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Keenan Thompson is a Chicago Native born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. He obtained his Bachelors in Communication at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Law Degree at Valparaiso University Law School. In addition, to his active corporate & IP practice Keenan is the Founding and Managing Partner at Thompson Law Group P.C. (TLG) focusing on understanding clients’ needs by using a hands on approach. His practice focuses on advising businesses through all phases of the business lifecycle, Contract drafting and negotiaton, Entertainment Law, Trademark, and Copyright. The decision to launch TLG in 2020 during the global pandemic was sparked by his passion of giving back in ways that make a meaningful difference to the local and global community, and the belief that “you can make a difference wherever you are.”

Katie Meyer is an Associate Attorney at the Bleisch Law Firm, where she practices immigration law.  Her areas of experience include family-based immigration, refugee and asylum law, naturalization law, removal (deportation) defense, and legal protections for immigrant victims.  She has presented trainings on various aspects of immigration and refugee law and policy, and has served as an immigration expert on discussion panels and in media interviews.  She has taught Immigration Law and Policy, as an Adjunct Professor, at Washington University School of Law.  Until 2009, she was the Legal Director at Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants (“ILSI”), where she managed the agency’s legal programs and served as a field supervisor for students in the Washington University clinical program.  She previously worked as Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, and interned in Senator Edward Kennedy’s Immigration Subcommittee’s Office.  She is a graduate of the Washington University School of Law, where she was presented with several awards for her dedication to public service and public interest law.

Julie Siegel is the owner and founding attorney at Siegel Injury Law, LLC, where dedicates her practice to helping people navigate the maze of their personal injury case to alleviate their stress worries and fears.  Julie has helped numerous clients obtain the compensation they deserve when they have been injured due to the negligence of another person.  Julie is dedicated to assisting clients at every phase, whether it's dealing with medical providers, helping with property damage, or just being an ear on the end of the phone, Julie understands the many issues that come up when you suffer from painful injuries.  Julie has the ability to and background to deal with the most serious of injuries.. Julie has many years of trial practice, which includes hundreds of trials, both bench and jury, as well as workers’ compensation trials and trials in front of administrative tribunals and has successfully argued several cases in front of the Missouri Court of Appeals.. Julie is licensed in both Missouri and Illinois, and is a member of the Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis County Bar Association, and Illinois State Bar Association.

Julie Hovermale represents workers injured on the job in both Missouri and Illinois. She has over 15 years of experience handling workers’ compensation cases. Prior to joining G + S, Julie was the lead attorney representing employers in workers’ compensation cases at Roberts Perryman P.C. in St. Louis. Before relocating to St. Louis, she was an associate attorney at Sorling Northrup where she handled workers’ compensation cases representing employers. Julie’s defense background gives her a unique perspective and competitive edge when it comes to representing injured clients.. Julie began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Chief Judge of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Hovermale received her B.A. from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and earned her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Julie is originally from Granite City, Illinois and currently resides in Webster Groves, Missouri with her four children. In her spare time, she enjoys running and acting/singing/choreographing dance in local community theater productions.. We know choosing an attorney for personal injury can be overwhelming. At Goldblatt Singer, our story is simple. Since 1949, our firm has fought to ensure fair treatment for the victims of unfair situations. We have handled over 25,000 cases and recovered more than $400 million on behalf of our clients. Take a look at some of our notable cases to get an idea of our experience and expertise. Contact us for a free case evaluation.

Julie focuses her practice on tax credit financing and development with a concentration on real estate finance, partnership formation, and tax credit law. She works with lenders, developers, and equity investors in real estate and financing matters involving:

Judge Adler received his B.S. degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting, from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law. Judge Adler was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1974. From 1975 to 1978, he served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, MO.

