Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC is more than what people traditionally think of as a law firm. What we really are is a combination of three distinct, skilled and highly focused boutique law firms under one roof.

About Us

  • Our nationwide catastrophic loss practice has a primary focus on truck accidents, defective products, injuries or deaths resulting from motor vehicle defects and commercial litigation. Our lead trial lawyers hold preeminent AV Ratings* (the highest possible rating) and, collectively, have represented plaintiffs in nearly all 50 states. They have secured numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements for clients around the country. They have collected hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for our clients.
  • Our business, construction, pre-paid card and commercial law practice is focused on representing entrepreneurs, business owners and small- to mid-sized companies in the Kansas City metro area and throughout the surrounding Kansas and Missouri region as well as any companies of any size with issues pertaining to pre-paid cards. We offer a broad range of legal services to our business and commercial clients, with particular emphasis on business formation, short and long-term planning, construction, and employment law litigation. We offer "big firm" skills and work product with "small firm" service.
  • Our medical malpractice defense services are provided to hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, nurses, and other licensed health care providers in Kansas City and throughout the surrounding areas of Kansas and Missouri. We can effectively handle all types of malpractice and negligence claims for health care providers. Our malpractice defense team has successfully defended lawsuits all over the Kansas City Metropolitan area and the western half of Missouri.

In each of these focus areas, the quality of the representation and service we offer is unwavering. Clients can expect to be treated with courtesy and respect at all times, to know and have access to their attorney(s), and to find everyone here -- partners and support staff included -- responsive to their questions and concerns.

AV Rated* -- Respected in Kansas, Missouri, and Throughout the U.S.

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.


903 East 104th Street, Suite 610, Kansas City, MO 64131 | Phone: 816.941.7600 | Fax: 816.941.6666