Joseph Reid

Joseph Reid


Kutak Rock LLP

Recognized since 2017

Springfield, Missouri

Practice Areas

Litigation - Health Care

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Mr. Reid has over 20 years of civil litigation experience. He has represented a wide array of businesses and individuals, including manufacturers, large and small commercial businesses, banks, hospitals, and various professionals on a wide range of issues. Mr. Reid takes a hands-on approach from the moment the client first contacts him, listens to what the client wants, and helps guide the client throughout the legal process. Having been a plaintiff's attorney for the first 9 years of his practice, Joseph has an understanding of what the other side is likely thinking and trying to accomplish and is able to advise and defend the client with his unique perspective.

Mr. Reid is a very experienced and accomplished trial lawyer and has successfully tried numerous cases in state and federal courts in Missouri and Mississippi. Some of those cases have involved product liability, business disputes, contractual disputes, professional negligence, medical negligence, and premises liability. He has obtained defense jury verdicts for our clients in multi-million dollar cases and has successfully obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict on behalf of a client in a business dispute.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 300 South John Q. Hammmons Parkway, Suite 800
    Springfield, MO 65806
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Mississippi, B.A., graduated 1992
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., graduated 1995
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, Mississippi Bar
  • Missouri, The Missouri Bar
Affiliations
  • Department of Elementary & Secondary Education - Missouri School Improvement Program 5 - Advisory Committee
  • Disaster Relief Committee - Former Member
  • Foundation for Springfield Public Schools - Board of Directors, 2008-2014
  • Foundation for Springfield Public Schools - President, 2010-11; President-Elect, 2009-2010
  • Mississippi Bar - Former Member & Secretary
  • Mississippi Bar Association - Member
  • Mississippi Young Lawyers Division, Law School Relations Committee - Former Member
  • Montgomery County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors - Served as counsel
  • Montgomery County, Mississippi Habitat for Humanity - Past Attorney
  • Ronald McDonald Care Mobile “Tooth Truck,” - Board of Directors, 2010-2016
  • Schweitzer United Methodist Church, Springfield, MO - Member
  • Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce - The Network - Member
  • Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association - Board of Directors, 2015 - Present
  • Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association - Member
  • The Missouri Bar - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Springfield, MO (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Awards:
  • Lambda Sigma
  • Order of Omega
  • Mortar Board
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Moot Court Board
  • Selected by Springfield Business Journal, 2009 Class 40 Under 40
  • Selected to the Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Springfield Class XXV
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” - 2009, 2010
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2011-2014
  • Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 2017
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

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