Practice areas: Personal Injury, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in Missouri since: 2004
Education: University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia)
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024, 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 - 2018 David Brose is an attorney at Langdon & Emison, located in Lexington, Missouri. His practice areas include personal injury, catastrophic injury, trucking litigation, product liability litigation, medical negligence and wrongful death litigation. In addition to Lexington, Missouri, the firm serves clients across key location hubs, including Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, as well as major metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Illinois and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As a former partner at a civil litigation defense firm, Mr. Brose defended various Fortune 500 companies in complex personal injury and commercial litigation. He focused heavily on product liability and trucking cases, developing a deep understanding of corporate defense tactics and strategies. This experience gives him valuable inside knowledge regarding how large corporations and insurance companies evaluate, defend and litigate serious claims, positioning him effectively to anticipate defense moves and build stronger arguments for his clients.
Today, Mr. Brose puts his insider defense knowledge directly to work on behalf of victims nationwide who have been seriously injured or killed by dangerous products and instrumentalities. Taking a strategic and highly thorough approach to every case, he leads litigation involving defective automotive vehicles, tires, aircraft, boats and cranes. He crafts each case plan around countering familiar defense strategies, aiming to hold negligent corporations fully accountable and secure justice for injured parties.
Earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, Mr. Brose went on to gain a master's in business administration degree from the same university. He then earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Missouri School of Law. Licensed in Missouri since 2004, he is also admitted to practice before the state courts of Kansas, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri and the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 50% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2004, Missouri
Professional Webpage: https://www.langdonemison.com/attorneys/david-brose/
Bar / Professional Activity
- State Court of Kansas
- State Court of Missouri
- United States District Court for the District of Kansas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- Kansas Bar Association
- Missouri Bar Association
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group
- Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court
- American Bar Association, Product Liability Committee, Vice Co-Chair
Educational Background
- M.B.A., University of Missouri
- B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Business
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- 5 Theories to Explore in Your Trucking Case, AIEG Voice, Spring 2022. (With Mark Emison)
- Interpreting the Criminal Sentencing Provisions of the Clean Water Act: Lessening the Cost of Constitutional Rights, 10 MOELPR 47.
- Ending the Arranger Debate: Integrating Conflicting Interpretations of a Uniform Approach, 10 MOELPR 76.
- Worker’s Compensation: Determining When it is Truly the Exclusive Remedy, Employee Benefit Plan Review, April 2011.
- Driver fatigue: Analysis from accident litigation involving trucks and heavy vehicles, Thomson Reuters and Westlaw Journal: Automotive, October 8, 2013.
- Asleep at the Wheel: Truck Driver Fatigue, AIEG Voice, Fall 2013.
- “Defective Guardrails on Our Nation’s Roads,” AIEG Voice, December 2014.
- Hours of Service Changes Tucked Into Spending Bill: Trucking Litigation Tips During Regulatory Change, The Missouri Trial Attorney, Summer 2015.
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America
- CALI Award for work in Corporate Taxation, University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
- National Trial Lawyers
- Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024, 2026
- Rising Stars: 2010 - 2018
