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Ryan L. Munro focuses his legal scope on family litigation involving high asset property division, spousal support, paternity, child custody, orders of protection, guardianship, and bullying. Mr. Munro’s background in psychology is a tremendous asset in reviewing psychological evaluations and assessing mental health issues that often arise in family law matters. Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked for five years in a family business as a concrete plant manager who oversaw teamster drivers. With this experience, he is uniquely situation to understand and evaluate complex business issues that arise in family law cases.

Regina is Of Counsel with Summers Compton Wells, LLC, which provides full-service legal counsel to small and mid-sized businesses, their owners and families throughout the St. Louis region. Regina focuses her practice on domestic relations (family) law, including divorce, pre and postnuptial agreements, child custody and support, paternity, modifications, guardianship, adoption, and mediation.. Regina understands that every client requires a tailored approach to identify and address their needs and to protect what they value most. She provides deliberate counsel and strategic solutions in domestic matters to meet her clients’ legal, financial, and personal goals, drawing on more than twenty years of legal experience as a litigator, trial and appellate attorney, and mediator. She understands the importance of safeguarding the parent-child relationship and preserving financial security and has a passion for partnering with clients to protect those interests by employing advice, education, and advocacy.. Regina attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in English. She went on to complete her Juris Doctorate at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law. Regina previously represented business entities and individuals in complex litigation and appellate matters. She has presented seminars for The Missouri Bar and National Business Institute and has served as commentator and MoBar CLE Deskbook reviewer.

Practice Areas: Birth Trauma; Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice; Plaintiffs Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Premises Liability for Violent Crimes; Sexual Assault; Negligent Security;  Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Birth Trauma; Obstetric Malpractice; Pediatric Malpractice; Injuries to Children; Brain Injury.. Admitted:   1988, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Law School:   University of Virginia, J.D., 1988.. College:   Baylor University, B.B.A., 1985.. Member:   The Missouri Bar; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; Christian Legal Society; American Association of Justice.. Biography:   Harry S. Truman Scholar, Missouri, 1983. Author and Speaker;  "Medical Malpractice Litigation", "Nursing Home Litigation: Strategies and Tactics," "Switchblades and Stethoscopes: Violence in the Healthcare Setting;" "Making Crime Victims Whole;" "Money Matters and The Expert Witness;" Civil Liability for Violent Crimes, Deposition Strategy; Expert Witnesses; Trucking Accidents; Response to the Violent Employee.   Assistant Circuit Attorney (State Prosecutor), 1989-1993.. Email:

Nelson is experienced in matters of litigation, business law and intellectual property law including agreements, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and domain name disputes.  His technical expertise within patent law is electrical, mechanical, and computer software inventions.. Before joining Polster Lieder in 2001, he was an associate at Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd. in Chicago, Illinois.  He also has experience in tool design and computerized numerical control programming with Owens-Brockway Glass, Inc., and with the manufacture of semiconductor spin-coat processing equipment.. Nelson has substantial expertise in successfully representing clients’ interests in federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S. Copyright Office.

Matthew concentrates his practice in the area of general business and corporate law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, commercial finance, commercial real estate transactions, securities, complex contract negotiations and general corporate counseling.. Matthew’s practice involves supporting the day-to-day needs of clients ranging from start-up entities to established companies in industries ranging from venture capital and private equity firms, real estate investment firms to technology firms, manufacturing companies and restaurants with nationwide locations.

Mark Sanders concentrates his practice in commercial, real estate, and fiduciary litigation. His diverse experience extends to a broad range of matters including the uniform commercial code, business torts, shareholder disputes, non-compete litigation, trade secrets, probate and fiduciary litigation, and real estate disputes. Mark has extensive experience at both the trial and appellate levels, and with mediation and arbitration. Mark works tirelessly, efficiently, and creatively to help his clients’  particular situations. He crafts solutions to a wide range of issues while accounting for the unique business realities of each situation. Mark represents Fortune 500 companies as well as family businesses, government agencies and individuals alike throughout the region in both state and federal courts.

