John Jurcyk

I represent employers and their insurance carriers in all areas of workers' compensation and general corporate defense. He strongly defends owner-controlled and contractor-controlled insurance plans. I was the lead defense counsel for many contractors, including the Union Station renovation, the Nelson Gallery expansion, Zona Rosa, Kansas City International Airport renovations, and the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue complex in Kansas City. I successfully defended the employer and insurance carrier in Boucher v. Peerless Products, a Kansas Supreme Court case decision that denied permanent disability to any employee disabled from employment for less than one week. I convinced the Kansas Court of Appeals that fear of AIDS was not a viable cause of action and obtained dismissal of Reynolds v. Highland Manor, Inc. I am AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, listed in the Best Lawyers in America, named by Super Lawyers as a Top 100 Lawyer in Kansas and Missouri, and included in the "Best of Class" listing on the bestofus.com. I lecture on safety and investigative programs for employers and helps implement plans to reduce workers' compensation claim frequency. I present continuing legal education programs for the Kansas Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute's Workers' Compensation Committee, and the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association and have lectured at the Washburn University School of Law, A shareholder at McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, I have served on the firm's board of directors. I currently sits on the Maur Hill Mount Academy Board of Directors and the St. Agnes Parish Foundation Board. He is a Kansas Bar Foundation Fellow and serves on its Board of Trustees' As President Elect. Active in the Boy Scouts of America and the committee chair of his local boy scout troop, he is a Northern Tier Scouting District committee member, where he has also served as the Friends of Scouting effort chairman. Specialties: I represent employers and their insurance carriers in all areas of workers' compensation and general corporate defense. He strongly defends owner-controlled and contractor-controlled insurance plans. I was the lead defense counsel for many contractors, including the Union Station renovation, the Nelson Gallery expansion, Zona Rosa, Kansas City International Airport renovations, and the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue complex in Kansas City