Richard Van Pelt and Kay A. Van Pelt were named "Super Lawyers 2009" by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, an annual publication of Law and Politics Magazine.

Richard Van Pelt Listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2010, for Family Law. Best Lawyers, is a well-respected peer-review publication in the legal profession (Formerly Known as The Best Lawyers in America) and has been in publication for more than a quarter of a century. Best Lawyers compiles it's list of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.