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Dan has been working as an attorney at McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer in Town and Country, Missouri since July of 2016.  He practices primarily in the areas of construction law, real estate, commercial litigation, and personal injury matters.. In 2016 and 2017 Dan was named to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, which recognizes excellency in the practice of law.  No more than 2.5% of attorneys in MO and KS are named to the Rising Stars List.. Dan started working as an attorney at the law firm of Troppito Miller Griffin, LLC, in Kansas City, MO in May of 2014. He practiced primarily in the areas of consumer fraud, construction law, real and personal property matters, and contractual disputes/drafting.. Dan graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2013. He also earned CALI awards (highest grade in the class) in both Legal Writing and Professional Responsibility and served as the Business Editor of the UMKC Law Review. In addition, Dan received the Excellence in Estate Planning award from UMB Bank for providing superior pro bono estate planning assistance to individuals in the Kansas City community; only one student in the law school graduating class is recognized with this award. During Dan’s fifth semester of law school, he taught himself Italian and subsequently finished law school in Italy, at the University of Rome, where he took his final semester in Italian, studying European comparative and private Italian law.. Dan earned his undergraduate degrees from Missouri State University in 2010 with a B.S. in both International Business and Spanish. He also had the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in Valencia, Spain at the Universidad Politécnica in 2008.. While in law school Dan spent numerous hours in courtrooms and judges’ chambers as he served as a judicial intern under the following three judges:  (1) the Honorable Sarah W. Hays of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, (2) the Honorable David M. Byrn for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, and (3) the Honorable Kenneth R. Garrett III for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. While working under these judges, Dan had the opportunity to observe some of the finest attorneys in the legal profession argue trials, hearings, and mediations. At that time, Dan also worked as a law clerk for Troppito + Miller where he predominantly assisted with matters relating to: contractual disputes, real property, consumer/general fraud, collections, bankruptcy, and adversary proceedings of various sorts within bankruptcies.. Dan began his legal career as a volunteer at the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (“SMBA”) in order to gain exposure to the legal profession.  While working at the SMBA, he met several prominent attorneys that recommended the Springfield, Missouri civil defense powerhouse, Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer, & Patton, P.C., where he subsequently found a job and worked as an investigator until he moved to Kansas City for law school. At Turner Reid, Dan provided support for the attorneys to facilitate the defense of negligence, products liability, medical malpractice, and insurance claims cases.. Dan is currently licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas state courts as well as the Western District of Missouri federal courts.

Cynthia M. Hennessey is both a registered nurse and a workers' comp lawyer who is licensed in Missouri, Illinois and Colorado. With 20 years of legal experience in handling many different areas of the law, she has proven that she can be trusted in even the most complex of cases. She has been proven to be of help in everything from workers' compensation to personal injury claims to even helping obtain the just amount of Social Security disability benefits. In 1985, Cynthia received her nursing degree from Maryville University. She later went on to practice Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and then Adult Intensive Care Nursing at BJC. Following this, she graduated with her law degree from St. Louis University in 1991. After graduation, she spent her first seven years at Evans and Dixon, where she represented both insurance companies and employers in cases involving workers' compensation. This gave her a thorough and extensive experience in the matter that she took with her when she split off to start her own firm in 1998. Cynthia is now proud to only represent the injured in workers' comp cases and personal injury claims in Missouri and Illinois.. Workers' Compensation and Personal Injuries in Missouri, Illinois and ColoradoPlaintiff's Only

Criminal defense has been Jen's passion since she was in college. She graduated magna cum laude from Bellarmine University with degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice Studies.. Once she entered law school, Jen immediately got involved in community organizations that focused helping those affected by the criminal justice system. Through SLU’s Street Law Organization, she taught classes across St. Louis City at Confluence Academy, the Juvenile Justice Center, and the City Justice Center. These classes varied, focusing on everything from basic informing students on their basic legal rights to semester-long criminal law and criminal procedure courses. She also volunteers with Criminal Justice Ministry, a local organization that supports and empowers individuals impacted by incarceration. This volunteer work has helped Jen develop the skills needed to lead with empathy while being an effective proponent for her clients.. Throughout law school, Jen was the recipient of multiple Academic Achievement Awards, one being in Legal Research & Writing. She also competed on SLU Law’s National Trial Competition Team. For practical experience, she first interned with the State of Missouri Public Defenders in the Civil Commitment Defense Unit and then participated in SLU Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic. These experiences have given Jen opportunities to advocate at every stage of the criminal process.. Jen graduated from St. Louis University School of Law in the top 25% of her class and with a concentration in Criminal Litigation Skills. Upon graduation and admittance to the Missouri Bar, Jen has spent the last 7 years working at criminal defense firms and handles state and appellate level criminal cases, as well as expungements. Her passion for justice drives her to fiercely defend her clients.

