Nichelle Oxley is a Shareholder at Humphrey, Farrington & McClain. She joined the firm out of law school in 2013 and was named a Shareholder in 2021.

Nichelle’s docket is deliberately broad. She has handled catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, toxic exposures, and product liability cases, and in recent years her work has shifted toward business disputes, breach-of-contract cases, and litigation that turns on financial and accounting questions. Early on, she chose not to narrow herself to a single specialty, and has instead intentionally tackled cases across the litigation spectrum.

Before law school, Nichelle earned a magna cum laude degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Graceland University. In cases built on financial records, Nichelle is able to work through the accounting herself to find where the numbers don’t add up, in order to explain to a judge or jury what the numbers show in plain terms.

As an accomplished trial attorney, Nichelle has tried cases in both State and Federal courts and represents clients in arbitration proceedings as well. She also handles appeals, having briefed and argued cases before multiple districts of the Missouri Court of Appeals and multiple circuits of the United States Court of Appeals. 

Nichelle’s work has been repeatedly recognized, earning Super Lawyers’ “Rising Star” honors every year since 2018, selection as a Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers, and receiving the 2021 Women’s Justice Award in the Litigation Practitioner category. In 2026, she was named to Ingram’s 40 Under Forty, which recognizes leaders under 40 across the Kansas City region, not just limited to law. 

Nichelle earned her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2013, where she received the Jurisprudence Award for Academic Excellence and the Russell Goldman Award. As an undergraduate at Graceland, she took part in service projects in Nicaragua, Thailand, South Africa, and Zambia.

Nichelle and her family live near the Historic Independence Square. When she isn’t working, she keeps busy with her two young children and enjoys cooking, shopping, and restoring the family’s 1890s Queen Anne Victorian.

BA, (magna cum laude) Accounting & Business Administration, Graceland University, Lamoni Iowa, 2010

J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 2013

40 Under Forty

Ingram’s Magazine (2026)

Rising Star — Missouri & Kansas

Super Lawyers 2018-2026

Women’s Justice Award — Litigation Practitioner

Missouri Lawyers Media (2021)

Top 40 Under 40

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