Kansas City, Mo. – September 4, 2025: Patricia Jensen, Greg Musil, Darren Neil, and Randall L. Rhodes, attorneys with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
The “Lawyer of the Year” award recognizes just one attorney per practice area in each Best Lawyers market. These individuals have received the top votes in the Best Lawyers peer-review survey and display high levels of integrity, professionalism and ability.
This year, Greg received two Lawyer of the Year awards: for Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Real Estate. Darren was awarded for Real Estate Law, Patricia was awarded for Municipal Law, and Randy was awarded for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.
Since 2019, Rouse Frets White Goss attorneys have been selected 23 times by the Best Lawyers in America® for special recognition as Lawyer of the Year.
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About Patricia Jensen: For more than two decades, Patricia has been ardently representing development clients from the inception of their concepts all the way through the city approval process to issue their building permits for construction. She provides a unique insider point of view to property owners and developers through every step to meet their goals, using her 12 years of experience as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Kansas City, Missouri to help her clients secure approval from public entities for zoning, platting, planning, permitting, land use, and economic incentives.
About Greg Musil: Greg is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully resolved business and commercial disputes for clients since 1987. In addition, his experience in politics and public service has led to a successful practice in land use, zoning, real estate development, and permitting. He has developed a unique perspective on state and local government land use, zoning, and development opportunities. Greg has represented owners and developers in projects as diverse as multi-family, office, hotel and restaurant, and significant mixed-use projects in the greater Kansas City area.
About Darren Neil: Darren represents real estate owners, developers, and tenants in various commercial real estate transactions, including purchases, sales, and commercial leases, and has extensive experience negotiating leases for retail, shopping centers, build-to-suit projects, office buildings, long-term ground, and industrial sites. Additionally, Darren represents lending institutions and borrowers in complex construction and permanent real estate financing transactions and asset-based financial transactions.
About Randy Rhodes: Randy is one of a handful of lawyers in the United States to have obtained multiple seven, eight, and nine figure verdicts and settlements for clients. He is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who began his legal career as a corporate defense lawyer, representing product manufacturers, automobile, motorcycle, ATV and PWC manufacturers, drug companies, hospitals and health care providers in trials and appeals around the country. Later, his practice evolved from defense work to focus on significant select cases on behalf of plaintiffs in catastrophic liability, wrongful death, negligence and commercial litigation. His work also focuses upon insurance coverage disputes including bad faith and related claims.
About the firm:
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes is a leading Kansas City firm with a national reach that deploys skilled and client-focused practice groups to engineer favorable solutions in efficient and effective ways.
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