Brian Franciskato
Attorney | Nash & Franciskato Law Firm
Brian Franciskato is a personal injury, wrongful death and trucking accidents trial lawyer and attorney at Nash & Franciskato Law Firm in Kansas City, Missouri. Admitted in Missouri; J.D., University of Missouri School of Law (1993).
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Kansas City, Missouri 64108
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Brian S. Franciskato is a Kansas City, Missouri, trial lawyer with Nash & Franciskato Law Firm who represents plaintiffs in serious personal injury, wrongful death, trucking and medical device cases. He also handles mass tort litigation over defective medical devices and pharmaceuticals on a national scale, and serves on the American Association for Justice Executive Committee for 2026-27.
Franciskato graduated summa cum laude from William Jewell College in 1990 and earned his law degree in 1993 from the University of Missouri School of Law, where he was named to the Order of Barristers and received the Fred L. Howard Award for Excellence in Advocacy. He is admitted in Missouri and Kansas and in federal courts in both states.
He sits on the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and is a member fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute. The National Trial Lawyers has listed him among its Top 100 Trial Lawyers and its Top 25 lawyers for mass torts, motor vehicle cases and products liability.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Missouri School of Law, 1993
- Bachelor of Administration, William Jewell College, 1990 (summa cum laude)
- Missouri, 1993
- Kansas, 1994
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Executive Committee, 2026-2027)
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors)
- Pound Civil Justice Institute (Member Fellow)
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Sustaining Member)
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Super Lawyers (eight years)
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Mass Torts Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers
- AAJ Presidents Club
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