Attorney Profiles

Brian S. Franciskato is a lifelong resident of the Kansas City, Missouri area. Prior to becoming a partner with the Nash & Franciskato Law Firm, Brian practiced in Springfield and Kansas City, Missouri in the areas of serious personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, employment litigation and commercial litigation. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for Kansas. However, he has tried numerous cases throughout the United States, representing individual plaintiffs and large corporations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, New York, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky and Louisiana.

 

Brian attended William Jewel College, graduating summa cum laude in 1990. He graduated law school in 1993 from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. While in law school, Brian served on the Board of Advocates, the National Environmental Law Moot Court Team, and the Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review. He has received numerous honors for his trial skills, including receiving the Order of the Barristers award given to the top students in trial advocacy and the Fred L. Howard Award for Excellence in Advocacy. Most recently, Brian has distinguished himself through his work representing individual plaintiffs in serious personal injury, wrongful death, trucking and medical device litigation cases. In 2005, Brian was selected to the Board of Governors for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Additionally, he is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (serving in the products liability and medical device litigation sections), the Missouri Bar Association (serving on the Civil Practice and Tort Law Committees), the Kansas Bar, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (as a sustaining member).

 

Brian's accomplishments include being listed by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for obtaining the 12th highest verdict in 1997 for a wrongful death claim resulting in a $3.125 million judgment. He is routinely called upon to give presentations for other attorneys for Continuing Legal Education, speaking frequently on the practice of civil litigation and evidentiary issues. Brian is the author of the Missouri Bar Evidence Deskbook: Chapter 20: Scientific Evidence (Mo. Bar Publications 2006); Plaintiff's Personal Injury: Statutes That Effect Liability, (NBI, Inc. 2006); and A Practical Guide to Federal Court Rules and Procedures in Kansas, (NBI, Inc. 2003).

Brian is a resident of Lee's Summit, Missouri with his wife Stacey and 4 children, Emily, Caroline, Claire and Scott. Stacey is also an attorney, formerly with the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorneys Office and currently serves Of Counsel with the Nash and Franciskato Law Firm. Brian and Stacey are active members in the Lee's Summit United Methodist Church, serving on the Children's Ministry Board and assisting the Church in various legal matters.