Derek Heath Potts

Practice Details

• Payment Information
  Payment & Cost Features

  Free initial consultation
  Contingency Fee: 33% - 40%
  
• Firm Information
  Position

  Founder

  Firm Name

  The Potts Law Firm, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  State of Kansas vs. John Cheek Jury Trial- Wy
  otte County District Court 1995. Member of Prosecution Trial Team which obtained 1st Degree murder conviction of an off duty police officer.
  Wilburn vs. Bethany Medical Center Jury Trial- Wy
  otte District Court, 1995. Member of Plaintiffs Trial Team which obtained a jury verdict for a minor for $4,000,000.
  Sgroi vs. St. Louis University Hospital- St. Louis City District Court, 2009. Lead Plaintiffs Trial Counsel which obtained an $825,000 verdict due to medical malpractice
  successfully argued appeal before Missouri Supreme Court upholding verdict. See Sgroi vs SLUH, No. SC 89840.
  Novogradac vs. Shirshekan- Platte County Circuit Court, 2009. Co-Lead Plaintiffs Trial Counsel which obtained $2,500,000 verdict for estate of deceased nursing home resident. See Novogradac v. Shirsheken 295 S.W. 3d 528
  Millard vs. Gard, M.D. –
  U.S. District Court of Kansas, 2010. Lead Plaintiffs' Trial Counsel which obtained jury verdict of $12,100,000 for a minor.
  Whitfield vs. C.R. Bard- U.S. District Court of Rhode Isl
  , 2011. Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel which obtained jury finding that C.R. Bard's Kugel Mesh is unreasonably dangerous.
  Callen vs. Heartl
  - Buchanan County Circuit Court, 2008. Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel which obtained $2,300,000 settlement during trial due to medical malpractice.
  In re: Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Litigation settlement- Lead Negotiating counsel for thous
  s of cases resulting in multi-million dollar settlement as part of global $184,000,000 settlement.
  In Re: American Medical Systems Litigation settlement- Co-Lead Negotiation counsel for over 13,000 cases resulting in near global settlement estimated to be over one billion.
  In Re: AT&T Mobility Class Action Settlement- Class counsel for consumers in states of New York, New Jersey
  Arkansas which participated in a global settlement of $1,200,000,000.