Laurie L. Del Percio

Attorney Laurie Del Percio leads the Horn Law litigation team.  As the Lead Litigation Attorney, Ms. Del Percio regularly litigates complex injury and death cases involving auto and truck accidents, medical errors, premises liability and work/industrial accidents.

Since joining Horn Law in 2002, Ms. Del Percio has obtained many notable personal injury and medical negligence verdicts and settlements, including 6 cases listed in the Top Verdicts and Settlements 2009 published in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly.  Additionally, Ms. Del Percio is one of Kansas City’s best personal injury attorneys having been voted “Best of the Bar” in 2009-2016 as featured in the Kansas City Business Journal.  She has also received the honor of being named a “Super Lawyer”, one of the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the States of Missouri and Kansas, by her peers seven consecutive years.  Ms. Del Percio has received the honor of being voted one of the top 100 trial attorneys in the state of Missouri by her peers.  Ms. Del Percio has also received the honor of being named one of the top 10 personal injury attorneys in the state of Missouri by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Inc.

Ms. Del Percio is a member of both The Multi-Million and Million Dollar Advocates Forums, one of the most prestigious groups of trial attorneys in the United States.  Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.  The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 4000 members located throughout the country.  Fewer than 1% of U.S. Lawyers are members.

Prior to joining Horn Law, Ms. Del Percio practiced as an insurance defense attorney representing large insurance companies in personal injury litigation.  The broad scope of Ms. Del Percio’s experience gives her unique advantages in representing injury victims with significant injuries and physical disabilities.

Ms. Del Percio earned her Juris Doctorate with Distinction from the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 1999.  Previously, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in History with Distinction from the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 1996.  She is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the American Association of Justice, the Missouri Trial Lawyers Association and the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Ms. Del Percio has appeared before numerous State and Federal courts, including the state trial courts in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, and Arizona and the United States District Courts in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and Iowa.  She is well-versed  in all aspects of civil trial rules and procedures and recently successfully argued the Johnson v. McCullough case before the Missouri Supreme Court which dealt with jury selection.

Ms. Del Percio shares her knowledge by teaching seminars to attorneys, paralegals and insurance professionals on “Litigating Bad Faith Insurance Claim,” “Plaintiff’s Litigating Distracted Driving Cases,” “Insurance Claims:  Investigation and Adjuster Negotiations” and “Personal Injury From Start to Finish.”

Ms. Del Percio is a recipient of the Thomas E. Deacy, Sr. Memorial Trial Practice Award and has been named in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Strathmore’s Who’s Who and is a member of the Order of Barristers.

Missouri 1999

Kansas 2000

University of Missouri-Kansas City J.D. with Distinction 1999

University of Missouri-Kansas City B.A. History with Distinction 1996

Top 10 Client Satisfaction Award, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016-present

AVVO Superb 10 Rating

Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney in State of Missouri, NAOPIA, 2014-present

Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney in State of Missouri, Attorney and Practice Magazine, 2018

Top 100 Trial Attorney in State of Missouri, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2014-present

Super Lawyers 2011-present

Nation’s Top One Percent of Personal Injury Attorneys, The National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2017-present

Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal, 2009-2015

Elite Lawyers of America, lifetime member, Membership is limited to lawyers who have obtained at least a two million dollar verdict or settlement.

Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Member, lifetime member, Membership is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.

Million Dollar Advocate Member, lifetime member, Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.

Order of Barristers, May 1999

Thomas E. Deacy, Sr. Memorial Trial Practice Award, May 1999

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Kansas Bar Association

Missouri Bar Association

Insurance Claims:  Investigation and Adjuster Negotiations, speaker

Litigating Bad Faith Insurance Claims, speaker

Personal Injury from Start of Finish, speaker

Plaintiff’s Litigating Distracted Driving Cases, speaker