Adam R. Moore
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Kansas City, Missouri
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Class Action & Mass Torts; view more
Licensed in Missouri since: 2000
Education: The University of Kansas School of Law
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816-692-2721
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
2400 E Pershing RdSuite 500
Kansas City, MO 64108 Visit website
With more than 25 years of experience, Adam Moore is a pragmatic, results-oriented attorney who advises and represents businesses and individuals in complex litigation and legal matters nationwide. He has extensive experience handling all phases of litigation and counseling company leaders and decision-makers on key legal and transactional issues.
Adam collaborates closely with executives and internal stakeholders to navigate complex legal challenges, anticipate and mitigate risk, and develop practical strategies that align with business goals.
He brings a diverse background that includes more than 15 years at an Am Law 100 firm and experience founding and managing his own law firm. Adam has been recognized among the area’s top attorneys and selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers every year since 2016.
Representative Experience:- Defended Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 corporations, as well as privately held companies, in nationwide litigation involving product liability, consumer fraud, commercial disputes, environmental and toxic torts, and class actions. Clients included major pharmaceutical, food production, chemical, manufacturing, retail and energy companies.
- Obtained a complete defense verdict in a toxic tort case alleging workplace exposure caused the plaintiff’s occupational disease, recognized as the largest defense verdict in Missouri in 2012.
- Led the defense of a Fortune 100 corporation in 69 groundwater contamination claims developed by Erin Brockovich, achieving highly cost-effective results through dismissals and favorable settlements.
- Obtained summary judgment for an insurer in a coverage dispute involving the failure of a retaining wall at a performing arts center.
- Defended high-profile, multidistrict food product contamination and recall litigation, minimizing both liability and reputational risk to the client.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts: DefenseFocus areas
Animal Bites, Asbestos, Brain Injury, Class Actions, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Toxic Mold, Toxic Torts, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 60% Personal Injury - General: Defense
- 40% Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense
First Admitted: 2000, Missouri
Professional Webpage: https://www.bakersterchi.com/adam-r-moore
Bar / Professional Activity
- Kansas City Missouri Bar Association
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
Pro bono / Community Service
- HappyBottoms (Kansas City’s Diaper Bank) - Vice-Chairman of Board, Member of Board of Directors, 2023-present, 2025
- Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired / Children’s Center Campus - Board Member and Past President, 2007-2017, 2017
- Kansas City Community, Active Member
- Wings 4 Water
Educational Background
- Washington University in Saint Louis, B.A. Political Science and Legal Studies
Honors
- Best for Food and Beverage Law, Corporate America Legal Elite, 2015
- 2008, 2012 & 2014, Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal, 2014
- Top Defense Verdicts & Settlements, Missouri Lawyers Media, 2012
- Up & Coming Award, Missouri Lawyers Media, 2008
Industry Groups
- Construction
- Food & Beverage
- Insurance
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
- Trucking
Office location for Adam R. Moore
2400 E Pershing Rd
Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816-692-2721
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2009