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James Roswold

James Roswold

  • Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys
  • 1102 Grand Boulevard
    Suite 1901
    Kansas City, MO 64106
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Legal Background

James Roswold has been in practice since 1990. While still in law school, he obtained early litigation experience as a member of the Iowa Legal Clinic. During law school, he gained additional litigation experience clerking for a sole practitioner whose practice included personal injury.

James is a graduate of University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, MN, graduating magna cum laude, and University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City, IA, receiving his law degree and graduating with distinction, and he is admitted to practice law in both State and Federal Courts in Missouri.

James started his legal career working for a defense litigation firm, where he litigated personal injury, insurance, FELA, and asbestos cases. In a short time working for a defense firm, he gained an insight into "the other side's" preparation of a civil case, something that would become highly useful in his practice just three years later when he joined a law firm in Kansas City, MO and began his career of representing victims of injury accidents and medical negligence. There he was involved in all types of civil litigation, aggressively pursuing personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, consumer fraud, charitable fundraising, property insurance and workers' compensation cases on behalf of injured victims. Two years later, he helped start a law firm in Kansas City, MO representing personal injury victims where he became a partner in 1999.

Fourteen years later, James decided he could best serve his clients by opening his own office for the practice of law in cases dealing with injured victims of personal injury, medical negligence, wrongful death, workers compensation, nursing home negligence, premises liability, product liability, and accident cases.

James takes pride in obtaining fair and just compensation for seriously injured people throughout Kansas & Missouri. Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys has office locations in downtown Kansas City, MO; Overland Park, KS; Lee's Summit, MO; and Parkville, MO.

Having his own law firm, James is able to provide the most personalized and individualized attention to each and every one of his clients. In his office, every client is a very important person not a file. He treats his clients with the dignity and the respect that they deserve and expect from a professional. He prides himself on knowing the details of the cases he handles. He knows what happened last on the client's case when he receives a call because he was directly involved in the matter.

James is a prolific writer and Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys publishes a monthly newsletter full of important legal news and fun facts. In addition to his newsletter, he produces and creates instructional videos and has created an ever expanding educational video library that helps consumers learn about personal injury, medical malpractice and workers compensation law in Missouri.

James welcomes all calls about any personal injury accident, work injury, nursing home injury, wrongful death, or injury from a doctor or hospital in the State of Missouri. He promises to give you a straightforward honest answer about every question you might ask. Take a look at his website, where he has dozens of FAQ's and FREE books, reports and articles about personal injury, workers compensation, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful death and accident cases, client testimonials, and an entire video library that it is really in your interest to see if you or a loved one has been seriously injured.

In addition, Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys publishes a blog where James offers free information about personal injury, workers compensation, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and accident law, and when you've finished reading his blog, you can see James Roswold on YouTube. Also, you can follow James Roswold and his posts online through Google.
 

Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA; J.D., 1990
  • University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, MN; B.S., 1987
  • Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, MN, 1983

James participates in continuing legal education every year on a wide range of topics including but not limited to trial practice, jury selection, cross-examination, evidence, personal injury, accident law, workers compensation law, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, negligence and medical malpractice.

Awards

In March 2011, James was certified as a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.
 

Professional Affiliations

James is a member of the following legal organizations: 
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Johnson County Bar Association


Publications By James Roswold

Books

  1. The Devil's Advocate
  2. KC Biker Bible
  3. The Truth About Medical Malpractice Claims 

Articles

  1. My Deposition: What Is It and How Do I Prepare For It?
    Learn what a deposition is and why it's such an important piece of evidence in your case and why you'll need to testify if you've brought a lawsuit for your injuries.
  2. Eleven Reasons Why Most Medical Malpractice Victims Never Recover A Penny
    Learn why your malpractice case won't be accepted by A Missouri/Kansas malpractice lawyer; learn why most victims of malpractice don't ever get money for their injuries.
  3. EIGHT (8) Things You Must Do Once You Have Had An Accident At Work
  4. Common Car Accident Myths
  5. Do I Really Need A Lawyer To Handle My Auto Accident Claim
    In certain circumstances you can settle an injury claim yourself. Other times, having an experienced attorney on your side might just be the best thing for your case.
  6. The Devastating Impact of Tort Reform On Medical Malpractice Victims
  7. The Suit You Didn't Choose
  8. Contingency Fees, But What About Expenses?
  9. Overview of Medical Malpractice and What Must Be Proven
  10. UM and UIM Insurance Coverage: Why Does It Matter BEFORE You Are Injured?

Bar Admissions

  • The State of Kansas
  • The State of Missouri

Court Admissions

  • State of Missouri
  • United States District Court For The Western District of Missouri

Pro Bono Activities

James has provided free legal services to brain injury and handicap victims and others as a way of lending his knowledge and expertise to those who have been dealt unfortunate circumstances and are unable to afford legal services.

On July 27, 2004 he received this wonderful note from a recipient of free legal services, A.B. She wrote,

"I just wanted you to know how happy and fortunate I feel to have been able to work with James Roswold on a difficult and frustrating situation ... The ordeal went on and on but James never gave up or acted frustrated with my numerous contacts. He provided sound legal advice, help, support and encouragement. I don't believe I could have gotten this mess resolved without him."

Click to see other testimonials as well.

Community Activities

James is an endurance athlete and participates in triathlons and marathons. As part of giving back to the community, he raises money for charities and he and his family volunteer in connection with these events as well. He is also an active member of the YMCA and his family participates in their community activities as well.

Personal

James is married and has three children. He and his family regularly enjoy participating in sports and musical activities.