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A Missouri-based attorney with over three decades of experience, Craig O’Dear has served as a partner at Bryan Cave LLP in Kansas City since 1988. Over the course of his career, Craig O’Dear’s work in commercial litigation has earned him recognition from several professional organizations, including Chamber and Partners, Benchmark Litigation, and Super Lawyers. 

A rating service operated by Thomson and Reuters, Super Lawyers identifies attorneys throughout the country who have attained a high level of peer recognition and professional achievement. The service currently recognizes outstanding attorneys in more than 70 practice areas. Profiles of those selected by Super Lawyers appear in Super Lawyers magazine as well as other leading city and regional publications. 

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Those attorneys who make it through the nomination process are then evaluated based on their experience, verdict and settlement history, educational background, honors and awards, certifications, and other indicators of professional achievement. Super Lawyers also evaluates each candidate’s disciplinary history before finalizing its list of top attorneys. No more than 5 percent of attorneys in each state are accepted for inclusion in the annual Super Lawyers list.

Craig O'Dear - Attorney in Kansas City, Missouri

Craig O'Dear

A partner with the Kansas City law firm of Bryan Cave LLP, Craig O’Dear has served as leader of both the Bryan Cave Product Liability Client Service Group and the Commercial Plaintiffs Litigation Group. He also serves as a member of the firm’s Strategic Growth Team and previously lead the Kansas City Office recruiting committee. Before joining Bryan Cave in 1988, Craig O’Dear spent six years as an associate with the Kansas City commercial and product liability litigation firm Stinson Mag & Fizzell.

Craig O’Dear’s areas of professional focus include intellectual property litigation, breach of contract/fiduciary duty, fraud, federal and state wage/hour law, antitrust law, and alleged consumer protection violations. Outside of his work as an attorney, he sits on the Advisory Board of the Midwest Innocence Project. From its headquarters in Kansas City, this nonprofit organization fights for the rights of wrongly convicted prisoners across the United States.