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Ryan Karaim is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP's Kansas City office. He is a member of the Tort & Catastrophic Loss practice area.
Mr. Karaim is an experienced trial lawyer in the states of Missouri and Kansas, who has extensive jury trial experience in the Circuit Courts of Missouri, the District Courts of Kansas, and the United States District Courts in Missouri and Kansas. He specializes in premises liability cases, automobile cases including trucking litigation, construction defect claims, construction injury claims, and business torts. Many of his defense verdicts have been featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly and Civil Litigator, Inc.
Mr. Karaim is admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts of Missouri and Kansas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas.
Mr. Karaim received his Juris Doctor from Washburn University where he was on the editorial staff of the Law Review. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, and has been selected as a “Super Lawyer” by the Super Lawyers annual publication since 2020.
Bar Admissions
Kansas
- Kansas State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Missouri
- Missouri State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
U.S. Courts of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Education
J.D.
Washburn University
B.B.A.
University of North Dakota
Representative Cases & Clients
Recent Trials:
- Aspen Products v. Central Plumbing & Heating, Jackson County, Missouri, April 2024, defense verdict.
- Rojas v. Kidz Kabana, Jackson County, Missouri, December 2017, defense verdict.
- Baine v. Nationwide, Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, April 2017, defense verdict.
- Kozlov, et al. v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, U.S. District Ct. Nebraska, November 2015, defense verdict.
- William Johnson v. Ramey’s, Howell County, Missouri, Sept. 2010 (Defense Verdict)
- Carnes v. Hill Brothers Const., Platte County, Missouri, Aug. 2009 (Defense Verdict)
- Estes v. Longview Apple Market, Jackson County, Missouri, Dec. 2007 (Defense Verdict)
- Sharon K. Johnson, et al. v. Falley’s, Inc., Case No. 05BU-CV03568, Buchanan County, Missouri (March 2007).
- Samantha Hoeflicker, et al. v. Larry Holland, et al., Case No. 05SA-CV00210, Saline County, Missouri (October 2006).
- John Linthicum v. The General Store No. 2, d/b/a Marsh’s Sun Fresh, Case No. 04CV220482, Jackson County, Missouri (July 2006).Jeffrey Velton v. Weymuth, Case No. 18V040000727, Pettis County, Missouri (September 2004).
Reported Cases:
- Thomas v. Festival Foods, 202 S.W.3d 625 (Mo.App.W.D. 2006)
- Kitzler v. Alenco, Inc., 147 P.3d 1095 (Kan. App. 2006)
- Badami v. Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (8th Cir. 2000)
- Moore v. Cordes, 19 S.W.3d 168 (Mo. App. W.D. 2000)
- Swift-Eckrich, Inc. v. Advantage Systems, Inc., 55 F.Supp.2d 1280 (D.Kan. 1999)
- Sansonetti v. City of St. Joseph, 976 S.W.2d 572 (Mo. App. W.D. 1998)
- Biester v. Midwest Heath Services, Inc., 77 F.3d 1264 (10th Cir. 1996)
- Livingston v. Omaha Property and Casualty Ins., 927 S.W.2d 444 (Mo. App. W.D. 1996)
- Yingling v. Hartwick, 925 S.W.2d 952 (Mo.App.W.D. 1996)
- Slater v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 165 F.R.D. 100 (D.Kan. 1996)
- Integra Hotel and Restaurant Co. v. Ragan, 887 S.W.2d 731 (M
Affiliations
- Missouri Bar
- Kansas Bar
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Kansas City Claims Association
Practice Sections
Interdisciplinary Teams
Education
J.D.
Washburn University
B.B.A.
University of North Dakota