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About Samuel Cullan

Samuel (Sam) Cullan is a medical doctor, engineer, and trial attorney at Cullan & Cullan LLC, licensed to practice in Arizona, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. He earned an engineering degree from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a J.D. from Creighton University School of Law in 1982, and a medical degree from Creighton University Medical School in 1987. He is board certified in legal medicine by the American College of Legal Medicine and is a member of the National Board of Advocacy.

Cullan focuses his practice on birth injury, medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, and personal injury litigation, including car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death cases, and the firm credits him with numerous multi-million-dollar recoveries and record-breaking verdicts for clients. He has been named Lawyer of the Year in Kansas City for medical malpractice by Best Lawyers in America in 2016, 2019, and 2021, was ranked among the Top 10 attorneys in Missouri and Kansas by Super Lawyers in 2009, 2011, and 2012, and was named to Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal for nine consecutive years. He is also a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Practice areas

Education

Creighton University School of Law
J.D., 1982
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Kansas
State Bar of Nebraska

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Brown & Crouppen
Brown & Crouppen
$119.5 million (approximately, as cut post-trial; $462 million gross verdict) · $462 Million Verdict Against Trailer Maker Wabash in a Fatal St. Louis Underride Crash
The Popham Law Firm
The Popham Law Firm
$57 million · $57 Million Settlement for 1,700 Sprint Workers in Landmark ADEA Collective Action
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
$82.3 million · $82.3 Million Verdict for I-70 Crash Victim Struck by Trucker Watching Videos on iPad
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict) · $23.5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Meth-Impaired Driver Who Backed Into Highway Traffic
Wagstaff & Cartmell
Wagstaff & Cartmell
$235 million · Altria Pays $235 Million After Wagstaff & Cartmell Rests SFUSD's Case Mid-Trial