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Kate Jilka Bree is an Associate at the St. Louis office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP.  Kate has approximately five years of experience representing a Class I railroad, in addition to various product manufacturers, in defense of mass tort litigation, including toxic tort, products liability, and FELA cases.  She also previously represented clients in litigation involving other personal injury, medical malpractice, automobile negligence, and premises liability matters involving acute injuries.  She has had an active role in all phases of litigation, including investigating and evaluating cases, drafting written discovery and discovery motions, conducting depositions of plaintiffs and fact witnesses, representing clients at motion hearings, preparing expert deposition outlines, consulting with experts, and preparing motions and briefs for trial and appellate matters.  Kate has developed expertise in briefing issues related to claims under the FELA, Locomotive Inspection Act, and Safety Appliance Act.  In addition, Kate is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute and recently attended the six-day Trial College hosted by the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.

Karen Rheingans is an experienced defense litigator affiliated with the St. Louis office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, where she brings forth her expertise in asbestos and product liability. Karen has served as Trial Team leader, managing large asbestos dockets within the State of Illinois. Her phenomenal leadership skills make her a prized litigator today at the Firm. As a trial attorney, Karen has negotiated settlements with opposing counsels, obtained dismissals, prepared and presented motions, and served as local and national counsel for clients across the Midwest. In addition to leading numerous fact and expert witness depositions, Karen has presented dispositive motions at the state and federal level and has brought many trials to verdict. Today, Karen continues to thrive at Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, where she remains a driving force in asbestos-related toxic tort and environmental litigation.

John J. Driscoll received his B.A. from Loyal Univeristy of Chicago, and his Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law.  After graduating from law school, he began his career as an Assistant Public Defender and then worked as an in-chamber law clerk serving two Illinois Appellate Court Justices consecutively.  After gaining experience trying various cases, Driscoll established The Driscoll Firm in 2007.  Our experienced team of attorneys handle a variety of cases involving product liablity, birth injury, brain injury, medical malpractice, and personal injury.  Contact us to discuss your case and learn more about your legal options.

James P. Leonard was born and raised in St. Louis. He attended St. Louis Priory High School and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Notre Dame. He returned home to St. Louis for law school, graduating from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He and his wife, Donna, have been married more than 25 years and have four children. Jim began the practice of law in Belleville, Illinois, primarily representing defendants in civil actions involving automobile and truck collisions, automobile defects, railroad injuries, medical negligence, legal malpractice, and defective prescription drugs. In 1986 he joined the St. Louis law firm of Padberg, McSweeney, Slater, & Merz, primarily representing injured people. Jim joined Devereaux, Stokes, Nolan, Fernandez & Leonard in 2005 and has continued to represent injured people throughout Missouri and Illinois. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for his career, Jim has obtained numerous million dollar settlements and jury awards in cases arising from truck collisions, medical negligence, defective products, and industrial accidents. In addition, he has successfully handled dozens of appeals before the Missouri Supreme Court and various Courts of Appeal in Missouri and Illinois. He is a frequent lecturer on trial techniques, negligence law, and appellate practice.

