Carrie Gaines

Trial Attorney at DM Injury Law
Kansas City, MO

About Carrie Gaines

Carrie began her legal career in Indiana and has extensive experience in a variety of practice areas. Carrie has settled hundreds of cases and is a certified mediator. She has extensive courtroom experience and has also served as in-house counsel and municipal counsel for small corporations and cities. In 2015, Carrie moved to Nebraska and is now focused solely on protecting the rights of injured people.

Carrie is licensed in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana. Her strong desire to help people is what drew Carrie to a career in law. Her approach to her practice is service-driven, and she cares very deeply about getting the best result possible for her clients.

Carrie approaches each case with diligence and empathetic care to produce the best outcome for each client. When Carrie is not in the office, she can be found at home in Dundee with her husband, two teen daughters, and dog. When not driving her daughters about, Carrie enjoys walking the dog, pickleball, trivia, and traveling.

Proven verdicts and settlements at DM Injury Law

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

$10.5 millionSettlement

A commercial truck driver crossed the center line on a Buchanan County road in July 2022, killing two teenagers and seriously injuring a third young passenger; five plaintiff families reached a $10.5 million global settlement in January 2024.

Buchanan County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$600,000Settlement

A rear-end collision by a teen driver near Leawood, Kansas aggravated the plaintiff's pre-existing neck condition and required surgery; after the court struck the defense liability expert one week before trial, the case settled for $600,000.

Johnson County District Court, Kansas · 2026Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

John Marshall Law School
J.D.
Saint Mary's College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Nebraska
State Bar of Iowa
State Bar of Indiana

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