Brent Dwerlkotte

Practice Areas

Environmental Litigation; Product Liability; Class Action and Complex Litigation; Appellate; Mass Tort; Antitrust; Business Litigation; White Collar Defense; and Government Investigations

Career

Brent is a creative and innovative litigator with first-chair trial and appellate experience. Brent’s clients benefit from his experience and his extensive work on class action and mass tort cases, as well his involvement in nearly 30 jury trials. Brent has been significantly involved in cases involving a broad range of products and industries, including health care, consumer products, firearms, railroads, and tobacco. Brent stays current on federal court practice and class actions by serving as the Chair of the Western District of Missouri’s Federal Practice Committee, and he is a member of the Jury Instruction Committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Brent also is a principal author of the Missouri and Kansas Class Action Law blog.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Federal Courts Advocate

Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court Program (2012-2013)

The Missouri Bar

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Federal Practice Committee

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Jury Instruction Committee

Publications

Missouri and Kansas Class Action Law blog

For a full list of publications, presentations and media, visit https://www.shb.com/professionals/d/dwerlkotte-brent