Attorney Profiles
N. Trey Pettlon, IIITrial Attorney - Personal Injury, Wrongful death and Criminal Defense
Trey has also won numerous wrongful death and personal injury jury trials in Kansas and Missouri. In 1997, Trey won the largest jury verdict of the year for a wrongful death case in Clay County Circuit Court. In 2007, Trey won another wrongful death jury trial that turned out to be one of the largest verdicts in the State of Missouri for the year; a case defended by two top-notch trial attorneys from one of the premier defense firms in Kansas City. Trey has also tried several jury trials for clients injured in car and truck accident cases in Missouri and Kansas. Of course, in addition to several jury verdicts, Trey has won favorable settlements in dozens of cases for his clients. In 2004, just weeks before trial, Trey reached a confidential settlement for two clients in a complex case involving a gas explosion, complex regulations, life-threatening burn injuries, and several expert witnesses.
To learn more about Trey, please click this link: N. Trey Pettlon III (Photo at left: The Honorable Judge John Anderson, III, just prior to his retirement, Dec. 2008)
Ryan S. Ginie Trial Attorney - Personal Injury, Wrongful death and Criminal DefenseLike Trey, Ryan gained experience prosecuting before he decided to commit to defending people charged with crimes. Prior to joining the firm, Ryan worked as an intern with the Law Offices of N. Trey Pettlon and then as an intern for the Johnson County District Attorneys Office. Ryan started defending clients as an associate in the Law Offices of N. Trey Pettlon after he completed his internship at the Johnson County District Attorneys Office in 1998. Ryan does primarily criminal defense and has a great deal of experience defending both adults and juveniles who are charged. Ryan does monthly lectures on juvenile law. He is a member of the Johnson County Bar Association, the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Kansas Bar Association, and a sustaining member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
"Ryan's clients almost universally comment that Ryan has the skills and the knowledge to be a great attorney, but more importantly, it is clear that he cares about his clients and their cases. He genuinely does. He finds out what is important to them, and he does everything he can to get that done. He will go over and above to get a good result for his clients. That is what I am most impressed with about Ryan. Sometimes I am reluctant to refer him one of my clients...because they may not come back to me." Trey Pettlon The Law Offices of N. Trey Pettlon are located in Olathe, Kansas across from the Johnson County District Court, but both Trey and Ryan are licensed in Kansas and Missouri and appear in courts in both states on a weekly basis. For more information about Ryan, please clink this link: Ryan S. Ginie
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Trey has been in court amost five days a week since 1990, beginning with an internship in the Shawnee County District Attorneys Office, and then as an Assistant District Attorney in Johnson County, Kansas and since 1994 as a criminal defense and personal injury plaintiff's attorney. Since starting his own law office, Trey has tried and won numerous cases involving serious criminal charges, significant personal injury and wrongful death. Trey has won numerous "Not Guilty" jury verdicts in criminal cases over the years including 'not guilty' verdicts for clients charged with rape, sodomy, aggravated battery, domestic battery, sexual battery, attempted murder, felony DUI and felony theft. Trey's clients have included attorneys, professional athletes, police officers, nurses, doctors, professors and other professionals with a lot to lose. 
Trey's cases have taken him all over the United States from Maine to California. Trey is admitted to practice in Missouri, Kansas and the United States District Courts for Missouri and Kansas. He's tried jury trials in Kansas, Missouri and Federal Court. Trey has also written appellate briefs to the Kansas Supreme Court as well as the Kansas and Missouri Courts of Appeals. 
In 2008 Ryan won a jury trial with a verdict of "Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Defect" for a man charged with a Felony for Criminal Threat. According to knowledgeable court observers, it was the first jury verdict of its kind in Johnson County, Kansas in many years.
A successful law office requires great attorneys and a great support support staff. We have just that in Terri McBee and Alethea Bostic. Terri is an experienced trial assistant with more than 8 years experience working for the office, and although Alethea just joined the office over a year ago, she was trained by Terri and Allie Mincks, Trey's previous, very experienced trial assistant, and has quickly proven she is reliable and committed to helping Ryan and Trey do the best job they can to win your case. They each work full-time and together they can do whatever has to be done behind the scenes so Trey and Ryan have the support they need to take care of you in court.
