Michael L. Belancio

Michael Belancio has 25 years of experience throughout the trial and appellate courts of Missouri and Kansas and has prepared several writs to the United States Supreme Court.  He practices both criminal and civil litigation, and is highly skilled where the two cross paths, such as failure to protect from third party criminal acts, police/jail misconduct and malicious prosecution. He spends much of his time in complex litigation, including defending insurance companies from claims of bad faith practices.  In Michael’s criminal defense trial work, he regularly defends clients charged with felonies that are facing lengthy imprisonment as a result of the alleged crime. Among his awards, since 2008 Mr. Belancio has been consecutively selected by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in the area of appellate advocacy and has been named several times as “Best of the Bar” in the Kansas City Business Journal.