About Brad Wilmoth

Brad Wilmoth is a Partner at The Bruning Law Firm. He focuses on tractor trailer accidents, auto accidents, bus accidents, product liability, and railroad accidents, litigating in state and federal courts nationwide.

Wilmoth earned his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law. He also attended ZheJiang Normal University in China and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

He is admitted to the Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas bars. He is a member of APITLA (trucking lawyers), MATA (Missouri plaintiffs lawyers), ITLA (Illinois trial lawyers), Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Missouri Bar, and Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Missouri and Kansas (2011-2025), received the Best Advocate and Lewis F. Powell Medal for Excellence in Advocacy from the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy from the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top 40 Under 40 (2010). He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Arkansas
APITLA (Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America)
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
The Missouri Bar
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars - Missouri and Kansas (2011-2025)
Best Advocate and Lewis F. Powell Medal for Excellence in Advocacy (American College of Trial Lawyers)
Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy (Lawyers Association of St. Louis)
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top 40 Under 40 (2010)

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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