Andrea Mari Knernschield
Top rated Consumer Law attorney in Kansas City, Missouri
Gregory Leyh, P.C.
Practice areas: Consumer Law, Class Action & Mass Torts
Licensed in Missouri since: 2019
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Gregory Leyh, P.C.
1600 Genessee StSuite 900
Kansas City, MO 64102 Phone: 816-283-3380 Email: Andrea Mari Knernschield Visit website
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Experienced class action and consumer law attorney. Serving residents of Kansas City, Missouri and surrounding areas.
First Admitted: 2019, Missouri
Professional Webpage: https://leyhlaw.com/about-us
Bar / Professional Activity
- Missouri, 2019 U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2019
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Fuentes v. KM-T.E.H. Realty 8, LLC, et al., Case No. 1916-CV29273, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri ___________________________________________________________________ § court-approved class action settlements against five insurance company defendants in the collective approximate amount of $5,875,000 (featured in Missouri Lawyers Media's "Top Verdicts & Settlements 2025: Plaintiff wins" and "Runaway defendant in class-action lawsuit results in plaintiff settlements" on October 23, 2025); § approved as co-class counsel in 2020 on behalf of a certified class of tenants from Ruskin Place Apartments in Kansas City, Missouri; and § $62 million judgment obtained in September of 2020 against judgment debtor defendants KM-T.E.H. Realty 8, LLC and Michael Fein (judgment remains unsatisfied and collection efforts remain pending)., 2025
- Fuentes v. KM-T.E.H. Realty 8, LLC, et al., Case No. 1916-CV29273, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri bench trial in 2020 and judgment entered in favor of certified class in the approximate amount of $52 million (representing the highest bench judgment in a landlord-tenant case in the United States); appointed as co-class counsel in 2020 on behalf of a certified class of tenants from Ruskin Place Apartments in Kansas City; and judgment remains unsatisfied and collection efforts are on-going., 2020
- Winters v. Davis, Case No. 2116-CV02001, Associate Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri represented defendant/counterclaim plaintiff tenant; successfully argued Rule 61.01 sanctions and plaintiff's pleadings were stricken on morning of bench trial; bench trial and judgment entered in favor of defendant tenant for $9,200 in rent and security deposit she paid to landlord and $17,324 in attorney's fees; and featured in Missouri Lawyer Media's "Tenant gets back rent after judge rules building uninhabitable" on November 1, 2021. , 2021
- Baker v. Martin Leigh PC, Case No. 1816-CV32043, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri court-approved $750,000 class action settlement against an alleged debt collector and cessation of its debt collection activities; and appointed as co-class counsel in 2020 on behalf of a certified class of Missouri citizens who received a debt collection letter from Martin Leigh PC ... where Martin Leigh PC was acting on behalf of a debt purchaser., 2024
- Simpson v. Cloverleaf Apartments Investors, LLC, et al., Case No. 2116-CV11060, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri court-approved class action settlement for $2,100,000 plus various forms of non-monetary relief, including a 10-year ban on one defendant doing business in Missouri; and approved as co-class counsel in 2021 on behalf of a certified class of tenants from Cloverleaf Apartments in Grandview, Missouri., 2023
- Puga v. Nephrite Fund I, LLC, et al., Case No. 2116-CV13008, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri court-approved class action settlement for $1,500,000 plus various forms of non-monetary relief, including satisfactions of judgments against defendants' tenants in any case entered in favor of the defendants and dismissing those pending cases filed against members of the class (total value was approximately $1,908,053.65); and appointed co-class counsel in 2022 on behalf of a certified class of tenants from Suncrest Apartments in Raytown, Missouri., 2024
Educational Background
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D., December 2018 Summer of 2017: internship at Legal Aid of Western Missouri (foreclosure prevention), 2015-2018
- University of Kansas-Lawrence, B.A. with Honors in Classical Antiquity and Classical Languages, 2001-2004
Industry Groups
- Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices; Tenant Rights and Eviction Defense
Office location for Andrea Mari Knernschield
1600 Genessee St
Suite 900
Kansas City, MO 64102
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