Joseph R. Burcke is a St. Louis, Missouri based attorney whose practice focuses upon estate planning issues, including representation of disabled individuals and their families. He provides clients advice upon the appropriate use of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Non-probate beneficiary designations and other legal techniques to maintain client control of assets, avoid needless costs of probate in the event of disability or death, prevent impoverishment as a result of nursing home costs, and minimize estate and gift taxes and related costs.. Joe is devoted entirely to helping families preserve and protect their future and the futures of their children through appropriate estate planning. This includes development of Wills, Trusts, and sophisticated planning techniques for clients, as well as Trust and Estate Administration, Elder Law Planning, including Medicaid, Special Needs and Life Care Planning issues. He has helped thousands of people who are concerned about protecting their families from the devastating legal effects of disability and death. Through public and private seminars, professional continuing education seminars and numerous articles, both for other attorneys and the general public, Joseph R. Burcke strives to inform other professionals and the public of the need to properly plan for the future. He is dedicated to helping people protect their children, their assets, provide for their loved ones and plan for life's contingencies through proper estate planning.

John P. Fritz is the founder and managing member of Fritz Law LLC. As a St. Louis native, John has gained extensive experience over the past 8 years representing clients ranging from individuals to large multinational corporations. John left a mid-sized law firm and started Fritz Law LLC after recognizing that a small, highly specialized law practice could provide more effective and cost-efficient results for his clients.. John has represented clients in a number of jurisdictions all over the United States, including St. Louis, Madison County, St. Clair County, Chicago, New York and New Jersey. He has taken hundreds of depositions and has participated in dozens of trial teams, including multiple cases that have been tried to verdict.. John received his bachelor’s degree from John Carroll University and obtained his law degree from St. Louis University. He is admitted to practice law in Missouri, Illinois and New York. John is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Illinois State Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

John J. Carey was born in St. Louis, MO and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1987 and the Illinois bar in 1998. Mr. Carey's areas of practice include complex commercial litigation, product liability litigation, and defective drug litigation. Mr. Carey concentrates his practice at Carey Danis & Lowe on pharmaceutical class action litigation on behalf of consumers who are injured as the result of defective products or fraudulent business practices.

John Allen is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on defending employers and their insurers in a wide variety of workers’ compensation claims and defending businesses in maritime, personal injury, product liability, commercial, employment, and environmental lawsuits throughout the Midwest. As a business counselor, John advises companies on a variety of matters, including business creation, corporate transactions, employment-related matters, and various operational issues. He possesses an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.. John has represented employers and insurers in Missouri and Illinois throughout the entire workers’ compensation process. He has handled claims for his clients from the initial accident investigation, through trial, and on appeal. John’s maritime experience includes representing operators and insurers from discovery through trial in maritime cases involving personal injury and property damage in some of the most difficult venues in the country. John has also served as statewide counsel for an insurer that underwrites liability claims against hardware stores in Missouri, and he has represented a Fortune 500 company in commercial and employment matters in jurisdictions around the country. John’s environmental work includes representing a landowner in an environmental dispute involving soil, water, and air contamination, and he also successfully represented a major oil refiner in a CERCLA contribution action involving the remediation of a former refinery.

Joe is a partner in the law firm of Frank & Juengel Law Group in Clayton, Missouri specializing in Federal and State criminal law. He is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, and with the U.S.C.A for the Armed Forces. Joe is committed to defending those who have been accused of crimes and works to obtain the best result for each individual client.. Joe attended law school at Washington University in St. Louis. After graduating law school and passing the bar, Joe joined the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corp. Joe was one of a few of his JAG classmates selected to begin his career as a trial attorney. Following basic training Joe was stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana as a Trial Counsel. While there Joe handled criminal cases ranging from minor offenses to first degree murder. Most of the cases he handled involved serious offenses, including sexual offenses. Based on his successful record at trial he was asked to serve in a dual role as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana where he handled criminal matters involving civilians on base.. Following his tour at Fort Polk, Joe was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri where he served a Defense Counsel. While there Joe represented hundreds of soldier's accused of offenses and obtained eight full acquittals for various clients in under two years. The cases ranged from attempted murder to driving under the influence. Most of the cases he handled involved those accused of sexually related offenses.. After leaving the Army Joe served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Christian County, Missouri. While working as a state's attorney, Joe's docket primarily included sex crimes, crimes against children, and weapons offenses. Joe's work in Christian County also included cases such as domestic assault, drug and alcohol related offenses, and felony traffic offenses including DWI. Through these experiences Joe was able to see how the state builds a case, and what it takes to successfully defend a client against one.. In addition to his work on criminal cases, Joe also worked in civil litigation in the Springfield office of a prominent Kansas City based civil firm. These experiences gave him a good understanding of civil practice, and how often times civil and criminal issues overlap. If you need assistance in any legal matter related to or stemming from your case, we are here to help.. Let Frank & Juengel Law Group assist you in the manner that you deserve to be represented.

