Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader

What Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader does

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader P.C. is a Kansas City-based plaintiffs' law firm founded in 1985 and headquartered at 4000 W 114th St Suite 310, Leawood, Kansas. The firm provides legal representation on a pure contingency-fee basis across personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, trucking and transportation, class action, aviation, train, boating, motorcycle, workplace injury, pharmaceutical/medical device, business litigation, fraud, malicious prosecution, breach of contract, insurance bad faith, qui tam/False Claims Act, and appellate matters. It serves individuals who have suffered catastrophic loss, consumers and businesses pursuing civil claims, and peer law firms as co-counsel on complex matters.

The firm operates with a sales-led, team-based intake model: attorneys — not call centers — conduct the free initial consultations in person, by phone, or virtually. Its core 'technology' consists of legal strategy, investigative processes, expert network coordination (medical specialists, accident reconstructionists, financial analysts), and evidence preservation rather than software or hardware platforms. The team is described as 8 named partners/attorneys with diverse prior credentials spanning judicial, prosecutorial (including a former Jackson County, Missouri prosecutor), defense, and formal medical training.

The business model is professional services revenue exclusively on a contingency-fee basis, where the firm fronts all litigation expenses and recovers a percentage of any settlement or verdict. There is no subscription, retainer, or alternative-fee revenue disclosed. Demand generation relies entirely on organic reputation, attorney referrals, content marketing, and earned media — no paid advertising is described. The firm claims cumulative client recoveries exceeding $1 billion over 40+ years, anchored by landmark outcomes including a $4.8 billion Big Tobacco recovery for the State of Missouri, a $912 million nationwide AT&T consumer class action settlement, a $107 million confidential bad faith settlement, and a $46 million trucking verdict.

Name

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader

Legal name

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader P.C.

Website

https://bflawfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader is a Kansas City-based plaintiffs' law firm, founded in 1985, that represents individuals and businesses in contingency-fee catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, class action, and complex civil litigation matters across the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Civil litigation services
• Class action lawsuits
• Business litigation
• Legal representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Leawood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingent Fee Legal Services: The firm works exclusively on a contingent fee basis across all personal injury and litigation matters. Attorneys front all litigation expenses and only recover fees and costs if a recovery is generated for the client. The fee is a percentage of the total recovery, discussed at the initial free consultation. No upfront costs are charged to clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader is a Kansas City-based plaintiff-side litigation law firm founded in 1985 that represents individual clients in personal injury matters (including auto accidents, wrongful death, and product liability) and represents both individuals and businesses in civil litigation such as breach of contract and class action lawsuits. The firm accepts cases primarily on a contingent fee basis and also provides co-counsel and referral-based services to other law firms in complex litigation matters.

Product overview

Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader is a personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services through specialized practice areas rather than a unified product platform. The firm operates as a single integrated legal practice with distinct service lines including Personal Injury & Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Trucking & Transportation, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation, Class Action, Business Litigation, Fraud, Malicious Prosecution, Aviation Accidents, Train Accidents, Boating Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, and Workplace Injuries. Each practice area functions as a specialized service module, with attorneys bringing diverse backgrounds including judicial, prosecutorial, defense, and medical experience to provide comprehensive legal representation for clients who have suffered catastrophic losses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Representation Plaintiff-side legal representation for individuals who have suffered physical or financial harm, covering matters such as auto accidents, wrongful death, and product liability claims. Representation is provided on a contingency fee basis so clients do not pay attorney fees unless there is a recovery. The intended audience is individual injury victims and their families.
• Business Litigation Representation of businesses and commercial entities in civil disputes, including commercial conflicts and other business-related litigation. The intended audience is companies and other commercial entities needing outside litigation counsel.
• Breach of Contract Claims Legal representation in disputes arising from alleged breach of contractual obligations, available to both individual and business clients depending on case facts. The intended audience is parties to contracts seeking to enforce or defend their contractual rights.
• Class Action Lawsuits Representation in class action litigation on behalf of plaintiffs or defendant classes, leveraging the firm's broader civil litigation experience. The intended audience is groups of similarly situated individuals or the entities facing class claims.
• Co-Counsel Services Co-counsel engagements with other law firms on complex or out-of-territory matters where the referring firm needs additional trial capacity, specialized expertise, or local counsel in the Kansas City venue. The intended audience is managing partners and lead trial attorneys at outside law firms.
• Attorney Referral Program Formal program for receiving case referrals from other attorneys who cannot handle a matter due to conflicts, capacity, or expertise limits, with the firm taking on referred cases on a contingency fee basis. The intended audience is practicing attorneys outside the firm.

Quantifiable outcome

• $4.8 billion recovery for the State of Missouri against Big Tobacco
• +14 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Langdon & Emison: Plaintiff personal injury and mass-tort firm based in Lexington, MO, with active representation in Kansas City metro matters. Comparable to BFRR because both are Midwest-based plaintiff firms handling trucking, product liability, and mass-tort cases on contingency.
• Wilshire Law Firm: Plaintiff personal injury firm with a regional footprint and contingency-fee model focused on catastrophic injury and consumer cases. Comparable to BFRR because both operate plaintiff-only PI practices with selective intake and significant trial exposure.
• Motley Rice: Plaintiff-side law firm specializing in complex litigation, mass tort, and class actions including asbestos, opioids, and consumer cases. Comparable to BFRR because both pursue contingency-fee complex litigation and class actions with national reach.
• Wagstaff & Cartmell: Kansas City-based trial law firm handling personal injury, business disputes, and complex litigation. Comparable to BFRR because both serve the same regional plaintiff and business-litigation market from KC and operate on selective, high-stakes case models.
• Kline & Specter: Philadelphia-based plaintiff-side personal injury firm known for record-setting verdicts and medical malpractice focus. Comparable to BFRR because both run selective, high-stakes PI practices with medical expertise on the team and a reputation built on landmark verdicts rather than volume advertising.
• The Carlson Law Firm: Multi-state plaintiff personal injury firm with active trucking, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury practices. Comparable to BFRR because both run contingency-based PI practices with significant transportation-injury dockets and mass-tort participation.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest plaintiff-side personal injury firm in the United States with a nationwide footprint. Directly comparable because both firms operate on contingency-fee models pursuing catastrophic injury, wrongful death, mass tort, and class action matters for individual plaintiffs.
• Hare Wynn Newell & Newton: Kansas City-area plaintiff personal injury firm with a similar catastrophic-injury and mass-tort docket. Comparable to BFRR because both compete for the same Midwest referral network and handle trucking, wrongful death, and complex litigation on contingency.

Broad incumbents

• Robins Kaplan LLP: National litigation firm with significant class action, mass tort, and business litigation practices. Comparable to BFRR because of overlapping class action capability (Robins Kaplan handles nationwide consumer class actions analogous to BFRR's AT&T matter), though Robins Kaplan also operates on a defense and plaintiff basis.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann: National law firm focused on securities class actions, shareholder litigation, and consumer class actions. Comparable to BFRR because of overlapping plaintiff-side class action capability, though BLBG operates at a much larger scale and primarily in securities and antitrust rather than PI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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