Kathleen specializes in estate, business and executive benefits planning and estate and executive compensation planning with life insurance.  Formerly, she was a member at of the Advanced Markets Group of MetLife, where she provided training and advanced underwriting support for the top producers of MetLife and its subsidiaries.  Prior to joining GenAmerica Financial (a MetLife company) in 1996, she was in private practice.. She is a member of the Missouri, Illinois and Pennsylvania bars as well as an active member of the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.   She is a nationally recognized speaker and author and adjunct professor in the LLM program at Washington University’s School of Law.  She is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC, a firm dedicated to providing legal services to businesses, their owners and executives at every stage of their life cycles. She is a member of the Business Insurance & Estate Planning Committee of the Association of Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU), and was selected as a Registered Player Financial Advisor for the National Football League Players Association.  She was formerly on the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) and currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Legacy Advisors and as President of the Society of Financial Service Professionals-Greater St. Louis Chapter.  She was named one of Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s Up and Coming Lawyers and received the Accredited Estate Planner designation from the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.  She has presented at AALU and the Top of the Table Meeting for the Million Dollar Roundtable.  Kathleen was selected for inclusion in Missouri and Kansas SuperLawyers in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Joshua E. Richardson’s practice focuses principally in the area of employee benefits, with particular emphasis upon benefit plan administration and design and multiemployer plan relations.  Josh’s practice areas include the pension and tax laws governing qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation arrangements and welfare benefit plans.. Josh assists clients in the creation, operation and correction of qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements.  He has represented plan sponsors and trustees before both the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor on issues ranging from plan qualification to fiduciary obligations.  Josh also assist in design and implementation of employee ownership strategies ranging from stock option and phantom stock plans to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).. Josh assists clients in their dealings with multiemployer (union) pension and welfare plans.  In this context he works with employers in determining pension withdrawal liability exposure, negotiating pension and welfare benefits, ensuring Taft-Hartley compliance, and defending plan audits of employer payroll records.  Josh is well versed in pension withdrawal liability and the process by which an employer may appeal the assessment of liability by a multiemployer pension fund.. Josh is a published author with articles in human resources and legal journals and regularly speaks to employer and trade associations on employee benefit and tax issues impacting employers.

Jim is a Trial Attorney with more than 30 years of experience practicing law in the State of Missouri, including personal injury, business litigation, traffic cases, workers’ compensation, criminal and other matters.. Jim is from St. Louis and has lived there his entire life. He attended DeSmet High School and then Benedictine and Quincy Colleges. He went on to receive his Juris Doctorate Degree From SLU Law School and has since pursued his passion for helping people in all kinds of legal situations by working closely with his clients and obtaining outstanding results. He has also hosted lawyer radio call- in programs.

