Roger D. Nail

Trial attorney Roger D. Nail is the owner of The Nail Law Firm, a personal injury practice with offices in Kansas City and Lee's Summit, Missouri. Focusing on representing those who sustained an injury or suffered a loss as the result of another party's negligent, careless or unlawful actions, Mr. Nail fights hard on behalf of his clients to protect their rights and best interests, helping them obtain the compensation and benefits they need to support themselves and their families.

Handling all types of personal injury and wrongful death claims, Mr. Nail advocates strongly on behalf of those adversely affected by automobile and trucking accidents, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, dangerous property conditions, defective products, and other similar claims of negligence or wrongdoing.

A highly rated personal injury attorney with nearly 20 years of legal experience, Mr. Nail has secured some of the largest settlements and verdicts ever awarded in Missouri for personal injury cases.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors throughout his career, he is widely regarded as one of the top personal injury attorneys in the region. Of note, he won the Thomas J. Conway Young Trial Lawyer Award in 2011 from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for his outstanding trial skills and fierce advocacy for those in need.

Additionally, The National Trial Lawyers included him on its list of Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel named him among the Nation's Top One Percent in 2015. He is also a fellow of The Missouri Bar and a fellow of the bar with the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.

Active in his legal community, Mr. Nail currently serves as president of The Missouri Bar Civil Litigation Division, and he once served as president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Civil Litigation Section, where he currently sits on the board of directors. He is also the former chair of the tort committee for both The Missouri Bar and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.

A 1994 graduate of Westminster College, he received his Master of Arts in public policy from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1998. That same year, he obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law and his license to practice from The Missouri Bar.