Alan Pirtle

Attorney at Brown & Crouppen
Kansas City, MO30 years experience

About Alan Pirtle

Alan G. Pirtle is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm. He has litigated cases for severely injured clients and families for more than 30 years.

Pirtle joined Brown & Crouppen in 2015. He has litigated numerous complicated personal injury cases in both state and federal courts, recovering millions for his clients, including multiple seven-figure recoveries. His practice focuses on car accidents, truck accidents, product liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, premises liability, and wrongful death cases.

One of his Brown & Crouppen cases was accepted for appeal and decision by the United States Supreme Court.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in History from Eastern Illinois University.

He is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars. He has been selected to Best Lawyers in America every year from 2022 through 2026, and is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Brown & Crouppen

These results are credited to Brown & Crouppen. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$119.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Missouri · #10

A St. Louis jury awarded $462 million against trailer maker Wabash National after its defective rear-impact guard failed and allowed a car to slide beneath a trailer on I-55, killing Taron Tailor, 30, and Nicholas Perkins, 23, in 2019.

City of St. Louis Circuit Court · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$5.97 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen helped Zachary Patchin's family reach a $5.97 million settlement after an Ice Cream Factory box truck crossed into oncoming traffic in a no-passing zone and killed both drivers on U.S. 50 in Osage County, Missouri.

Franklin County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2022Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.7 millionVerdict

A federal jury found that a snow-covered crack in a Family Video parking lot caused Rosemarie Waddy's broken ankle, awarding $2 million before a 15 percent fault finding cut her recovery to about $1.7 million.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis) · 2024Slip & FallRead the full story →
$1.16 millionVerdict

A St. Louis City jury awarded Tara Straussner $1,168,829 after a city employee driving a concrete truck crossed the centerline and hit her head-on, leaving her with a permanent brain injury, though Missouri's sovereign-immunity cap held the city's payout near $517,000.

St. Louis City Circuit Court, Missouri · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen attorney Brett Williams resolved a wrongful death claim for $1 million after a Kansas City nursing home resident on a doctor-ordered soft diet choked on a piece of fruit and died.

Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Eastern Illinois University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America (2022-2026)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.