I’m a student loan lawyer and bankruptcy attorney in St Louis MO (see here). I help people with student loans stop stressing about how they're going to pay their loans. I educate them. I give them a plan. And I'm always there for them. Just one phone call away.. Helping folks with their student loans is my life's work.. Student Loan Forgiveness + Cancellation. I review borrowers student loans to see if they qualify for various student loan forgiveness and cancelation options. For example, I check to see if they qualify for:. - Public Service Loan Forgiveness. - Income-Driven-Repayment forgiveness. - Loan Repayment Assistance Programs. - Profession based forgiveness (teachers, medical professionals, etc.). - State-based forgiveness programs. I also review if their loans can be canceled because they are totally and permanently disabled, or they attended a school that's now closed or if they left school and didn't get a refund.. In short, I'm going to do all that I can to try and get your loans eliminated. (Read more here.). Student Loan Repayment Plans. I also help people lower their monthly payment on both their federal and private student loans. With me, you're guaranteed to get the lowest monthly payment possible on your federal student loans. And with your private loans, I promise I'm going to fight to get you a payment you can afford.. Student Loan Settlement. Another thing I do for people is help them settle their federal and private student loans. Admittedly, with federal student loans settlements are rare. They're hard to come by. And when you can get them, the borrower usually has to come up with a lump sum settlement that's equal to his principal.. Not a good deal at all.. But with private student loans, the story is different.. Good settlements can be hand. I've had some clients settle their private loans for .25 cents on the dollar. Most though end up settling between .40 and .65 cents on the dollar.. I'm super proud to say that in the past year, I've made a difference in my clients lives. After I settled their debt, they no longer stressed about how they were going to pay back all those thousands of dollars. They could now focus on enjoying life and becoming the best version of themselves.. My commitment to clients. But for clients, I wouldn't have the life that I have. I'm so thankful for that. To think, I'm just a kid from the south side of Chicago. Now I'm out here helping people deal with this nation's biggest financial problem.. This life is amazing. I truly appreciate the opportunity my clients give me. They hire me to help. They trust me to do my job well. I respect them for that. And I'm committed to doing just that.. My process. The first thing that will happen is that you'll contact me and explain your problem. I'll listen intently because every case is unique. I'll also ask a bunch of questions to make sure I understand exactly what's going on.. During that call, I'll tell you whether or not I can help you and how much I'm going to charge you. Usually, that cost will come in the form of a flat fee, which can be paid in one lump sum or via a payment plan. (If you choose the payment plan, the cost goes up slightly.). If we agree on the price and the scope of the work you want me to provide, we'll schedule an appointment. That meeting can take place in person, over the phone, or with Skype. I'm flexible.. Most times, I'll be able to solve your student loan issue during that phone call. If that's not the case with you, I'll let you know how long I think the process will take. I'll give you my personal number so you can reach me directly to find out what's going with your case.. Look, here's what you need to know:. I got your back.

Ira has been practicing law in the St. Louis area for over thirty years.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of business law, labor and employment relations and business litigation.  Ira’s litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury trials in the state and federal courts and representing clients before the National Labor Relations Board and various federal and state agencies.  He has extensive experience in advising clients on a variety of corporate matters including labor and employment issues, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and business planning.  Ira has also handled matters before various arbitration panels in the securities industry representing both financial advisors and individual investors. He is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC.

I represent the interests of city governments and the interests of management in all areas of labor and employment law.  My experience includes representation of several Missouri municipalities as well as restaurants, manufacturers, insurance companies, and mass transit companies.  I have litigated before state, federal, and administrative courts throughout the country and I have substantial experience in litigation disputes involving arbitration agreements.

I am the child of divorced parents who returned to court several times throughout my childhood. I interacted with attorneys at a young age, which sparked an early interest in child advocacy. I graduated law school in 2009, in the middle of a financial crisis. Jobs were few and far between. I spent my first year after graduation completing training for and volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate in the St. Louis City Juvenile Court, advocating for children in foster care. I was raised in St. Louis and chose to stay here to raise my family. In my free time, I enjoy baking, cake decorating, cooking, and spending time with my family.. I grew up the child of divorced parents. Like many divorced families, mine experienced several child support and custody modifications. My family went through the same things my clients’ families are going through – court hearings, depositions, and expert witnesses. While I have not stood in the exact same shoes as most of my clients, my experience as a child of divorced parents provides me with a unique perspective and approach to family law. It’s also what led me to get certified as a Guardian ad Litem. Working as a Guardian ad Litem has helped me develop a more child-centric approach to custody matters.. Family law often involves strong emotions and difficult decisions. I consider it a privilege to be able to help people get through what is often one of the most challenging times in their lives. Family law issues are disruptive, unpredictable, and scary. My goal as a family law attorney is to help people navigate this process with grace and the knowledge to lead them to the best possible result.

Experienced and ardent litigator and advisor of employers concerning employment law with an emphasis on defending employment litigation nationwide in state, federal, and appellate courts and administrative agencies.  Dedicated to cost- and risk-minimizing solutions for employers.  Graduated in the top 20% of the class, with a certificate in employment law at Saint Louis University School of Law.  Published member and editor of the Saint Louis University Law Journal.

