August 22, 2025
Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox, P.C. is pleased to announce 16 firm attorneys have earned recognition in the 2026 Best Lawyers guide in 17 practice areas. Best Lawyers is a highly regarded peer-reviewed publication that honors top legal professionals.
This year, the firm was recognized in the Top-Listed Awards as the firm with the most recognized lawyers in Kansas City in the Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants practice area with six lawyers honored.
Notably, attorneys Elizabeth Judy, Maya Kapadia and Samantha Sicola were recognized for the first time in the Ones to Watch rankings in seven practice areas. Associate B.I. Howard received additional honors in Trusts and Estates in the Ones to Watch rankings.
Best Lawyers recognitions are based entirely on peer review, and research is compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. It is an honor to have two new attorneys on the list this year and several returning attorneys hitting milestone years of recognition.
The attorneys honored by Best Lawyers and their respective ranked practice areas are:
Best Lawyers 2026 Guide
(First year honored in parentheses)
(* denotes a first-time ranking in 2026)
Best Lawyers, Kansas City
- Kathryn T. Alsobrook (2025)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Christopher J. Anderson (2005)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Leslie A. Boe (2023)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Lee B. Brumitt (2016)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Matthew W. Geary (2022)
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Municipal Law
- Michael J. Judy (2022)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Insurance
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Amanda Pennington Ketchum (2020)
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Transportation Law
- Meghan Litecky (2025)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Patrick K. McMonigle (2015)
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Transportation Law
- Joseph Price, Jr. (2007)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates
- Carol Z. Smith (2022)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- John F. Wilcox Jr. (2017)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Ones to Watch
- B.I. Howard (2024)
- Corporate Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Elizabeth Judy (2026)*
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Transportation Law
- Maya Kapadia (2026)*
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Samantha Sicola (2026)*
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment