District of Missouri Annual CLE - Civil Trial Technology, United States Federal Court - Continuing Legal Education Presenter, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Presented to other lawyers on how to use trial technology to assist them in Court. This function was put on by the United States Federal Court for Western District of Missouri
- Rising Stars distinction
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers
- Legal Champion - 2018
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- Pro Bono Publico Award
- Missouri Bar Association
- Largest Plaintiff Wins
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- For scoring the second largest settlement in Missouri worth $56 million dollars.
- The Missouri Bar # 61205
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- KCMBA
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- Kansas
- Kansas Supreme Court
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- Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
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- 8th Circuit
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- English
- Q. I was hit by a semi; & receiving pain management & treatments. Insurance wants to settle. What is the value of my injury
- A: Unfortunately, this is impossible to answer without reviewing your medical records and bills, the police report, etc. You may also have future medical issues that need to be addressed for which you should be compensated for. Again, every case is different and depends on a lot of different factors.
- Q. I'm I was a very bad car wreck I. Is 25k all I can sue for its the max on my ex girlfriends insurance.
- A: You can always sue for more but you may not collect on it. If you don't have any underinsured motorist coverage under your policy and the driver who is responsible for your injuries only has $25,000 of insurance, there's a good chance (there are a few exceptions to this in the event the insurance company screws something up) the insurance company will only be on the hook for $25,000.00.
- Q. my landlord rented a shop on the same property as the house that i rent to people that ran an appliance repair shop.
- A: Depends on a lot of things. How open and obvious was it. Should you have noticed it? Was landlord on notice of the issue?
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