Jim Harper's practice focuses on patent application preparation and prosecution worldwide, intellectual property counseling, patent portfolio management, product design counseling for maximizing intellectual property value and protection, agreements, patent oppositions, and patentability, infringement and freedom to operate analyses and preparation of associated opinions.

Jennifer L. Rench is a family law attorney, divorce mediator, and owner of J. Rench Law Firm, LLC | St. Louis Divorce and Mediation. Her philosophy is to help clients resolve legal matters in the most effective way possible. She accomplishes this through communication, collaboration, interest-based negotiations, and other progressive strategies. Her values center on understand her clients’ needs and meeting those needs using her legal experience and problem solving skills.  While she has served in other areas of law, family law is especially fulfilling for Jennifer.  She is particularly driven to create practical family-focused solutions for clients with children. Jennifer’s aim with every client is to ease high-conflict situations by developing well-informed solutions, while also protecting the rights of her clients. Her other aim is to educate her clients in order to bring clarity and understanding to a complex situation.  She has extensive experience helping clients identify issues and negotiate agreements.  Jennifer is a passionate supporter of the Collaborative Family Law Association, volunteering her experience and skills to help educate the public about a variety of divorce options, such as divorce mediation, collaborative divorce, and other alternative divorce resolution processes.

Jeffrey Alperin is a trial attorney based in the firm’s St. Louis office, where he focuses on defending property owners and product manufacturers in toxic tort and environmental actions. With a comprehensive background including insurance coverage and defense, environmental law, product liability, and construction, as well as local government, school, and employment law, Jeff represents clients in trials and appeals in state courts, federal district courts, and circuit courts of appeals.. With over 20 years of trial experience, Jeff has litigated toxic tort and product liability cases on a nationwide basis, representing manufacturers of packing, gaskets, and boilers, as well as raw asbestos manufacturers and suppliers. He has served as lead trial attorney in matters venued throughout Illinois, taken successful appeals to the Illinois Appellate Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and cross-examined witnesses in depositions around the country.. Jeff’s experience includes serving as account manager for the world’s largest insurance claims runoff company. In that role he analyzed and managed complex claims on a nationwide scale, with a focus on high exposure asbestos and environmental claims. Jeff developed case-resolution strategies, selected and oversaw outside defense counsel, and took a primary role in negotiating settlements and handling mediations. He also analyzed and drafted insurance coverage positions on commercial general liability policies, especially pertaining to environmental issues. In private practice, Jeff has analyzed and litigated complex insurance coverage matters for major insurers and governmental clients, primarily under commercial general liability, law enforcement liability, and commercial auto policies. Jeff is also a licensed insurance adjuster in several states.. Municipal and government entities — including towns and villages, schools and school boards, law enforcement departments, and park districts — have relief on Jeff for counsel in a full range of municipal law matters. Jeff has counseled municipal clients on compliance with the Illinois Municipal Code and School Code; the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Civil Rights Act, and Public Labor Relations Act; and the Illinois Citizen Participation Act (CPA) or “Anti-SLAPP Statute.” He has also counseled municipal clients on code enforcement, employment matters, business license issues, liquor license matters, police policies, and zoning laws. He has successfully obtained state and federal trial verdicts for municipal clients in matters involving excessive force and false arrest allegations, rejection of business licenses, and employment discrimination claims. Jeff has also served as Village Attorney and School District Attorney for various municipal bodies, with responsibilities including negotiating and drafting contracts, ordinances, and employee manuals.. In addition, Jeff’s comprehensive litigation background includes a broad range of complex commercial, municipal, and personal injury matters, including