Missouri Super Lawyer Rising Star

The A.W. Smith Law Firm has the skill, experience and resources to help clients in any type of case involving a serious personal injury or wrongful death, including injuries and deaths from tractor-trailer, truck, auto accidents, construction and worksite injuries, slip and falls, medical malpractice, birth injury, brain injury, products liability, and any other matters involving negligence claims. The A.W. Smith Law Firm should be your first choice.

The firm’s legal knowledge, lawyer strong work-ethic, and formidable trial advocacy and litigation techniques mean we are able to succeed in cases involving even the most complex claims and confusing facts, obtaining the recovery and compensation our clients need to begin to rebuild their lives. The A.W. Smith Law Office is located in Columbia, Missouri and focuses on helping accident victims all across the Midwest. There is never a initial consultation fee. There is never a contingency fee unless we recover for our clients.

Honors:

• Martindale – Hubbel AV Rating. 2008. - AV® Preeminent™ (4.5-5.0) - An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum. 2009. - Established in 1993, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (which includes the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum) is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. There are over 4000 members throughout the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.
• Super Lawyers – Missouri Super Lawyers Rising Star. 2010. - The lawyers are ranked by point totals and those with the highest point totals are named to the Rising Stars list. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the list. To ensure a diverse and well-balanced list, the research staff considers factors such as firm size, practice area and geographic location.
• National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. 2011. - The National Trial Lawyers is an organization composed of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state. Membership is obtained through special invitation and is extended only to those attorneys who exemplify superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile as civil plaintiff or criminal defense trial lawyers.
• Up & Coming Lawyer, Missouri Lawyers Weekly. 2011. An Up & Coming Lawyer is 40 years old or younger as of Sept. 15, 2011 OR has practiced law for 10 or fewer years. This high achiever epitomizes excellence in the legal community and is identified as a leader in the community-at-large.
• Kansas City Magazine - Outstanding Young Lawyer Rising Star. 2010.
• Kansas City Magazine - Top Attorney - Personal Injury. 2011.