Civil Litigation
Trial lawyers handling personal injury, wrongful death, insurance, employment, and commercial disputes in Missouri and Kansas state and federal courts.
Established 1868 · Historic Liberty Square
Legal counsel and experience that makes a difference.
For more than a century, families, businesses, and public institutions across the Northland and Kansas City have brought us their hardest problems. We are still here, on the same square, doing the same work.
Free evaluation on contingent fee matters.
- 1868
- Serving this community since
- 12
- Attorneys on the Liberty Square
- 9
- Practice areas under one roof
- 100+
- Years of client relationships
Nine practice areas, one firm.
Most legal problems do not arrive alone. A business dispute has an estate planning question behind it; a condemnation has a real estate question beside it. We handle both.
Estates, Trusts & Probate
Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and probate and trust administration for families and business owners across the Northland.
Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Representing Missouri and Kansas landowners against condemning authorities in highway, utility, pipeline, school, and levee district takings, with hundreds of cases since 2001.
Real Estate
Purchase and sale agreements, commercial leasing, development, title and easement disputes, and construction claims for clients in Missouri and Kansas.
Business, Banking & Corporate
Entity formation, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, secured lending, and commercial disputes for closely held businesses and financial institutions.
Public Entity & School Law
General counsel services for Missouri school districts, municipalities, counties, and levy and tax districts, from board governance to contested litigation.
Family Law
Divorce, child custody, support, adoption, and guardianship, all handled with discretion by attorneys who have resolved more than a thousand family matters.
Appellate Practice
Appeals, cross-appeals, extraordinary writs, amicus briefs, and habeas corpus in Missouri and Kansas appellate courts and three federal circuits.
Mediation & Arbitration
Neutral mediation and arbitration by a retired circuit judge and a 45-year trial lawyer, in person or online, with multiple sessions available daily.
Our firm
A practice older than the building it sits in.
Our lineage runs back to 1868, when the Simrall family practiced law on the Liberty Square. Conn Withers joined them in 1930. Jerome Brant partnered with him in the 1970s to form Withers-Brant, and in 1993 the practice merged with those of Vincent "Mike" Igoe and Ron Mullennix to become the firm as it stands today.
Since 1990 we have worked from Two South Main Street, a 1923 building raised for the First National Bank of Liberty and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original banking architecture is still there. So are institutional client relationships that go back more than a hundred years.
Read our history
Lawyers who have held the offices they advise.
Among our twelve attorneys are a retired circuit judge, a former county counselor, a former general counsel, and a former homicide detective.
Jerome E. Brant
Managing Shareholder / Director
Civil Litigation · Public Entity & School Law · Real Estate
Rodney A. Ames
Shareholder / Director
Personal Injury · Wrongful Death · Civil Trial Practice
Ward K. Brown
Shareholder / Director
Eminent Domain & Condemnation · Construction Law · Land Use & Zoning
Ronald C. Mullennix
Shareholder / Director
Estate Planning · Trust & Probate Administration · Business & Corporate Law
Frequently asked questions
What areas does Withers, Brant, Igoe & Mullennix serve?
From its office on the Historic Liberty Square, the firm serves Liberty, Kansas City, and the Northland, including Clay, Platte, Ray, and Clinton Counties in Missouri. It also serves Johnson County and the Kansas side of the metro, where several of its attorneys are licensed and appear regularly in the Kansas courts.
Does the firm offer free consultations?
Withers, Brant, Igoe & Mullennix offers a free evaluation on contingent fee matters, which includes personal injury, wrongful death, and eminent domain cases. For other matters, call (816) 781-4788 and we will explain the fee arrangement before any work begins.
How large is the firm and what does it handle?
The firm has 12 attorneys practicing across 9 areas: civil litigation, estates and probate, eminent domain, real estate, business and banking, public entity and school law, family law, appellate practice, and mediation. That range means most clients can resolve related matters without being referred elsewhere: a business dispute and the estate plan behind it, for instance.
How do I find the right attorney for my matter?
Call (816) 781-4788 or send a message through the contact form describing your situation. We will route you to the attorney whose practice fits, and tell you plainly if the matter is one another firm is better positioned to handle.
Talk with a lawyer who knows this community.
Tell us what you are facing. We will point you to the right attorney and explain your options in plain language. No obligation.