those involving wrongful death, employment, construction defects, insurance coverage, breach of fiduciary duties, flooding, easements and property rights, contracts and breach of oral contracts, trade secrets, attorney malpractice, premises liability, intellectual property theft, and false advertising. With particularly deep experience in representing condominiums and homeowners’ associations, Jeff has successfully defended his clients in litigation over responses to flooding, alleged negligent construction, association turnover and reserves disputes, and other matters. He has also represented associations, developers, and individual property owners in cases involving easement rights, burst underground pipes, mold, and the Illinois "economic loss doctrine.”. Jeff earned his B.A. and J.D. at the University of Michigan before spending three years as a judicial clerk for Hon. Robert McLaren of the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District. Working closely with Judge McLaren and other current and former Illinois Supreme Court justices, Jeff drafted over 70 appellate court opinions, including 11 published precedential cases.. Representative MattersSuccessfully litigated a sophisticated $75 million scaffolding case, including developing strategy, analyzing expert opinions, conducting interviews and depositions, and coordinating the defense teamRepresented a major insurer in upholding summary judgment of a denial of coverage for a $9 million verdict for false arrest and malicious prosecution before the Seventh Circuit Court of AppealsRepresented a major insurer in a case involving a municipality's liability for a fence around a construction project related to a personal injury matter as well as the alleged negligent issuance of insurance certificatesAdvised one of the largest school districts in Illinois on employment issues, board policies, student matters, union contract negotiations, and Workers’ Compensation Act settlement authority requests; also drafted ordinances and school board policies in compliance with Illinois lawObtained summary judgment on tort immunity grounds in a false arrest and excessive force case against police officersObtained summary judgment on behalf of a land developer against FEMA with respect to whether certain properties fell within a flood plainRepresented a homeowner association in an injunction case concerning actions taken to respond to river floodingRepresented a car wash corporation and inventor of a wax product in a federal court action involving false advertising allegations against other companies marketing wax products

Jeff began his career as a public defender in both Pike County, Missouri and later in St. Louis County.  During that time he conducted numerous jury trials, often acquitting his clients.  He entered private practice in 1999 and continued honing his jury trial skills.  In 2001, he was named as a lead attorney to the United States District Court's (Eastern District of Missouri) Criminal Justice Act panel.  In addition to being retained to represent individuals in both the state and federal courts, Jeff is regularly appointed by Federal Magistrate judges to represent indigent clients, often handling complex wiretap and drug conspiracy cases.

James Leightner is partner and co-founder of the Law Offices of Diekman & Leightner.  James received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983 and graduated from St. Louis University School of Law in 1986.  As a graduate of Chaminade High School, James is a lifelong member of the St. Louis Community and has resided in St. Louis for his entire life.. James passionately represents his clients in the areas of family law, which includes divorces, legal separations, domestic partnerships, partition suits, child custody, child support, and paternity.  In addition to family law, James is skilled in the areas of business/corporation, tax matters, and estate planning.  He has practiced in St. Louis and the surrounding counties for more than 30 years, and he is devoted to aggressively protecting the interests of his clients and helping them navigate through often difficult and complex legal situations to achieve optimal resolutions.  James believes that by taking an assertive approach, he can attain the best possible results, whether through settlement or trial.. James Leightner is licensed to practice law in all the State Courts of Missouri, as well as the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.  Through his education, his many years in practice, and his various areas of expertise, James is committed to ensuring that his clients receive complete and total analysis and representation in all aspects of the matters which they present for legal assistance

