Stephen M. Gorny

Steve Gorny is the founding member of The Gorny Law Firm. He graduated magna cum laude from the Washburn University School of Law in 1994, where he served on the Law Review as Assistant Comments Editor for the Washburn Law Journal. Prior to attending law school, he earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and sociology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

In 2006, Steve and a former partner obtained the seventh largest trial verdict in the United States, and the largest non-punitive wrongful death verdict in Missouri history. In addition, following two years of dedicated representation, Steve led the trial team that obtained a verdict of $6,000,000 to help a church secretary and her family after the negligence of others deprived her of the use of her legs. In another case, after a week long trial, a jury found in favor of Steve’s client and awarded the largest medical negligence verdict in Cole County, Missouri. Steve is a member of the Multi-Million-Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to attorneys who have obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than one percent of US lawyers are members.