Law Firm Overview

The Popham Law Firm was founded in 1918, and has been a fixture in the Kansas City legal community ever since. The Popham Law Firm has evolved in to one of the leading trial firms in the greater Kansas City area, its attorneys focusing on trial practice in the areas of medical malpractice, employment discrimination, worker's compensation and personal injury.

Today, the Popham Law Firm consists of five partners - Dirk Vandever, Scott Mach, Dennis Egan, Bert Braud and Claudio Molteni - who bring trial experience and stability to their practice. According to sources such as the American Bar Association, most lawyers will change firms several times in their careers. The stability at the Popham Law Firm is impressive and unusual - four of the five partners have never practiced with any other law firm, and the fifth has been with only one other firm. The result of this continuity is over 85 collective years of experience with one firm - The Popham Law Firm.

Each lawyer at the Popham Law Firm has a primary focus in his practice. Dirk Vandever is well known in the Kansas City area for his experience in medical malpractice; Scott Mach is respected for his work in Worker's Compensation; Dennis Egan and Bert Braud are widely acknowledged for their work in Employment Discrimination, and Claudio Molteni concentrates his talents in the area of personal injury. In addition to trial practice, Dirk Vandever and Bert Braud offer their services as mediators. For more information on each attorney, see their profiles by clicking on their names.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Consumer Protection
• Civil Rights
• Sexual Harassment
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employee Rights -- Employee
• Employment Discrimination
• Health & Health Care Law
• Nursing Home
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Workers' Compensation Law
• Mediation Services

Published Works

• Accountant Liability and Prospective Financial Statements Used in Securities Offerings, 45 Am. Sur. Trials, 113

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Bad Faith Insurance, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Discrimination, Employment Law -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Health & Health Care Law, Nursing Home, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Workers' Compensation Law