About Rachel Smith

Rachel E. Smith is the Founder and Trial Attorney of Injury Law Associates in Kansas City, Missouri. Her practice focuses on catastrophic injury cases including car/truck/motorcycle accidents, dog bites, traumatic brain injuries, nursing home negligence, and sexual assault.

Smith earned her Juris Doctorate and MBA from the University of Kansas as a Rice Scholar. She earned her undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, graduating with honors.

She is admitted to the Missouri Bar.

She has been named a Super Lawyer annually since 2009, named to the National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40, recognized as a Woman Who Means Business by the Kansas City Business Journal, and has received Best of the Bar and Top 100 Trial Lawyers designations. Her firm received the 2019 25 Under 25 award for top companies under 25 employees.

Practice areas

Education

Kansas State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (annually since 2009)
National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40
Kansas City Business Journal Woman Who Means Business
Best of the Bar
Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Rice Scholar (KU Law)

Other attorneys at Injury Law Associates

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Kansas City firms

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