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 collisions, and dangerous conditions of property. He is an experienced civil trial lawyer, and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Missouri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Tenth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit. Paul has tried civil cases in the courts of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota, and Wisconsin; and litigated civil jury cases in California, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas.

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 the 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. Paul has also been honored with the highest rating of Martindale-Hubbell, an "AV" rating.

Paul served as President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys from 1992 to 1993, and has served as a member of its Board of Governors or Executive Committee since 1986. He is also a Sustaining Member in the American Association for Justice . He is a Charter Member of the Western Missouri/Eastern Kansas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has served that organization as Treasurer from 1989-1996, and President in 1997. Paul is a member of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. He is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association.

Community service is important to the members of this firm, and Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of LEAP, "Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance," serving as its Treasurer since 1994, and in 1998 was appointed by Governor Mel Carnahan to serve on the Board of Governors for Southwest Missouri State University for a six year term.