James is a family man with a passion for adventure. He and his wife, Sherrie, love to find new places and having new experiences. He has been on a bobsled run, learned how to fly a plane, zip lined through the rain forest, attended a Hollywood premier, was part of America's Cup sailboat crew, got to meet Nickelback backstage and even driven a NASCAR race car. Most recently, he has developed a passion for riding motorcycles with the purchase of his new bike. He and Sherrie love to share those experiences with their three children, Ryan, Tyler, and Devyn.. Their favorite spot to spend time together has easily become Walt Disney World, which James affectionately refers to as his second home. "As you grow older, you have to still be a kid. Life is so serious and there continues to be more pressure the older you get. It's important for me to get to play with the kids, ride the rides, and be an active in my relationship with my kids," said James of his favorite vacation spot. He continued, "I'm grown up when I have to be, but being downright goofy when I want to be keeps me young at heart."His passion for kids is also the driving force behind years spent as a youth hockey coach. After spending years coaching kids from 6-7 years old all the way to 14-15, James has learned how important it is for adults to have a positive effect on children. "You always wonder if you have an impact on kids," continued James, "and then 10 years later, when you see them carry the same respect and discipline outside the rink that they were taught in hockey, you realize you did. And they still call me coach!" James is Castle Law Office's founder and president. He began his career with a passion for helping people get out of debt. James’ passion for working in the world of bankruptcy first came when he himself had to file for bankruptcy during law school. “After being laid off from General Motors, I found myself like 90% of the population,” explained James. The process was difficult for him but something positive did come out of it: it clarified what he wanted to do. “In law school, you take classes in the law but you aren’t taught about what kind of work is going to make you happy. I’m so grateful to have learned my passion early and followed my dream to become a great bankruptcy attorney,” finished James.. He started his bankruptcy practice in 1994 and has taken the same drive and determination he used to help over 30,000 families get debt relief to help the victims of serious accidents. James gets the most enjoyment out of litigating complex cases and going up against the insurance companies for the tough fight. Through his work with injured victims, James has learned that there are critical mistakes that can be made immediately after an accident that prevent those involved from being treated fairly by the insurance companies. As a result, he used his extensive knowledge of personal injury and passion for education to write his fifth publication, "I Survived! The Crash Victim's Guide to Dealing with the Aftermath." James said of his book, "Regardless of whether someone represents themselves or even files with another attorney, having the right information is absolutely vital. I feel it's my duty to get that information out there and make it available for free.". He attended St. Louis University School of Law and is admitted to practice law in Missouri and the Eastern and Southern Districts of Illinois.His most recent achievements include being selected as one of America's Top 20 Premier Experts, for which he has been featured in such national publications as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, as well as interview appearances on Fox, CBS, ABC, and NBC. He also co-authored a book with America's Premier Experts, Shift Happens, which provides the latest review n the economic recession. The book became a best-seller in three different categories soon after it was released.In addition, he has been a featured guest on the prominent radio show "The Next Big Thing," and is the legal expert for St. Louis radio personality Niecy Davis from Foxy 95.5 during which he answers the most pressing legal questions from Missouri and Illinois residents.Much of James' passion for injured persons is similar to his passion for his bankruptcy clients. "You have these giant companies and they are out to make a profit. Unfortunately, an insurance company makes a profit by paying out as little as possible, regardless of their actual injuries." He finished, "The best part of being the voice for these victims is getting the settlement and the treatment that the client actually deserves, not just what the insurance company is willing to give."

I represent all types of injured individuals, with a particular focus on helping individuals who have been injured by drugs and medical devices.  I have played an integral role in numerous nationally consolidated pharmaceutical litigations, including serving as the national law and briefing co-chair for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In Re: Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation.  I also served in the same role for the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In Re Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation.. My firm and I take great pride in representing all types of injured individuals.  We understand that our clients are often speaking to us in their greatest time of need, with nowhere else to turn.  We do everything can to ensure our clients are treated fairly and have the advocates on their side that they deserve.

Individuals and families come to my firm for help after a loss has drastically altered their lives. My job is to secure justice for those individuals and families so that they have the means to live with the dignity every human being deserves. Most of the cases my firm handles end in a settlement of some kind. However, a large number of our cases are tried before a jury. We are trial lawyers, and the five lawyers at my firm have tried over 350 jury trials. If securing justice for the folks we represent means taking the case to trial, we will not hesitate.. My dad, Don Schlapprizzi, started this firm some thirty years ago. He has dedicated his life to helping individuals and families who have been harmed by another's wrongdoing. His exceptional abilities as a trial lawyer and consistent courtroom success have earned him the reputation as one of the preeminent trial lawyers in the United States.. Our firm is responsible for the longest civil jury trial in the history of the State of Missouri. Our five lawyers have the combined experience of 350 jury trials. All appeals are handled in-house, and we have taken more than 60 cases to Missouri Courts of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. We have changed the law five times for the benefit of the citizens of Missouri.

I work exclusively in the health care area, representing health care providers of all types: health care systems, freestanding hospitals, ancillary service providers, physician groups and individual physicians. My goal is to help my clients be successful while operating within the complex regulatory framework that exists in the health care industry.Specialties: Regulatory compliance, including Stark Law, fraud and abuse, state regulatory and accreditation compliance; transactional work, medical staff disciplinary and peer review matters, risk management and operational issues, state and federal licensure and certification issues.Disclaimer: "The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements."

Gregory D. DeBeer is an associate in the St. Louis office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. His practice focuses on general negligence, toxic tort and environmental litigation and product liability, but he also has experience in bankruptcy, contract and real estate law. Gregory has represented clients in all aspects of standard and complex litigation through trial.

