Biography

Timothy J. Kingsbury is a nationally recognized trial attorney and shareholder at Humphrey, Farrington & McClain who has secured over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for people harmed by toxic exposures, defective products, and unsafe conditions. He now dedicates his legal expertise to helping countertop fabricators, installers, and polishers suffering from accelerated silicosis due to silica dust exposure in engineered‑stone shops.

Why Stone‑Countertop Workers Choose Tim

He Truly Understands the Dangers

• Engineered‑stone slabs—especially quartz products—can contain over 90 % crystalline silica. Cutting, grinding, or polishing them without dust controls releases respirable silica particles small enough to permanently damage lung tissue.
• Groups of workers across the U.S. and internationally have developed accelerated silicosis, requiring lung transplants or resulting in premature death.
• Tim’s background in biology allows him to translate complex medical imaging, industrial hygiene reports, and air‑sampling data into legal arguments that juries easily grasp.

He Fights for Industry‑Wide Safety Reforms

• He’s previously forced global product safety changes—most notably, helping lead campaigns that made flame-arrestors mandatory on plastic gas cans nationwide.
• In work place exposure cases, Tim demonstrates how routine, low-cost protections—like wet-cutting techniques, local exhaust ventilation, and proper respirators—could have dramatically reduced exposure.

He Delivers Results in Toxic‑Exposure Litigation

• Since 2023, Multimillion-dollar recoveries include a $47 million settlement over environmental chemical exposure, $30 million for illness from toxic personal-care products, and a $15.6 million verdict in a premises‑liability case.
• These successes reflect his ability to build strong expert-led strategies and prevail even against large corporations.

Credentials & Recognition

• Shareholder at a top Midwest plaintiffs’ firm with national reach.
• Licensed in Missouri (since 2012) and multiple federal courts, giving flexibility to file where most advantageous.
• Recognized annually since 2017 as a Rising Star in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, and honored in multiple Missouri’s Top Verdicts publications.

Community Ties & Personal Commitment

Born and raised in Kansas City, Tim lives on Independence Square with his wife and two young sons. Off-duty, he coaches youth basketball and volunteers locally—and brings that same empathy and drive to help hardworking families facing life‑changing lung disease.