Kansas City, Mo. – September 5, 2025: Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C. is pleased to announce the inclusion of nine attorneys in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® as “Ones to Watch.”
The “Ones to Watch” category recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have shown “professional excellence in private practice in the United States.” As with all Best Lawyers recognitions, these attorneys are chosen purely by peer review.
Rouse Frets White Goss’ “Ones to Watch,” including the practice area or areas in which these attorneys have been recognized, are:
- Lauren A. Degner — Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Erica Edmisten — Energy Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate Law
- Chloe Garcia — Real Estate Law
- Garrett Hunkins — Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Breanna Jensen — Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
- Ty Kalleck — Commercial Litigation
- Connor L. Krajicek — Corporate Law; Energy Law; Real Estate Law
- Molly Wackerly — Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Andrew Watts — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
Since first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence, highlighting the extraordinary accomplishments of those in the legal profession. Attorneys included on this list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. Best Lawyers is solely based on peer review; lawyers earn recognition based on the feedback from their peers in the legal community. Every year Best Lawyers analyzes more than 13 million lawyer evaluations to compile its rankings.
About the firm:
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
Choice of an attorney is an important decision and should not be based solely upon a website or advertisements. In reviewing achievements by the law firm or its attorneys, remember that past results afford no guarantee of future results; each matter is different and must be judged on its own merits. Although our lawyers may practice in subject areas, neither the Supreme Court of Missouri nor The Missouri Bar reviews or approves certifying organizations or specialty designations for Missouri licensed attorneys.