Gonzalo Fernandez has been a trial attorney in the court room fighting for his clients for over 25 years.   After graduating from Washington University Law school in St. Louis with a law degree and an MBA he accepted a position with Baker & McKenzie, the world's largest law firm, in their home office in Chicago.  He left Baker to work for the Circuit Attorney's office in the City of St. Louis where he was an Assistant Prosecutor and part of the Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit as well as a member of the Special Victims Unit.   Gonzalo then worked as in-house counsel for Anheuser Busch where he worked closely with the marketing department and field sales and oversaw antitrust and wholesaler litigation.   Since 1996 Gonzalo has been in private practice focusing his practice on Plaintiff's personal injury cases.  He has won numerous multi million dollar verdicts in areas such as medical negligence, trucking accidents, defective products, bad faith insurance cases and police officer excessive force cases.   He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, American Association for Justice, the Hispanic Nation and St. Louis bar associations, and has received the highest possible AV rating from Martindale Hubbel for 15 straight years.  He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Club, Super Lawyers and has been selected to Best Lawyers in Missouri for personal injury work on multiple occassions.

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Dr. Millard's practice includes all areas of intellectual property law. Her work focuses primarily upon technologies in the biotechnology, biochemical, and pharmaceutical areas, and involves patent preparation and prosecution, invalidity and infringement opinions, and counseling related to patentability and freedom to operate.

Dr. Hendrickson's practice specializes in patent related issues, including the development, management, and enforcement of worldwide patent portfolios. She has experience in counseling pharmaceutical, chemical, and food science companies, including Fortune 500 companies as well as start-up companies and universities. She works closely with her clients to protect their commercially important products and to help them achieve their business goals while avoiding infringement of competitors' patents.  Before attending law school, Dr. Hendrickson taught Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award. Prior to teaching, she worked as an analytical chemist in the agricultural products division of DuPont Company.

Don Schlapprizzi is the President of Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law and is one of the most highly regarded trial lawyers in the State of Missouri. In 1981 he founded Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law, which he has continued to expand through the years, to ensure those hurt by another’s negligence or other wrongful act could obtain justice. He was the lead trial lawyer in the longest civil jury trial in the history of Missouri.. Don is honored with long standing memberships of some of the most prestigious “by invitation” only, legal organizations in the country, including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American College of Trial Lawyers. The latter’s elite membership comprises less than one percent of the lawyer population as well as every member of the Supreme Courts of both the United States of America and Canada.

Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman was born and raised in Chicago. She attended St. Elizabeth High School and DePaul University. She was a high school teacher and taught at Robert Morris College. She became interested in law when she went to work as a legal secretary for the law firms of Stratford, Lafontant, Fisher, Gibson, Cousins, and Wilman, Harold, Allen, & Dixon. She realized her dream of becoming an attorney when she graduated from St. Louis University Law school and began the practice of law in 1985. She became licensed to practice in Illinois in 1986.Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman has over 31 years of legal experience. She has represented governmental entities, financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. At the beginning of her career, she was an Assistant Public Defender and Prosecutor for the City of St. Louis as well as a Law Clerk for the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit. Her experience expanded to municipal law. In this position as bond Counsel and General Counsel to the Comptroller, she created municipal corporations to issue bonds and created 501(c)3 corporations and handled litigation. She was red book certified. She also was an Attorney for a municipality. Mrs. Coleman has legislative experience as an Administrative Assistant to a Senator in Missouri. She drafted and reviewed legislation and met with several department heads. One major issue during this time was partial birth abortion. Ms. Coleman was a Hearing Officer (like a judge on the municipal level) for several years and heard and decided public nuisance cases.Ms. Coleman's practice transitioned from the public sector to the private sector. She has represented clients in the areas of family law, criminal law, probate, personal injury, contracts, civil matters, real estate, traffic, tax and employment. Ms. Coleman's experience as a lawyer, law clerk, hearing officer, and legislative assistant is unparalleled and services to benefit her clients' needs from a broad perspective.Some of the major business accomplishments Ms. Coleman has experienced during her career includes: earning a law degree over a 21 year period while married, having and raising a family (including the death of her oldest child; opening the first all woman African American law firm in St. Louis; becoming the first certified bond counsel and underwriters counsel in the red book in St. Louis; becoming the first woman and African American Clerk and Legal Counsel for the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis; running for Mayor of the City of St. Louis.Ms. Coleman is committed to providing clients with exceptional representation while preserving personalized service and responsiveness to her client's needs.

