Chris Playter
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in Kansas City, Missouri
Playter & Playter, LLC
Practice areas: Employment Litigation, Personal Injury, Estate Planning & Probate; view more
Licensed in Missouri since: 2012
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Details
For over a decade, Chris Playter has provided effective representation to clients who are facing complex legal issues pertaining to employment law and personal injury law. A managing partner at Playter & Playter LLC in Kansas City, Missouri, he is knowledgeable in handling automobile accidents, truck wrecks, product liability and traumatic head injuries, as well as workers’ compensation, employment discrimination, wage and hour disputes, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and civil litigation.
Mr. Playter completed his undergraduate studies in 2009 at the Missouri State University and went on to enroll at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He received his Juris Doctor in 2012, and in the same year, obtained his license to practice in Missouri as well. During his time in law school, and after graduating, he clerked for a law firm and handled many important roles. This exposure gave him a decisive prerequisite in the legal field of what to expect when he soon started serving as a lawyer.
A true consummate professional, Mr. Playter has gained the adulation of his peers for his tireless efforts in getting them the relief they so deserve after enduring both physical and mental stress in relation to their case. With an eye to his clients’ well-being and future, he ensures them that the burden of their case will not be theirs to carry. Within his legal community, he keeps up to date on all the new developments that pertain to his field and others as well.
Practice areas
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Estate Planning & ProbateFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employer, Estate Planning, Living Wills, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Power of Attorney, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Retaliation, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Trusts, Wills, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination
First Admitted: 2012, Missouri
Professional Webpage: https://www.playter.com/about/
- “Rising Star”, 2016
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2016 - 2022