About Kirk Goza

Kirk J. Goza has over 30 years of experience managing and trying significant lawsuits, including pharmaceutical and other mass tort product liability matters. His practice focuses on representing plaintiffs in products liability, medical malpractice, and pharmaceutical or medical device litigation. Kirk has participated in key positions in litigations involving Xarelto, Power Morcellator, and JUUL/Altria vaping products. Early in his career Kirk represented some of the largest corporations in America in jurisdictions around the country, and he now uses that experience to seek full compensation for people injured or killed through the negligence of others.

Missouri judges selected him to receive the Lon O. Hocker Award as one of the outstanding young trial lawyers in the state. In 2003 Kirk was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and is also a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been listed by Best Lawyers as one of the top 50 lawyers in Kansas and Missouri for over 20 years and was named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in both products liability and medical malpractice categories.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Goza & Honnold

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

San Francisco Unified School District's case was the first JUUL bellwether trial against Altria; after the plaintiffs rested, Altria agreed to pay $235 million to resolve roughly 6,000 pending e-vapor claims nationwide.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL No. 2913) · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

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Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
J.D.
University of Missouri
Undergraduate

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