Kim Benjamin
We fight for your FREEDOM when the government wants to take it from you!
As the owner of the Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, I manage an amazing team of lawyers who focus on criminal and DWI defense, while also collaborating with a team of lawyers on personal injury and nursing home abuse and neglect cases.
I have extensive trial experience with more than 200 trials, including dozens of jury trials, and have not lost a trial in over 10 years. I enjoy mentoring and training other lawyers in trial skills - those on the team at Benjamin Law Firm in addition to lawyers across the country.
In addition to practicing law, I am on the faculty at the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the National College of DUI Defense. Due to a particular passion for DWI defense, I am the co-director for the Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar sponsored by the Missouri Bar and Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) and serve as the chair of the DWI Committee for MACDL. I serve on the Board of Directors of MACDL, having served as its president in 2013-14. Additionally, I am serving on the Missouri Ethics Commission after an appointment to the commission by the previous governor.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
All other matters are typically billed on a flat fee, but sometimes we utilize an hourly fee.
- Missouri
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- owner & managing attorney
- Benjamin Law Firm, LLC
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- District Defender & Associate Attorney
- Missouri State Public Defender System
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- Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
- Trial Skills - former student and currently on the Faculty
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- The George Washington University Law School
- J.D. (1996)
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- University of Missouri - Columbia
- B.S. (1993) | Political Science & Honors Interdisciplinary Studies (Speech Communication & Psychology emphasis)
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- Activities: President, Student Foundation Co-Chair, Students Against Multiple Sclerosis Member, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
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- President's Award for Outstanding Service
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Women's Justice Award for Litigation
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- Atticus Finch Award
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Named for the character in "To Kill a Mockingbird” this award is given to those who serve unflinchingly, while defending unpopular clients or taking up unpopular causes. This award is not given every year.
- Cass County Bar Association
- Board Member & Chair of Technology Training
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- Association of Women Lawyers
- Member
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- National College of DUI Defense
- Faculty & Member
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- Activities: 2014, Member 2016, Faculty
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- Missouri Society for Justice/DWI Defense Institute
- Vice President
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- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member
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- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Board Member and Past President
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- Activities: 2013-14, President
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- Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
- Faculty & Graduate
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- Activities: 2000, graduated 2008, faculty
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- Missouri Ethics Commission
- Commission Member & Hearing Officer
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- Activities: Appointed by Missouri Governor Nixon.
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- Collateral Consequences of a DWI
- The Missouri Bar
- Medical Marijuana & the Law, Kansas City, MO
- Truman Day CLE
- Spoke about how medical marijuana affects clients with criminal law issues and how to handle interaction with law enforcement if you are a medical marijuana card holder.
- Trial Skills in DWI Cases and Using the Science to Win, Serious Science in DWI Cases, Arlington, TX
- National College of DUI Defense
- Defending Sex Cases, National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center, Vegas
- National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center
- The Basics of DWI Defense, Belton, MO
- Cass County Bar Association
- Anatomy of a DWI Investigation, Bernard Edelman DWI Law and Science Seminar, Lake Ozark, MO
- The Missouri Bar and Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Standardized Field Sobriety Tests - SFSTs Training & Certification
- TBJ Inc
- Drug Recognition Evaluations - DRE Training & Certification
- TBJ Inc
- Standardized Field Sobriety Tests - SFSTs Training & Certification
- Gary Lowe & Associates
- Website
- www.DWICriminalLawCenter.com
