Kirk D. Holman

I was born and raised in the Plastic City of Leominster, Massachusetts. Leominster is diverse working class city of about 45,000 people in North Central Massachusetts 40 miles west of Boston. I always wanted to be a lawyer though I have no relatives in the profession. My father was a construction worker for over 35 years and my mother worked as a secretary. I was raised with the belief to fight for the little guy and good causes.

When I went to law school, I promised my parents that I would never work for large corporations but fight for people like us. I got interested in employment litigation my first year in law school when my dad was working in a ditch that did not comply with OSHA trenching standards and it collapsed on him. As a result of the accident, my dad has never worked again and has gone through multiple surgeries to repair damage to his knee. To see my parents struggle with only one income and see how much work meant to my dad, I realized my calling was to help people protect their employment rights. As a result of the accident, I clerked for the United States Department of Labor and began to immerse myself in learning laws that protect employees.

Since my graduation from law school, I have worked hard to keep true to my commitment in helping people like my mother and father protect their rights at the workplace. My continued commitment has brought many successes.

• Missouri, 1999
• Kansas, 2000
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
  • J.D. – 1999
• Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts
  • B.A. – 1995
  • Major: Politics

• The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
• Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2011 – 2015
• Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings™ AV Preeminent
• Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars, 2010
• Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars, 2009
• Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars, 2008
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2002 – Present
• Best of the Bar for Employment Litigation, Kansas City Business Journal

• National Employment Lawyers Association, 2000 – Present
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 2010-Present
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, 2000 – Present

• $13.9 million verdict in a false imprisonment claim.
• $6.8 million dollar verdict in what is believed to be the first sexual harassment claim tried in the Missouri state court system.
• $1.2 million retaliation verdict.
• $420,000 sexual harassment verdict.
• $362,000 retaliation verdict in Missouri State Court.
• $350,000 racial discrimination verdict in Kansas State Court in November 2014
• $300,000 excessive force verdict against two Kansas City, Missouri police officers in Missouri State Court.
• $300,000 retaliation verdict in Missouri State Court.
• $163,500 sexual harassment verdict in Kansas Federal Court
• $140,000 retaliation verdict in Missouri State Court.
• $125,000 disability discrimination verdict in Missouri State Court
• $125,000 retaliation verdict in Kansas Federal Court

• Cutting Edge Issues in Human Resources, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2006
• Anatomy of the Missouri Human Rights Act, The Missouri Bar, 2006
• “The Plaintiff’s Perspective, Dehumanizing The Corporate Defendant”, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2008
• Plaintiff’s Perspective on Trying Cases Before Juries, 2015