Brandon D. Henry

Brandon Henry is a partner at Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP whose practice is devoted entirely to litigation. Brandon has extensive jury trial experience, which includes cases with multi-million dollar damage claims in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. Brandon focuses his defense practice on the areas of professional liability, products liability, explosion and electrocution cases, trucking litigation and business disputes. Brandon also spends significant time representing individuals and families in claims of personal injury and wrongful death arising from, among other things, products, trailer accidents, pharmaceuticals, railroad collisions and nursing home injuries.

Brandon grew up in Sterling, Kansas. He graduated from Washburn University, cum laude, in 2000, with a degree in Mass Media and a minor in Political Science. He received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2003.

Brandon has been selected by his peers as a “Rising Star” in the Kansas City Super Lawyers edition for the past three years. He has an “AV” Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which he obtained during his first year of eligibility. In 2011, Brandon was named as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the State of Missouri by The National Trial Lawyers, a national legal organization.

Brandon co-authored an article in the legal publication For the Defense entitled, “Defining the Standard of Care: An Opportunity for Defendants.” He has also been a speaker and presenter at various continuing legal education seminars.

Brandon is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Kansas and Missouri. He is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Johnson County Bar Association, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers and Defense Research Institute.

Brandon is active in the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Phoenix Family Housing, a local non-profit organization that provides a broad range of services designed to enable underprivileged individuals stay in their homes and with their families while they make progress towards and attain self-sufficiency. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of Camps for Kids, a Kansas City based non-profit organization dedicated to helping disabled and disadvantaged children attend summer camp.

Brandon and his wife, Summer, have two children: a son, Beckett, and a daughter, Sadler.