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Shelly Dreyer is an accomplished trial attorney with experience in personal injury, insurance law, trucking accidents, automobile and motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation, worksite injuries, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect and defective product litigation.. Born in Springfield, Missouri, she graduated from Missouri State University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in political science and communications. Shelly earned her Juris Doctorate Degree in 1997 from the School of Law at the University of Missouri and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1997 and the Illinois Bar in 1998. She began her career in the St. Louis area and in 2003 established the municipal court in Dardenne Prairie, MO. In addition to maintaining her law practice, Shelly served as Dardenne Prairie’s first judge, a position she held until 2008, when she relocated to Southwest Missouri.. n 2012, Ms. Dreyer was named a Top Attorney in Missouri by Kansas City Magazine and was noted as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Association. She was also named a Top Litigation Practitioner at the Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly 2015 Women’s Justice Awards. Other notable accomplishments include being named an Up-And-Coming Lawyer by Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly in 2006 and the 2012 Volunteer Service Award from the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys’ Emergency Response Team for her pro-bono work following the Joplin tornado in 2011.. Shelly currently serves on the Board of Governors for both the Missouri Bar Association and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. She is also a member of the Boone County Bar Association and the Jasper County Bar Association. She has received more than $45,000,000 in verdicts during her 20-year legal career.

Keegan Tinney is a lifelong resident of Joplin, MO. A 2011 graduate of Joplin High School and 2015 graduate of Missouri Southern State University (MSSU), Keegan received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in December 2017. Keegan studied political science at MSSU, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, a Southern Ambassador, and was team captain of the university’s Mock Trial team. Additionally, Keegan completed two legislative internships with Missouri Senate Majority Leader, Ron Richard, during his undergraduate career.. Keegan continued his interest in Mock Trial competition at UMKC’s School of Law. He was awarded Top Advocate at the Stetson Law School Mock Trial competition, coached two UMKC Mock Trial teams, and was a semi-finalist in the American Bar Association National Criminal Justice competition. Keegan was also a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) law students’ association, and the American Association for Justice (AAJ) mock trial team.. In addition to working as a law clerk for Sticklen & Dreyer since 2014, Keegan has also clerked for the Jasper County Prosecutor’s office and the Cherokee County (Kansas) Prosecutor’s office. He also continues to be an active member of Missouri Boys State, currently serving as a senior staff member and as a part of the organization’s Operations staff.. Keegan is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA), the Jasper County Bar Association, and the Boone County Bar Association. Keegan has also been elected to the Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization whose purpose is the encouragement of oral advocacy and brief writing skills through effective law school appellate moot court and mock trial programs. The Order recognizes, on a national basis, graduating law students who have excelled in moot court and mock trial activities in their respective law schools.. Keegan will be focusing his practice on automobile accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, worker’s compensation, and premises liability cases.