The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the full $28.4 million jury verdict obtained by Schirger Feierabend LLC on behalf of life insurance policyholders. Total damages recovered for Missouri policyholders, after accruing significant interest, stands at approximately $47.2 million. This class-action trial and appeal represent one of many wins secured by Schirger Feierabend attorneys.
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Attorney Olivia Bess-Rhodes Joins Schirger Feierabend
Schirger Feierabend LLC welcomes Olivia Bess-Rhodes to the firm as an associate attorney. Her practice will focus on complex business litigation and plaintiff-side class action litigation. She received her Juris Doctor, from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2024 where she earned Dean’s List recognition all semesters and Pro-Bono-Honors.
$65 Million Life Insurance Settlement for State Farm Policyholders
A $65 million nationwide settlement was secured on behalf of State Farm policyholders who own or owned particular forms of universal life insurance policies. The class action was brought on behalf of approximately 450,000 policy holders who owned universal life insurance policies. Schirger Feierabend LLC is prosecuring several cases nationwide for overcharging universal life insurance policyholders.
Feierabend Selected to Up & Coming Lawyers of 2023 by Missouri Lawyers Media
Missouri Lawyers Media has honored Joseph M. Feierabend, with its Up & Coming Lawyers of 2023 award. The annual award is for attorneys who are 40 or younger, or within their first 10 years of practice, and who have a proven track of professional excellence while positively impacting the profession and their community. Joe focuses […]
Jury Awards $4.1 Million to Kansas City Life Insurance Policy Owners
In a third successful trial win against the same insurance company, a jury awarded all damages sought in a life insurance class action. The $4.1 million award was on behalf of a class of 535 Kansas City Life Insurance Company policyholders represented by Schirger Feierabend LLC. The firm is prosecuting several other cases on behalf of life insurance policyholders alleged to have been overcharged.
$325 Million Global Settlement Reached with State Farm Life Insurance Company
(June 2023) – Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) has secured a $325 million cash settlement on behalf of owners of more than 760,000 universal life insurance policies nationwide. The settlement represents a culmination of significant effort on the part of Schirger Feierabend and co-counsel at Stueve Siegel Hanson in litigating eleven class action […]
Missouri’s Top 5 Verdicts and Settlements of 2022
(January 18, 2023) Missouri Lawyers Media annually recognizes lawyers for achieving the top verdicts and settlements in the state. For 2022, Missouri Lawyers Media announced that attorneys at Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) had earned recognition in two categories of its annual awards. Schirger Feierabend attorneys John Schirger and Joseph Feierabend were honored at […]
Jury Awards $28.4 Million to Kansas City Life Policyholders
A unanimous jury in Jackson County, Missouri awarded $28.4 million to a class of Missouri owners of universal life insurance products. This is one of five similar state-wide class actions being prosecuted by Schirger Feierabend LLC. The class action was brought on behalf of more than 8,000 current and former policy owners for overcharges to the cash values of their universal life insurance policies.
2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Honors
(November 18, 2022) – Thomson Reuters has honored Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) attorney and founding partner John Schirger in its Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2022 edition. The 2022 edition of Missouri and Kansas Rising Stars has also honored partner Joseph Feierabend. Super Lawyers has recognized John Schirger in the area of […]
John J. Schirger Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
(August 18, 2022) – Founding partner John J. Schirger of Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) has been named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 rankings for Commercial Litigation. Only the top 5% of attorneys in America are named to The Best Lawyers in America. Top-rated attorneys review nominees within their geographic and […]