Tom Mendel
Trial Attorney | Mendel Law Firm, LLC
Tom Mendel is a personal injury, car accidents and consumer protection trial lawyer and trial attorney at Mendel Law Firm, LLC in Liberty, Missouri. Admitted in Missouri and Kansas; J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
Meet Tom
Thomas K. “Tom” Mendel is a trial attorney and head of the Mendel Law Firm in Liberty, Missouri. He represents people injured in car crashes, falls and other accidents, along with consumers harmed by auto fraud, title problems, odometer fraud and other deceptive business practices. He is licensed in Missouri and Kansas and admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Mendel graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty and earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ray County from 2015 to 2017 and as a special prosecuting attorney for Clay County from 2016 to 2019. He is a former president of the Clay County Bar Association and has been part of its leadership since 2011.
Mendel’s trial results include a $120,000 jury verdict against a used car dealer over a previously wrecked vehicle. He has been named a Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers Rising Star each year since 2012 and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100. An Eagle Scout, he has coached youth soccer, led a Cub Scout pack in Liberty and belongs to the Liberty Rotary Club.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
- Graduate, William Jewell College
- Admitted to practice in Missouri
- Admitted to practice in Kansas
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Practice Areas
- The Missouri Bar
- Kansas Bar Association
- Clay County Bar Association (Former President)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
- Missouri Association of Consumer Advocates
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Liberty Rotary Club
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Missouri and Kansas (every year since 2012)
- Avvo Rating 10.0 Superb (Personal Injury and Consumer Protection)
- $120,000 Jury Verdict: Obtained a November 2023 jury verdict against a used car dealership that misrepresented or concealed that a Toyota Camry had been wrecked.
- Trial Judgment for Tenant: Won an October 2021 trial against a landlord who failed to maintain a rental property: $20,000 in actual and punitive damages plus $35,000 in attorneys' fees.
- Auto Fraud Judgment: After a multi-day trial in September 2021, won $15,000 in actual damages and $24,000 in attorneys' fees against a dealer that sold a truck with undisclosed frame damage.
- $28,000 Settlement: Secured a September 2021 odometer fraud settlement; the dealer also repurchased the vehicle and paid the client's attorney's fees.
- $25,000 Settlement: Won a January 2022 settlement for the wrongful repossession of a client's vehicle.
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