In his more than 30 years of practice, Tim Schlesinger has become well-known for his skill and experience in the areas of complex divorce, family law and assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Mr. Schlesinger’s divorce and family law practice emphasizes complex financial issues involving business valuation, maintenance (spousal support) and substantial net worth. In addition, Mr. Schlesinger is in great demand for the preparation of surrogacy agreements, embryo and egg donation agreements, as well as the legal actions necessary to establish parentage when children are born as the result of these agreements.. Couples who previously could not have children can now build their families through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Mr. Schlesinger helps clients seeking to build their families through such methods as surrogacy, gestational carriers, egg donation, embryo donation, sperm donation, in-vitro fertilization and other processes.. At our Firm, we draft surrogacy agreements, gestational carrier agreements, egg, embryo and sperm donation agreements and in-vitro fertilization process agreements designed to protect your rights, no matter which part you play in the process. In cases involving gestational carriers or surrogacy, once the baby is born we help prospective parents through the court process to be declared the lawful parents of the child. Mr. Schlesinger uses his extensive knowledge of ART and family law to help you create or build your family.. Mr. Schlesinger is a frequent speaker and lecturer on a wide range of family law and ART topics for sponsors of continuing legal education such as the American Bar Association Family Law Section, The Missouri Bar, The Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the National Business Institute. He has authored many articles for legal journals and chapters in legal books and he created the chapter on assisted reproductive technologies for the Missouri Bar Family Law Continuing Legal Education Deskbook. In 2015, Mr. Schlesinger received appointment to the executive council of the American Bar Association (Family Law Section) Assisted Reproductive Technologies Committee.

In almost 40 years of practice, I've been successfully involved in virtually every type of labor and employment law issue representing management.  I'm a Fellow in the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, an annual Super Lawyer selection and have received other professional awards and citations.  At the request of clients, I've moved into commercial litigation matters in addition to their labor/employment matters.  I have an outstanding staff of lawyers and a paralegal at my disposal.  Client references are available upon request.

IAm a straight  up type. I treat clients with honesty. Will go the extra mile but am willing to tell it as it is

I'm a divorce attorney representing clients in the St. Louis and St. Charles metro areas in Missouri.  My firm provides free initial consultations and obtains favorable results whether through settlement or trial.

I was born and raised in St. Louis and have spent my legal career fighting for those charged with crimes in the State of Missouri. After graduating from law school, I worked for the Missouri State Public Defender for over 10 years. During that time, I represented hundreds of clients facing charges as low as traffic offenses to as high as murder and everything in between. I am a passionate advocate for my clients and no matter the odds, will always fight for you!

I spent the first ten years of my career as a defense attorney and gained substantial experience representing corporations, insurance companies, and hospitals in personal injury, medical malpractice, business, and product liability cases.  In December 2014, I stepped down from a position at a large St. Louis law firm to start and run a firm with my brother.  I now focus my practice primarily on the representation of people who have been harmed by the negligent and fraudulent acts of others.

I represent people in felony, DWI/DUI, misdemeanor, and traffic cases in St. Louis and surrounding areas. I work very hard for my clients and I try to ensure they understand their case, and the applicable law, before any disposition is reached. Please call me if you have questions; I want to help!

I represent individuals in personal injury, workers compensation, consumer protection, and civil litigation matters throughout Missouri and Illinois. I have obtained outstanding results for my clients in claims against insurance companies, debt collectors, and other entities.

I put forth effort and special attention into every case, leading to effective, highly personalized representation. When you hire me, you get me.  My client's case never gets delegated to a junior associate who graduated law school last year.  If you choose to hire me as your attorney, you will always personally deal with me, an experienced, caring lawyer.. My office is in downtown Clayton, the county seat of St. Louis County. As my client you will get aggressive representation without being suffocated by fees and expenses. Many lawyers bill their clients for every fax and copy made.  My fees are reasonable and negotiated in advance.  You will know what expenses to expect and what your fees will be prior to the commencement of representation.. I am always willing to meet and discuss your case free of charge.  If you decide to hire me for your case - great!  If you decide not to hire us you owe us nothing for the meeting.  Thank you for visiting my Avvo page and considering me for your representation.