KWM Attorneys Honored by Super Lawyers for 2025

KWM is pleased to announce that thirteen of our attorneys have been selected to the 2025 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. All thirteen KWM attorneys were recognized by their peers for being in the top five percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas. Additionally, several KWM attorneys received special recognition: Bob Selsor, Dick Woods, and Scott Martinsen have all now been recognized by Super Lawyers for more than twenty consecutive years, John Challis has been recognized for more than ten years, and Emily Kembell, Dan Wheeler, Aaron Kirkland, and Andrew Mitchell have been recognized for more than five straight years. Alice Haseltine, Josh Rose, Rochelle Falk, Shane Rader, and Samuel Zachry were all recognized as “Rising Stars.” KWM partner Bob Selsor was named to the Top 50 Attorneys in St. Louis and the Top 100 Attorneys in Missouri and Kansas lists. Finally, John Challis was identified as one of the Top 10 Attorneys in Missouri and Kansas in addition to being named to the Top 50 Attorneys in St. Louis.

"We are thrilled with the recognition of our attorneys by this esteemed publication," says KWM Managing Partner John Challis. "These honors are a testament to our firm and our attorneys' continued commitment to client and community service."

Those attorneys recognized, and the areas in which they were named, were as follows:

• John M. Challis: Estate & Trust Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Estate Planning & Probate, Top 10 Missouri & Kansas, Top 50 St. Louis

• Rochelle B. Falk: Estate Planning & Probate

• Alice M. Haseltine: Estate Planning & Probate

• Emily J. Kembell: Estate Planning & Probate

• Aaron K. Kirkland: Estate & Trust Litigation

• Scott K. Martinsen: Estate Planning & Probate, Estate & Trust Litigation

• Andrew M. Mitchell: Estate Planning & Probate

• Shane C. Rader: Estate Planning & Probate

• Joshua S. Rose: Estate Planning & Probate

• Robert J. Selsor: Estate & Trust Litigation, General Litigation, Top 50 St. Louis, Top 100 Missouri & Kansas

• Daniel P. Wheeler: Estate & Trust Litigation

• Richard D. Woods: Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate

• Samuel E. Zachry: Estate Planning & Probate

ABOUT KWM:

KWM focuses its practice on estate planning, administration, litigation, and related matters. The firm has four offices in Liberty, Missouri; Overland Park, Kansas; Springfield, Missouri; and St. Louis, Missouri. The firm has more than twenty attorneys across these offices and assists individual and business clients in all matters relates to trusts and estates. More information is available at www.kwm-law.com. ​

ABOUT SUPERLAWYERS:

​​Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in their practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, go to SuperLawyers.com