Colton Newlin is a dedicated litigation associate at Brown & Crouppen, where he specializes in wrongful death, premises liability, and complex auto accident cases.  A 2023 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law, Colton earned his Juris Doctorate with a certificate from the prestigious SLU Center for Health Law Studies, recognized as the nation's top health law program.  Colton is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois.. Throughout his practice, Colton has contributed to successful outcomes for his clients, securing compensation and justice for those impacted by the negligence of others.  His commitment to advocacy extends beyond the courtroom, as he is also a writer, having authored multiple publications for the Brown & Crouppen blog on topics such as post-concussive syndrome and rideshare collision lawsuits.. Colton is an active member of various professional associations, including the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice, staying connected with the legal community and upholding the highest standards of ethics and excellence in his work.  He is passionate about advocating for the rights of injured individuals and is driven to make a positive difference in their lives.. Outside of his professional life, Colton is a proud dog dad, an avid hiker, a culinary enthusiast, and an aspiring virtuosic pianist.

Christopher Bent is a St. Louis business lawyer serving the legal needs for residents of Missouri and Illinois,  He is the managing member of the Law Offices of Christopher Bent, LLC. Attorney Bent has 19 years of legal experience. In his career, he has litigated  several bench and jury trials in state and federal court in Misouri and Illinois.  St. Louis Magazine recognized him in their 2010 edition of “Best Lawyers.” He provides training to human resources and conducts continuing legal educations seminars to lawyers.

Christopher A. Wright grew up in St. Louis in unincorporated Oakville. Chris attended Christian Brothers College (CBC) High School from 1986 through 1990. He graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in both Political Science and Communication. He attended law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law, where he graduated in 1998. While at UMKC, he served on the UMKC Law Review as Managing Editor from 1997 through 1998; he was also a member of the Ellison Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Board; and was a recipient of the Max Foust Scholarship.. Chris has dedicated his professional career to exclusively and aggressively representing victims and their families in the most complex medical negligence, nursing home negligence, serious personal injury and wrongful death actions. In September 2005, Chris was selected by Missouri Lawyer's Weekly magazine as an Up & Coming Missouri Lawyer. And in 2009, Chris was named a Missouri & Kansas Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine.  He was named a Missouri Super Lawyer in 2013 and 2014, and a Best Lawyer in 2015.. Chris is actively involved in supporting, or has served on the Boards of, the following charitable/consumer advocacy organizations: The United Way; The Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO); The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA); and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA); and the Kirkwood-Webster Junior Football league.. Chris and his wife, Shannon, live in Webster Groves with their 3 boys - Ben, Will and Sam.

Chris joined Goldblatt + Singer after working for insurance companies and seeing how unfairly injured victims were being treated. Chris was drawn to personal injury law by a desire to make a difference in the lives of people who have been injured by someone else's negligence. Chris is invested in each of his client's cases, and will fight aggressively for the benefit and the rights of his clients.. Chris is licensed to practice law in Missouri and before the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri. He is an alumnus of the Theodore McMillian Inns of Court preparing both new and experienced attorneys for successful trials. Chris earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from the Rochester Institute of Technology and his Juris Doctorate from St. Louis University School of Law. Chris was born and raised in St. Louis and currently resides in the Saint Louis Hills area.

