Chelsea Dickerson is a dedicated Kansas City personal injury attorney committed to serving the needs of injury victims. Achieving public safety and holding insurance companies and others accountable when their actions injure individuals are her goals in pursuing her cases. While most attorneys start their careers working for others, Chelsea dove right into creating her own law firm – Dickerson Oxton – in 2010 with her husband and law partner, Tom Dickerson. Since that time, they have obtained millions of dollars in recoveries for their clients. Some of Chelsea’s most recent case accomplishments include a $20 million recovery in a semi-truck collision case and a $13.75 million recovery in a motorcycle collision case.
Chelsea’s firm, Dickerson Oxton, exclusively handles personal injury work and has made a name for itself in working up spine injury, traumatic brain injury, and bad faith cases against insurance companies. The firm frequently accepts referrals from attorneys across the country to work up these types of matters.
Chelsea also handles mass tort cases where she represents consumers who have been injured by unsafe medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs. In her mass tort work, Chelsea has obtained justice for thousands and has worked on several different litigations, including those for transvaginal mesh, hernia mesh, and port-catheter products. Chelsea has most recently been appointed to serve on the Plaintiff Steering Committee in the multi-district litigation proceeding In Re: Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Background
Chelsea attended Creighton University School of Law in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. In law school, she clerked for the Federal Public Defender for the District of Nebraska and wrote for the Creighton Law Review. Chelsea’s law review publication on the search incident to arrest exception has been cited in numerous law reviews, court briefs, an Indiana Court of Appeals decision, and The Encyclopedia of the 4th Amendment.
Prior to law school, she attended Valparaiso University in Indiana where she studied Journalism, English, and French. In her background as a journalist, Chelsea worked at the local Fox affiliate in Omaha. She gained extensive writing, interviewing, and investigation experience. These skills translated well into her work as an attorney and in investigating her clients cases.
Bar Admissions
- Kansas
- Missouri
- United States District Court, District of Kansas
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Education
Creighton University School of Law, Juris Doctorate
- Creighton Law Review, Member; Published Article: The Search Incident to Arrest Exception Plays Catch Up: Why Police May No Longer Search Cell Phones Incident to Arrest Without a Warrant, 43 Creighton Law Review 1157 (2010).
Valparaiso University, Bachelor of Arts
- Magna Cum Laude
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
- DTI Scans & 3T MRIs – Using Advanced Imaging to Prove Brain Injuries
- Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (KTLA) Annual Convention, December 2023
- FAQ on MRIs, Law-Di-Gras, October 2023
- Personal Injury from A to Z, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar, May 2018
- Damages in Personal Injury, Types of Damages in an Injury Suit, Legal Ethics, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar, January 2016
- Unleashing the Power of Microsoft & Adobe, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar, October 2015
- Bicycle Accident Litigation, NBI Continuing Legal Education Seminar, March 2015
Memberships, Honors & Awards
- Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (KTLA)
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2015 – present
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Kansas & Missouri, 2019 – present
- Kansas City Best of the Bar, 2016
Personal
Chelsea is married to her law partner, Tom Dickerson. They have two children. In her free time, Chelsea enjoys spending time with her husband and kids, traveling, yoga, running, piano, and golf. As a native of Omaha, Nebraska, she is an avid Nebraska Cornhuskers fan, but also cheers on her current hometown team, the Kansas City Chiefs.