Rachel Stahle

Partner

Rachel Stahle is an accomplished attorney and legal writer who has significant experience litigating cases involving catastrophic injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, and medical malpractice. Prior to joining Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, Rachel was a partner with a well-known civil defense firm in Kansas City.
Rachel Stahle is an accomplished attorney and legal writer who has significant experience litigating cases involving catastrophic injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, and medical malpractice. Prior to joining Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, Rachel was a partner with a well-known civil defense firm in Kansas City.

Rachel’s unique combination of tenacity and kindness help her obtain impressive results for her clients, while assuring them their concerns are being heard. This has led her to being seen as one of the Midwest’s up and coming personal injury attorney in Kansas City.

An In-Depth Approach and Relentless Work Ethic

“I make it a priority to thoroughly discuss each case with my clients, no matter how long or how many times it takes, to understand both what happened and how to keep it from happening again.” Rachel’s experience allows her to accurately evaluate each case while also anticipating the opposing side’s next move, both of which are crucial to her success.

In addition to her work on Kansas City truck accidents and child injuries, Rachel has a national presence among nursing home lawyers and has litigated cases throughout the Midwest.  She has been a go-to for investigative journalism pieces exposing the nursing home industry, both in print and on television.

Rachel has seen firsthand how nursing homes promise the world and fail to deliver.  With baby boomers getting older, for-profit companies have opened nursing homes at lightning speed, but cannot staff them.  This has led to needless catastrophic injury and deaths in nursing homes.  Simply put, Rachel wants to make nursing homes safer.

Rachel was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, and credits her Iowa background to her relentless work ethic and friendly nature.  Outside of work, Rachel enjoys time with her husband, two young kids, and two dogs.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Chair of the Membership Committee, 2024
  • Kansas Advocates for Better Care, Board Member
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Bar Legal Advisor for 2023
  • Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, Women’s Trial Institute 2023
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Chair of Medical-Legal Nursing Home Committee
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Past Board Member of Young Lawyers Section and Chair of Trial Academy
  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Young Lawyers Section, Past Board Member
  • The Missouri Bar, Member
  • The Kansas Bar, Member
  • Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Member
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Bar Leadership Academy, Graduate
  • Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court, Alumnus
  • American Association for Justice, Member
  • Articles Editor for the Kansas Law Review at the University of Kansas

Awards & Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America – 2023-2024
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association  – Thomas J. Conway Award – 2023
  • Super Lawyers – 2022-2023
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2015-2021
  • America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys – 2019-2021
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly – Women’s Justice Award – 2020
  • The National Trial Lawyers – Top 40 Under 40 – 2017-2019
  • Outstanding Young Lawyers in Missouri & Kansas, Top Attorneys 2018
  • Outstanding Young Lawyers in Missouri & Kansas, KC Magazine 2015
  • Up & Coming Lawyer Award, Missouri Lawyers Media 2014

A Tradition of Excellence