Charlie Amen is an owner of Amen, Gantner & Capriano, Your Estate Matters, L.L.C. He has extensive experience in the estate planning field, in addition to his background in financial planning, income tax counseling and tax return preparation. He knows the importance of planning for the future, both economically and emotionally. Mr. Amen, along with other members of the firm, will work hard to provide quality estate planning services to clients concerned about protecting their hard-earned dollars and providing for their loved ones in case of death or disability.. Because of his knowledge and desire to share that knowledge with others, Mr. Amen is frequently invited to speak on estate planning matters. He teaches adult education classes in the through Meramec Junior College on topics such as investments, taxes and estate planning. He also devotes his time to educating customers through estate planning seminars.. After serving as a Coast Guard Attorney handling everything from court martials to administrative maritime law, Mr. Amen became a Deputy District Attorney in Solano County, California, where for 11 years he prosecuted felony cases. He was also the owner of an income tax preparation firm, primarily responsible for income tax returns. For two years, he worked as a stockbroker and financial advisor at a large brokerage firm.. Recognizing the need for his clients to have the legal tools to control their own affairs and avoid the hassle and heartache of probate, Mr. Amen joined Purcell & Amen, L.L.C., the successor of Purcell & Associates, L.L.C.  Mr. Amen has been able to combine his financial, tax and legal experience into comprehensive estate plans that meet clients' needs and expectations.. Mr. Amen is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Bar Association, California Bar Association, The Estate Planning Council of St. Louis and the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. He is licensed to practice law in both Missouri & California.. Mr. Amen obtained his undergraduate degree in History/Government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, where he also obtained a commission in the Coast Guard. He went to law school at University of California, Hastings College of Law, in San Francisco and obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1982.. Mr. Amen and his wife are both originally from South St. Louis County and are Lindbergh High School graduates and currently live in Kirkwood with their family. He was active in Boy Scouts and is a former Cubmaster. Mr. Amen is also a Commander in the Coast Guard Reserves, serving as the St. Louis Legal Officer.. For recreation, Mr. Amen and his wife are in a bowling league. He is an avid stamp and coin collector and a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan.. Mr. Amen is a member of the St. Louis Coast Guard Officers Association, Reserve Officers Association, and the Founders Board of the American Cancer Society's Heritage League.

Camille Toney represents businesses in human relations issues, with a focus on litigation related to employment discrimination and employee benefits. She also counsels employers and helps them create and update employment and separation agreements.. She devotes a substantial amount of time to helping employers with lawsuits arising under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and advising them with regard to administering their benefits plans and managing their leave and return-to-work programs. In addition, she has handled discrimination claims in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and has experience with wage and hour litigation and non-compete litigation.. For Camille, who joined the firm in 2012 after completing a joint graduate program in law and business at the University of Alabama, employment and labor law was a natural fit. She grew up influenced by her father’s work as an automotive executive, and working at his company — in customer service and in the plant — gave her an inside look at different aspects of the corporate world, including how legal matters are handled.

Calvin Matthews, a member of the Corporate Services practice group, serves as outside counsel to a number of major businesses including Sterling Bank, First Community Bank and the area developer and master franchisee for Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shops in Missouri and Illinois. In these positions, Calvin handles a wide-range of corporate issues including those related to financial transactions, real estate, employment and labor, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.. He offers clients a unique combination of skills due to an unusual background that includes in-depth experience as a corporate services attorney, litigator and even a securities trader. Because of this, Calvin has a diverse practice representing a variety of companies from industries as different as apparel, banking and food services. His practice also includes representing clients with cutting edge legal issues such as those in the medical marijuana business in both Missouri and Illinois.. In the corporate services area, many of Calvin’s clients are mid and large-sized closely held businesses. He takes a holistic view of a company’s operations and thus provides a range of needed services, including the review of corporate structure, contracts and policies. He develops strategies aimed at improving operations and minimizing risks.. When clients face litigation issues, Calvin employs his experience handling contract, insurance, banking, and finance disputes as well as complex multiparty national class action cases. His widely publicized cases include the representation of Jos A. Bank Clothiers Inc. against national class actions as well as the representation of Randall Sutton, the CEO and president of the defunct National Prearranged Funerals Inc. in one of the largest fraud schemes ever prosecuted in the Missouri.

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.

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.

