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Kim Benjamin
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LLC 8427 Clint DRive Belton
โจ About
About Kim Benjamin
As the owner of the Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, I manage an amazing team of lawyers who focus on criminal and DWI defense, while also collaborating with a team of lawyers on personal injury and nursing home abuse and neglect cases.
I have extensive trial experience with more than 200 trials, including dozens of jury trials, and have not lost a trial in over 10 years. I enjoy mentoring and training other lawyers in trial skills - those on the team at Benjamin Law Firm in addition to lawyers across the country.
In addition to practicing law, I am on the faculty at the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the National College of DUI Defense. Due to a particular passion for DWI defense, I am the co-director for the Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar sponsored by the Missouri Bar and Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) and serve as the chair of the DWI Committee for MACDL. I serve on the Board of Directors of MACDL, having served as its president in 2013-14. Additionally, I am serving on the Missouri Ethics Commission after an appointment to the commission by the previous governor.
โ๏ธ Practice Areas
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Personal Injury
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Nursing Home Abuse
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Traffic Tickets
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Criminal Law
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Employment Law
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DUI & DWI
Credentials & Experience
๐ Education
Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
Trial Skills - former student and currently on the Faculty
The George Washington University Law School
J.D. (1996)
University of Missouri - Columbia
B.S. (1993)
Political Science & Honors Interdisciplinary Studies (Speech Communication & Psychology emphasis)
๐ Bar Admissions
Cass County Bar Association
Member
Board Member & Chair of Technology Training
Member
Association of Women Lawyers
Member
Member
Member
National College of DUI Defense
Member
Faculty & Member
Member
Missouri Society for Justice/DWI Defense Institute
Member
Vice President
Member
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member
Member
Member
Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member
Board Member and Past President
Member
Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
Member
Faculty & Graduate
Member
Missouri Ethics Commission
Member
Commission Member & Hearing Officer
Member
๐ผ Professional Experience
owner & managing attorney
Benjamin Law Firm, LLC 2002 - Current
District Defender & Associate Attorney
Missouri State Public Defender System 1996 - 2002
๐ Awards & Recognition
President'
s Award for Outstanding Service
Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Women'
s Justice Award for Litigation
Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Atticus Finch Award
Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
๐ Publications
- Collateral Consequences of a DWI
- The Missouri Bar