Attorney Profiles

Paul Redfearn is the Owner and President of The Redfearn Law Firm, P.C., founded in 1984. He has devoted his practice to representing individuals who have been seriously injured or lost loved ones as a result of medical negligence, defective and dangerous products, motor vehicle/truck collisions, and dangerous conditions of property. He is an experienced civil trial lawyer, and has been honored with the highest rating of Martindale-Hubbell, an "Av" rating. He has been a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers' recipient from 2005 to 2009. Paul has been named to The Best Lawyers in America for 2010.

Graduating from Southwest Missouri State University in 1973, Paul received a bachelor's degree in political science, and earned his law degree from Oklahoma City University in 1976. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1977, and in 1981, completed post-graduate training in trial practice with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He has successfully completed testing and experience requirements for certification by the National Board of Trial Advocates, and currently holds a Certificate in Civil Trial Advocacy. He has earned the rank of "Advocate" with the American Board of Trial Advocates, and membership into The Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Paul was elected as President of The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys in 1992, having served the association since 1986. He is a Charter Member of the Western Missouri-Eastern Kansas Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates, and served as the President in 1996. Paul is a Sustaining Member in the American Association for Justice; member of The Public Justice Foundation, The Missouri Bar, and the Litigation Section of The American Bar Association.

For more than two decades, Paul has generously sponsored many civic, youth and sports activities throughout the community. On numerous occasions, he has sponsored former clients for various mission trips and study-abroad programs. Paul serves on the Board of Directors of L.E.A.P., "Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance", elected as its Treasurer in 1994. Paul supports The Star in Education Program by adopting a local classroom to receive the Kansas City Star newspaper throughout the school year.

Continuing legal education plays a valuable role in his practice, and Paul participates in presenting the "Annual Update of Missouri Law" every year at the Missouri Association of Trial Attorney's Annual Convention. He has authored chapters for publication by the University of Missouri and the UMKC Law Review, as well as for The Missouri Bar.