Dedicated to representing seriously injured individuals and their families in matters realted to medical malpractice, product liability, auto and truck accidetns, death cases and work place injuries.. Graduated from the University at Albany, with honors and served on the board the Law Review. Interned in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and was selected for the Honors Program with the Department of Justice, Executive Office of United States Trustees in Washington, D.C.. Member of The Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice. In addition, I served as a Lawyer Volunteer offering free legal representation to victims and their families who sought compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and contributor to the Differential Diagnosis Litigation Packet, published by the American Association for Justice.. I also serve on several committees in the St. Louis community including the St. Louis Men's Group Against Cancer and City Academy.. Admitted to practice law in Missouri, New York and New Jersey.

Bruce Morrison’s work focuses on environmental law and litigation as well as on business matters and litigation.  His clients include small and mid-sized businesses, municipalities, and individuals.. Mr. Morrison served on the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee from 1996 to 2006 and as Region 7’s Representative to EPA’s Small Business National Compliance Advisory Panel from 2003 to 2006.. Mr. Morrison has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, was named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 St. Louis Litigation - Environmental Lawyer of the Year, has been selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® and is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Brad Wilmoth is a injury attorney at the Law Firm of Brown & Crouppen. Recognized in 2010 by Missouri Lawyer's Weekly as an "Up & Coming Lawyer," and named a "Rising Star" in 2011 by SuperLawyers, Brad has a reputation for providing excellent client service to people who need compensation for their injuries. Brad works with the litigation team at Brown & Crouppen on complex cases where severe injuries have changed lives.

Ben Thames is a Partner in the St. Louis office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. Ben has concentrated his practice in the defense of small companies as well as large corporations involved in complex litigation in the areas of product liability, toxic tort and mass tort, environmental litigation, and commercial issues. He has represented various manufacturers, suppliers and premises owners in claims involving toxic exposures and product liability actions, including automotive products, respiratory protective equipment and industrial equipment. Additionally, he has defended companies against claims involving alleged exposure to asbestos, benzene, chromium, diacetyl, coal dust and other industrial substances. Ben oversees all phases of litigation, including conducting discovery, investigation and analysis of evidence, research and preparation of motions, deposing and defending fact and expert witnesses, and preparing for and participating at trial and appellate practice.

Andrea McNairy is a personal injury attorney at Brown & Crouppen who works on litigation, products liability, premises liability and medical malpractice cases. Andrea was honored in 2010 as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, and in 2011 was named a "SuperLawyer" by SuperLawyers Magazine. Andrea makes it a priority to obtain the best outcome for injured clients.

An experienced litigator and registered patent attorney, Richard Juang draws on a varied background spanning pharmaceuticals, life sciences, software, and emerging technologies to help clients navigate and litigate complex intellectual property issues.. As a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Richard regularly assists clients with patent, trademark, and copyright matters, as well as all types of intellectual property also handles Hatch-Watchman litigation, drawing on a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering to translate sophisticated medical and chemical concepts into winning legal strategies. His experience includes pre-trial preparation, drafting direct examination outlines for expert witnesses, handling Markman hearings, and trial assistance.. After earning his B.S. at Washington University in St. Louis, Richard continued at the University’s Law School and earned his J.D., serving with the Global Studies Law Review and being inducted into the Order of the Barristers upon graduation. He went on to earn his L.L.M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Richard earned additional experience as a legal intern with the Illinois Third Judicial Circuit, where he focused on asbestos-related matters, and as a legal intern with the United States Attorney’s Office. During law school, he also interned for the Hon. E. Richard Webber in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where he focused on patent law, licensing, and infringement matters.

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A native of Missouri, Josh attended Missouri State University (Southwest Missouri State University) where he earned his degree in Political Science and a minor in Spanish.  Upon graduation, he was accepted into the nationally renowned law program at Washington University in St. Louis.  However, he was not just another face in the crowd.  While there, he was named the Myron Gollub Scholar and invited for induction into Who’s Who Among American Law Students.  During his final year of law school, he was accepted into the school’s nationally recognized mock trial team where he studied trial skills under St. Louis City Judge David Mason.  Due to his outstanding trials skills, he was named as a member of The Order of the Barristers.. Throughout his career, he has devoted 100% of his time to fighting for injury victims.  He does not, has not, and will not practice any other area of law.  He credits this intense focus on injury law as the foundation which has led to his successes.  In just the past five years alone, he has helped obtain more than $25 million in settlements and judgments.  He regularly attends seminars around the country to discuss with other premier trial attorneys new litigation tactics.