C.D. Longo is a Managing Partner and Founder of Longo Biggs, LC. Mr. Longo was born and raised in the South County area of St. Louis. C.D. attended the University of Missouri–Columbia and received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Communication and Psychology.. After his undergraduate studies at Mizzou, Mr. Longo received his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Longo was selected to mentor a group of incoming law students. He is a member of the Bar Association and licensed to practice in Missouri.. Mr. Longo was recruited by an oil and gas corporation following his graduation from law school. Throughout his tenure with the corporation, Mr. Longo received numerous promotions and eventually served as their General Counsel and Executive Vice President. This experience allows him to have a unique understanding of what companies’ actual legal needs are, how legal concerns directly affect business, and the importance of finding cost-effective solutions.. While working at a publically traded oil and gas company in Houston, Texas, Mr. Longo negotiated, wrote, and reviewed thousands of contracts, with some of the business negotiations concerning hundreds of millions of dollars. During his employment, Mr. Longo was involved in numerous lawsuits, both as the party pursuing legal action and as the defendant.. As a Partner at Longo Biggs, LC, Mr. Longo has obtained successful outcomes in a wide range of both civil and criminal cases, including DWIs, personal injury cases, car accidents, products liability, business litigation, contract disputes, and criminal defense.. Personally, C.D. enjoys staying active with his wife, daughter, and Labrador Retriever. Whenever possible he loves to get a foursome together for a round of golf.

Brad counsels and represents companies and entrepreneurs in a broad range of corporate and real estate transactions, with extensive experience in the following areas: (i) new business formation, funding and strategy; (ii) business succession, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; (iii) private equity and venture capital transactions; (iv) general business counseling; (v) drafting and negotiating all types of commercial contracts; (vi) structuring, negotiating and documenting credit facilities, loans and other financing arrangements; and (vii) all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, sale, and leasing of retail, office, hotels and other commercial properties.. Brad has experience with companies in a number of different industries, including manufacturing, distribution, construction, oil and gas, precision machining, hotels, restaurants, financial services, employment staffing, biomedical, life sciences, transportation, medical goods and services, software, technology, telecommunications and consumer goods.  Brad is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC.

Bob practices in the areas of business emergence, growth, mergers and acquisitions, capital transactions and reorganization, often finding himself in more of a strategic advisory role. He represents clients in the full range of leveraged buyouts, stock and asset acquisitions of public and private companies, divestitures, spin-offs, going private transactions, and the like. Transactions range in size from start up to several hundred million dollars, domestically as well as globally. Bob also provides advice and counsel to individuals and businesses concerning general business representation, taxation, estate planning, succession planning, real estate contracts, commercial lending, debt documentation and UCC. Bob is a founding member of Affinity Law Group, LLC.

Blase & Associates, LLC is a St. Louis and Metro East area Better Business Bureau A+ Accredited law firm practicing primarily in the estate planning, elder care, tax, asset protection and probate areas.  The firm was formed in 1999 by James G. Blase, an AV Preeminent rated estate planning attorney, after spending the first 17 years of his legal career with two large downtown law firms.  Mr. Blase is also an adjunct professor of estate planning at St. Louis University School of Law.. The firm's mission is to offer the finest quality estate and tax planning services available today, but at deeply discounted billing rates.  The firm also prides itself in the promptness of its services, usually completing drafts of estate planning documents within one to two weeks of meeting with clients.

Attorney Brian Fellows exclusively represents victims of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Mr. Fellows has established a high reputation for providing effective, successful representation in healthcare malpractice, automobile and trucking accidents, and products liability, particularly in the area of defective drug warnings.

Attorney Alex Ledbetter was originally drawn to the legal profession because of his principled nature, firmly believing that others should be held accountable for their actions. Alex enjoys being able to help others, lending his voice as an advocate for others and comforting clients when they need it most. Throughout your case you can expect to work with Alex significantly, so he can understand your story, your life, and your case in-depth. Alex will not only help you navigate your legal issue, but also spend the time and effort to truly get to know you and how your legal issue is impacting your life.

Areas of focus: Patent preparation and prosecution related to medical devices and mechanical technologies, counseling, licensing and enforcement; due diligence studies; and opinions regarding infringement, validity and enforceability of patents.  Mr. Crawford has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in a wide variety of arts. He conducts freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity studies, prepares and negotiates licenses and other agreements, and prosecutes trademark and copyright applications.