David Peterson

Founding Attorney at Peterson & Associates, P.C.
Kansas City, MO32 years experience

About David Peterson

David M. Peterson is the Founding Attorney of Peterson & Associates, P.C., which he founded in 1993. The firm is a plaintiffs-only mass tort and personal injury law firm handling all types of catastrophic personal injury cases, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation.

Before founding Peterson & Associates, Peterson was a partner at the international litigation defense firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon, where he practiced law for almost ten years defending major corporations against catastrophic complex product liability claims.

Peterson has obtained well in excess of one million dollars in successful judgments and verdicts and has collected over $400 million on behalf of his clients. He has handled or been involved in cases in over 20 states and has been part of many successful mass tort and Multidistrict Court (MDL) litigations.

He is admitted to the Missouri Bar.

He has been voted by his peers to Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers for the last five years in a row and is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Peterson & Associates, P.C.

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

$5.9 millionVerdict

A Jackson County jury returned a $6.7 million verdict, including $3.5 million in punitive damages, against Kansas City Power and Light after Frederick Trotman's aluminum ladder contacted an uninsulated 7,000-volt line 17 inches from his home, sending him into cardiac arrest.

Jackson County, Missouri · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Awards & recognition

Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers (5+ years)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

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