Dirk Vandever
Popham Injury Law
Dirk Vandever is a personal injury, medical malpractice and car accidents trial lawyer with Popham Injury Law in Kansas City, Missouri. J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
Meet Dirk
Wm. Dirk Vandever is an injury and medical malpractice lawyer with Popham Injury Law in Kansas City, Missouri. He represents people hurt in vehicle crashes and by medical negligence, and his firm credits him with a $9 million car crash result and a $4.5 million medical malpractice result.
Vandever was the youngest person to serve as president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and later led the Kansas City Bar Foundation and the Kansas-Missouri chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He lectures on trial practice at the national, state and local levels and is teaching a voir dire workshop at TLU Live Huntington Beach 2027. He graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree and earned his law degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City
- B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia, with honors
Practice Areas
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Past President)
- Kansas City Bar Foundation (Past President)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Kansas/Missouri (Past President)
- $9,000,000 Result: Car crash case credited to Dirk Vandever on the firm's results listing.
- $4,500,000 Result: Medical malpractice lawsuit with Wm. Dirk Vandever listed as the responsible attorney.
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