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James Thompson

Proven Verdicts
Kansas City, MO38 years experience

About James Thompson

James Thompson is a Partner at Edelman & Thompson Law Firm in Kansas City. He has practiced exclusively in personal injury since 1987, specializing in serious truck and auto accidents and product liability.

Thompson has litigated hundreds of cases in state and federal courts across Kansas, Missouri, and throughout the United States. He has obtained multiple multi-million-dollar trial verdicts and negotiated numerous million-dollar-plus settlements.

He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota in 1987, graduating with honors, and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota.

He is admitted to the Missouri Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, and the Federal Court Bars in Kansas and Missouri. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA), and the Kansas City Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$2 millionSettlement

Edelman & Thompson secured a $2 million federal settlement for Derrick Houston, a Boone County jail inmate left paralyzed in custody, then was cleared of any role in the client's later fraud and repaid the insurer $100,000.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri · 2017Read the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of North Dakota
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of United States Supreme Court
Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
American Association for Justice (AAJ)
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
Kansas City Bar Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

JD with Honors (University of North Dakota, 1987)

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$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
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