John Cusick grew up in a small town outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of Marquette University High School. He received his Bachelor's of Art in English Literature from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where he met his wife Barbara. After graduating college, he moved to Kansas City and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Upon completion of law school, he served as the judicial law clerk for The Honorable Edith L. Messina of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. John has devoted his entire legal career to litigation and representing injured people and their families. He has focused his practice in the areas of pharmaceutical liability, automobile/tractor trailer litigation, lead paint litigation, product liabilities, medical/professional liability, railroad crossing litigation, and employment law. John is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri and Kansas and is also admitted to practice before the Untied States District Court-Western District and the District Court of Kansas. He is an active member of many legal organizations including, the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. John is a recipient of the 2006 Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation's Presidential Award. John has also been recognized by his peers as being "Best of the Bar" and as a "Super Lawyer".
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Practice Areas
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State: Kansas
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
State: Missouri
Acquired: 2001
No misconduct found
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2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal
2006
President's Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation
2016 - Present
Of Counsel, Barnes Law Firm
1900 - Present
Of Counsel, Barnes Law Firm
2009 - Present
Arthritis FoundationBoard Member
2007 - Present
National Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
2001 - Present
Missouri Bar FoundationMember
2001 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2000 - Present
Missouri Association of Trial AttorneysMember
1997 - Present
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar AssociationMember
2000
Doctor of Law (JD)
1996
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
2015
Medicare
English