Overview
Lindsay Todd Perkins focuses her practice on legal writing and oral advocacy. Recognized as a 2020 “Rising Star” by Law360, an “Up and Coming” attorney by Missouri Lawyers Media and named a Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyer” since 2022, Lindsay develops strategies and arguments for briefings to the court; interprets laws, rulings and regulations; drafts complaints, memoranda, and appellate briefs; and argues appeals before federal and state appellate courts and case dispositive motions before trial courts.
In one recent matter, Lindsay served on the trial team in Karr v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co., a class-action lawsuit in the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri that alleged the insurance company overcharged its policyholders for the cost of insurance for decades. The case resulted in a $28.36 million jury verdict after just two hours of jury deliberations. Lindsay prepared the post-trial and appellate briefing and argued the appeal before the Missouri Court of Appeals, which affirmed the jury verdict and awarded prejudgment interest, bringing the total judgment to over $48 million for the class of approximately 8,000 policyholders.
Lindsay was also on the trial team in another recent matter in Missouri state court, Sheldon v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co., where she represented over 500 policyholders to obtain a jury verdict for the full amount requested, over $4 million, for Kansas City Life’s cost of insurance overcharges.
In another case, Vogt v. State Farm Life Insurance Co., Lindsay represented a class of State Farm Life Insurance policyholders in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri alleging the insurance company overcharged its policyholders for the cost of insurance for over 20 years. The case resulted in a verdict of over $34 million. Lindsay prepared the post-trial and appellate briefing, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and awarded prejudgment interest of over $5 million.
Lindsay has also successfully briefed and argued motions for class certification and summary judgment, many times ultimately leading to substantial settlements in class actions alleging cost of insurance overcharges, including nationwide settlements in cases against State Farm Life Insurance Company, USAA Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.
Lindsay also focuses a significant portion of her practice on data and privacy litigation, taking a lead role in preparing the pleadings and briefing in cases against Capital One, Marriott, and the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, among others. In the case against Capital One, Lindsay was the lead presenter at a multi-hour hearing on the parties’ summary judgment motions. The case ultimately settled for $190 million.
Lindsay honed her legal writing and analysis during two clerkships after law school; she served as a law clerk for Judge Duane Benton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Judge Ortrie Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. She credits this experience with building her understanding of the inner-workings of the court and the most persuasive arguments.
Prior to joining Stueve Siegel Hanson, she practiced commercial and employment litigation at Spencer Fane LLP.
Lindsay is a former president of the Lawyers Association of Kansas City. When she isn’t working, Lindsay is spending time with her husband and three children and coaching their soccer teams.
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Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
J.D., summa cum laude, 2007
University of Central Missouri
MBA, summa cum laude, 2004
Avila University
B. A., summa cum laude, 2002
Admissions
- Kansas
Missouri
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit