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  • Is Your Settlement Offer Fair?
    Is Your Settlement Offer Fair?

    As a Kansas City personal injury attorney with over 16 years’ worth of experience, I often get calls from potential clients who have handled their claim for money compensation on their own. They’re ...

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  • Your Case Settled: Now What?
    Your Case Settled: Now What?

    There’s generally a sense of relief when a case settles. You no longer have to worry about a trial and what a jury might do with your case and generally speaking, there’s not much left you need to do. ...

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  • Are You Getting a Fair Offer from the Insurance Company?
    Are You Getting a Fair Offer from the Insurance Company?

    As a Kansas City personal injury lawyer practicing in the area for over 10 years, I’ve received a lot of calls from people asking whether they should take the insurance company’s settlement offer or ...

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  • Settlement Confidentiality: It's Up To You
    Settlement Confidentiality: It's Up To You

    Settlement agreements are sometimes confidential, meaning some part of the deal cannot be disclosed or discussed. Most of the time confidentiality applies to the names of the parties to a settlement ...

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  • Insurance Limits in Crashes with Multiple Cars
    Insurance Limits in Crashes with Multiple Cars

    Car crashes sometimes involve more than two cars. Pileups can happen on the highway or a wreck at an intersection can involve cars coming from both directions. If these wrecks are caused by one car, ...

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  • Attorney Matthew Meyerkord Obtains $5M Settlement
    Attorney Matthew Meyerkord Obtains $5M Settlement

    Missouri Lawyers Weekly just released an article on a major case victory obtained by Attorney Matt Meyerkord and two other lawyers he collaborated with. The article covered a case in which a family ...

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  • Brian Russell Settles Inadequate Security Case for $40,000
    Brian Russell Settles Inadequate Security Case for $40,000

    Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in settling yet another case. This time, he was hired to represent a client who had been robbed at ...

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  • Attorney Brian Russell Settles Car Accident Case for $77,500
    Attorney Brian Russell Settles Car Accident Case for $77,500

    The legal team at Meyerkord & Russell is proud to announce that Attorney Brian C. Russell was recently successful in obtaining a $75,000.00 settlement on behalf of his client. The victim had been ...

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  • Don't Count Your Money Until the Check Clears
    Don't Count Your Money Until the Check Clears

    This is a saying I've developed over the nearly ten years I've been practicing law. It's especially true in the personal injury field. It means your truly cannot rest easy and know your case is over ...

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  • Meyerkord & Russell Recover $1 Million in Their First Year
    Meyerkord & Russell Recover $1 Million in Their First Year

    Kansas City personal injury firm, Meyerkord & Russell, is pleased to have recovered over $1 million in damages during their first year of operation. Though their firm was recently established, they ...

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  • Mediation vs. Arbitration
    Mediation vs. Arbitration

    The vast majority of personal injury cases settle before trial. Nearly as many settle even before a lawsuit is ever filed. Two of the most common ways cases are settled is mediation and arbitration. ...

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