About Tim
Tim E. Dollar: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Attorney in Kansas City, Missouri
Tim E. Dollar is a distinguished personal injury litigation attorney based in Kansas City, Missouri. Known as one of the top trial lawyers in America, Tim has tried over 286 jury trials and secured hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients through strategic advocacy and groundbreaking legal victories. His notable cases include:
- Bresette v. Brassfield and Gorre, et al., a nationally publicized story about the devastating collapse of a flight display board at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama, which tragically injured a 13-year-old boy and his mother.
- Representing KC Wolf (Dan Meers), the longstanding mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs, who was severely injured while performing an acrobatic stunt using bungee cords and a zip line at Arrowhead Stadium.
In Jackson County, Missouri, Tim has served as a Special Homicide Prosecutor where he prosecuted some of the most noteworthy criminal cases in the country, including The Precious Doe case, which garnered national attention through television shows such as 'America’s Most Wanted' and the book 'Through the Rain: A True Crime Memoir of Murder and Survival'. Throughout his career, Tim has won numerous high-profile verdicts and settlements.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Litigation - Health Care
- Litigation - Insurance
- Transportation Law
Awards and Recognitions
- Recognized as a Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Practice Area in Best Attorney USA, Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Power 30 - 2021 | America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators - 2019-2020 | Best Lawyers in America – 2005-2021 | Kansas City Business Journal’s Best of the Bar – 2004-2015, 2018-2019 | Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Top Verdicts & Settlements - 2019 | Ingram's Magazine's Top 50 Missourians - 2019 | Super Lawyers' Top 100 in Missouri/Kansas and Top 50 in Kansas City – 2005-2020 | Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys’ Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award – 2018 | Verdict Search's Top 100 Verdicts - 2017 | Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Attorney Award – 1996 | Martindale Hubble’s AV Rating (the highest level of professional excellence awarded by this organization)
Education and Credentials
- Firms: Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe LC
- Recognized Since: Recognized in Best Attorney USA since 2005
- Affiliations: Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award - 2018), Verdict Search (Top 100 Verdicts - 2017)
- Educations: Kansas State University, University of Missouri – Kansas City
- Bar Admissions:
- Awards and Recognitions (continued): Recognized as a Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in Best Attorney USA, Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Power 30 - 2021 | America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators - 2019-2020 | Best Lawyers in America – 2005-2021 | Kansas City Business Journal’s Best of the Bar – 2004-2015, 2018-2019 | Missouri Lawyers Weekly's Top Verdicts & Settlements - 2019 | Ingram's Magazine's Top 50 Missourians - 2019 | Super Lawyers' Top 100 in Missouri/Kansas and Top 50 in Kansas City – 2005-2020 | Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys’ Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award – 2018 | Verdict Search's Top 100 Verdicts - 2017 | Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Attorney Award – 1996 | Martindale Hubble’s AV Rating (the highest level of professional excellence awarded by this organization)
Practice Areas
Case History
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Litigation - Health Care
- Practice Area: Litigation - Insurance
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Practice Area: Transportation Law
- America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys - 2021 | Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Power 30 - 2020 and 2021 | Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Icon Award - 2020 | America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators - 2019-2020 | Best Lawyers in America – 2005-2021 | Kansas City Business Journal – Best of the Bar – 2004-2015, 2018-2019 | Missouri Lawyers Weekly – Top Verdicts & Settlements - 2019 | Ingram's Magazine – Top 50 Missourians - 2019 | Super Lawyers – Top 100 in Missouri/Kansas and Top 50 in Kansas City – 2005-2020 | Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys – Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award – 2018 | Verdict Search – Top 100 Verdicts – 2017 | Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Attorney Award – 1996 | Martindale Hubble – AV Rating (the highest level of professional excellence awarded by this organization)