Attorney Profiles

Mike Holzknecht, Of Counsel to the firm, received his civil engineering degree in 1980 from Washington University-St. Louis. After graduating, he worked in the construction industry as a project engineer before attending the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. He received his law degree and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1984. Mike has had the privilege to have served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Hickory County, Missouri, from 1988 to 1992. In over 20 years of practice, he has represented clients in Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar, Dallas, Greene, Henry, Hickory, LaClede, Miller, Newton, Pettis, Polk, St. Clair, Vernon and Webster counties in Missouri, and has also handled criminal trials in city and state courts throughout Missouri.

Mike's work experience and education as a civil engineer have proved invaluable to our clients, particularly in the numerous premises liability and product liability cases successfully handled by this firm. Mike also represents individuals who have been seriously injured as a result of motor vehicle collisions, and handles claims against insurance companies for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage and property damage.

Mike is a former member of the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, and continues his active involvement in the American Association for Justice and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Mike shares his beliefs in faith and family by attending his Parish Church, St. Peter's in Stockton, Missouri.

Having been raised in a large family himself, Mike takes great pride simply in having the privilege of fighting for working families against those who refuse to accept responsibility for their carelessness. "All my clients know that when they need me, I will be there, whether it means stopping by their home on my way home from work, or calling them after office hours. I am proud that all my clients know that they can pick up the phone and call me at work or home anytime."

Mike, his wife Leslie, and their two children live near their families in rural Stockton, Missouri. Mike works out of both the downtown Kansas City office, and the Southwest Missouri office in Stockton.