Gerald Lee Cross Jr
Managing Partner · Cross & York LLP
Gerald Lee Cross Jr, known as Lee, is Managing Partner of Cross & York LLP and leads the firm’s KeyPoint Claims industrial accident practice. He has practised as an attorney since 2007 and is licensed in Missouri and Kansas. His published experience includes civil litigation, personal injury, environmental claims, mass torts and product-related litigation.
Lee has worked with legal teams and co-counsel on projects in more than 30 states. That experience includes large coordinated proceedings as well as individual injury matters. Team results are described as team results: they are not presented as outcomes obtained by Cross & York LLP or KeyPoint Claims.
Industrial claims often require an early assessment of site control, contracts, equipment history, safety records and the relationship between workers’ compensation and a separate civil claim. The firm’s published guidance is designed to explain those issues in direct language while recognising that state law and individual facts determine the answer.
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Professional recognition and leadership
- Team member recognised as a 2010 finalist for the Public Justice Foundation’s Trial Lawyer of the Year award.
- American Society for Legal Advocates, Kansas Top 40 Under 40 Litigation Lawyers, 2014.
- National Trial Lawyers, Civil Litigation Top 40 Under 40, 2015.
- National Trial Lawyers, Mass Tort Top 25, 2016–2017.
- Thomson Reuters Rising Stars, 2017.
- Member of the American, Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County bar associations, as reported in his biography.
- Kansas Trial Lawyers Association leadership roles, including Membership Chair and Executive Committee.
- Member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
- American Association for Justice New Lawyers Division Board of Governors.
Lee’s selected experience and results
Lee’s published record includes work on national team litigation and individual injury matters. The results page separates Lee’s experience from the work of Cross & York LLP and KeyPoint Claims and explains his role where a result involved a broader plaintiffs’ team.
View Lee’s selected results and team experienceCredential source: Lee Cross’s published professional biography. The source is hosted on the website of a separate law firm. That firm is not presented as part of, affiliated with, or the same entity as Cross & York LLP or KeyPoint Claims.