Philip W. Danaher

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Danaher Law Firm
Philip W. Danaher
Danaher Law Firm

Practice areas: Personal Injury, Creditor Debtor Rights, Real Estate; view more

Licensed in Missouri since: 2022

Education: Tulane University Law School

Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025

Danaher Law Firm

833 SW Lemans Lane
Suite 116
Lee’s Summit, MO 64082 Visit website

Details

Functioning as an attorney at Danaher Law Firm, Philip W. Danaher takes on cases involving personal injury, workers' compensation, general litigation, real property disputes, title curations, and other real estate matters. Licensed to practice in Texas since 2011, he now bases his practice in Missouri (2022) and focuses primarily on the regions of Kansas City, Branson and Lee’s Summit. 

Completing his Bachelor of Arts in politics from the University of Dallas in 2007, Mr. Danaher moved on to pursue his doctorate in jurisprudence. He graduated from Tulane University Law School in 2011 and obtained his law degree.

Before joining the Danaher Law Firm, Mr. Danaher worked for more than eight years for a private firm, where he represented financial institutions in matters of finance litigation and real estate. Right from the start till the end, he learned to handle each aspect from drafting and arguing motions, preparing and responding to discovery, mitigating disputes and attending mediation, to court appearances.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Creditor Debtor Rights: Business, Real Estate: Consumer, Workers' Compensation: Claimant

Focus areas

Mortgage & Refinance, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 20% Creditor Debtor Rights: Business
  • 20% Real Estate: Consumer
  • 10% Workers' Compensation: Claimant

First Admitted: 2011, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://danaherlawfirm.com/kansas-city-personal-injury-attor...

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Real Property Section of the Texas Bar, Member
  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • Crest Construction v. Hart – United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • Needham Ventures LLC – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. – Successfully set aside a void default judgment by removing case to federal court and moving to vacate. Successfully defended against summary judgment motion seeking to void client’s lien due to statute of limitations and bona fide purchaser defense. Successfully defended against dismissal of real property fraud claims in federal court. Case is still pending
  • Luter v. U.S. Bank – United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.- Successfully set aside a void default judgment by removing case to federal court and moving to vacate. Successfully defended against dismissal of real property fraud claims in federal court. Case ultimately settled
  • Deutsche Bank v. Castrellon – United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas – Successfully defended client against claims that its mortgage lien was barred by the statute of limitations. Successfully set aside a void default judgment by removing case to federal court and moving to vacate. Case ultimately settled
  • Ranchway HOA v. BNYM – United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas – Successfully set aside a void default judgment by removing case to federal court and moving to vacate. Case ultimately settled
  • Limited, LLC v. Pyron – United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas – Received favorable summary judgment ruling on behalf of client
  • Bank of America v. Kingman Holdings – Dallas County District Court – Successfully set aside final judgment through bill of review action. Case ultimately settled Windsor Mortgage Holdings
  • Christiana Trust v. Riddle – Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals – Successfully defended final judgment in favor of client
  • Eight Circuit Court of Appeals – Assisted as a law clerk in defending against Civil RICO claims at trial court level and on appeal
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • St. Thomas More Society, Member
Educational Background:
  • University of Dallas, B.A. in Politics, 2007
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Legal League 100 Quarterly – Lienholders Beware of Lien-Stripping Practice
  • Examines Equitable Subrogation
  • Legal League 100 Quarterly – Implications of PNC v. Howard – The Texas Supreme Court

Office location for Philip W. Danaher

833 SW Lemans Lane
Suite 116
Lee’s Summit, MO 64082

Phone: 816-791-7612

Selections

3 Years Rising Stars
  • Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025

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