James C. "Jim" Morrow

About James

James (Jim) C. Morrow is the managing member of Morrow Willnauer Church, L.L.C. in Kansas City, Missouri. Jim handles a varied litigation practice throughout Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Western Iowa, and he routinely works out of the firm’s Kansas City, St. Louis, and Omaha offices. Jim has tried over 75 cases with an emphasis on professional liability, transportation, products liability, employment, and premises liability. Jim is licensed to practice in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers whose membership is limited to less than one percent of the practicing lawyers in the state. He has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America for Professional Liability, Insurance, and Products Liability and was chosen products liability lawyer of the year for 2015 in the Kansas City metro area, insurance lawyer of the year for 2019 and Professional Liability Lawyer of the Year for 2020. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Western Missouri/Kansas Chapter. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). He was inducted into the International Order of Barristers in 2006. He has served on the Missouri Bar 16th Circuit Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee, involving the evaluation of sitting judges. He is both a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys as well as the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. He has served on the board of MODL and is a past chairman of the Judicial Committee. Jim has been recognized as ”Best of the Bar“ by the Kansas City Business Journal as well as a Super Lawyer by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer magazine. He has an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubble. Jim received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Missouri in 1980 and his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1983.

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Education

• University of Missouri, JD, graduated 1983
• University of Missouri, BS, graduated 1980

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1983
• Kansas, 1988
• Nebraska, 2003

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