Brian Winebright is a trial attorney at Cantor Injury Law. Brian handles all matters of civil injury litigation, including car, motorcycle and truck collisions, animal attacks, trucking accidents, premises liability, and much more. Brian also prosecutes catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims.. Brian graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2013. Prior to attending law school in Columbia, he was born and raised in St. Louis and completed his undergraduate degree at Saint Louis University.. Brian is licensed to practice in both Missouri and Illinois, and is an active member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Brian Rogers is an attorney with the soul of an entrepreneur. He understands that those building businesses do so as an extension of themselves. Their business is an investment not just of money but also their hearts. When it comes to his profession, Brian is first and foremost a highly qualified attorney recognized by colleagues and clients as an expert in his field. Added to that is Brian’s love of small business and his empathy for the entrepreneur. This combination of legal expertise, business knowledge, and caring makes Brian uniquely positioned to support small business creation and growth.. After years of providing effective legal services to numerous business clients as an attorney at various firms, Brian decided to pursue his own entrepreneurial dream and formed Blue Maven Law, LLC. This new firm is built on the standards he believes best support business development and growth. Importantly, these ideals represent Brian’s own persona in both his professional and personal life.. Brian is known as a qualified and effective attorney. He is active in a wide array of business activities and organizations and serves as committee chairman and board director for several of them.. Perhaps more important is how Brian is regarded as a person. Caring. Friendly. Intelligent. Likable. Humorous. Curious. Thorough. It is Brian’s genuine and authentic approach to life and those he meets which make him stand out as a person and an attorney.. Brian has his JD from the University of Missouri, where he served as managing editor of the Missouri Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Letters from the University of Oklahoma and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Brian is the former chair and the current vice chair of the Missouri Bar’s Business Law Committee and the chairman for the Small Business Week initiative in St. Louis having served as a member for years. He serves as secretary of Missouri Venture Forum, Inc. and Small Business Week of Eastern Missouri, Inc. and is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth. Brian lives in St. Louis with his wife, Andrea, and dogs, Jack and Sophie (and cat, Rocky).

Brian Robert Lowry is Deputy General Counsel for Monsanto Company and leads the Office of Law & Policy.  He and his team are responsible for key legal functions and public policy efforts including human rights, human resources and immigration; business conduct, ethics and anti-corruption; intellectual property policy; international trade policy, negotiations and compliance; multi-lateral undertakings and conventions and UN-related matters; and stakeholder and socially responsible investor engagement.  The principle author of Monsanto’s Human Rights Policy, he now chairs the company’s Human Rights Steering Committee and its Office of Sustainability.  Brian also co-chairs the USCIB working group on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda and is the first board chair of the U.S. Local Network of the UN Global Compact

Brian E. Roskin is a graduate of the St. Louis University School of Law and completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University. His areas of practice include MO workers' compensation, car accidents, class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, DWI's, felony and misdemeanors, and contract disputes. Mr. Roskin has been a past member of a condo association in charge of budgeting and  allocating almost $1,000, annually. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Roskin was a MO high school wrestling state champion, scholarship wrestler in the Big Ten and he currently coaches high school wrestling.

Breanna L. Hunt joined OnderLaw, LLC in 2020 after representing clients as an associate attorney at a large St. Louis law firm. Her experience includes cases involving motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, FELA, wrongful death, dog bites, OSHA violations, premises liability, and products liability.. Breanna earned her Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law, where she was a member of the moot court board and a member of an Honors Legal Fraternity, Phi Delta Phi. Breanna is also a member of the Order of the Barristers. During her law school career, she was a regional finalist for the American Bar Association (ABA) National Moot Court Competition in 2019; Best Oralist in the SIU Intramural Moot Court competition; 2L/3L ABA Moot Court team captain; 3L First Amendment Moot Court Team Captain; national liaison for the Federal Bar Association; president of Phi Delta Phi Honors Legal Fraternity; student director of the Transgender Legal Name Change and Gender Marker Project pro bono clinic; and 2L class SBA Representative in 2017-2018. She completed more than 350 hours of pro bono work throughout her law school career, and has a passion for important social causes, including equal rights and environmental issues.. Since joining OnderLaw, LLC, Breanna has focused her practice on representing personal injury victims and has proven herself to be a valuable member of our litigation teams.

Bradford L. Stevens serves his clients by implementing estate and business plans that reflect the client’s goals, hopes, dreams and expectations. As a business and estate planning counsel, he crafts plans for individuals and businesses to help them succeed and prosper.A native of St. Louis, his roots are deep in the community. After graduating from Webster Groves High School in 1969, he attended the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he graduated in 1973 with a B.A., magna cum laude. He then went on to obtain his Juris Doctors Degree from Washington University School of Law in 1976.Brad practices in the areas of estate planning, tax, probate, real estate and business law. He is a frequent lecturer to various organizations and has given numerous seminars to accounting professionals, financial planners, insurance professionals and the public.He is a founding member and currently serves as President of the e.Planners Educational Alliance, a nonprofit educational think tank. The purpose of the Alliance is to expand estate planning knowledge and expertise of its members in order to serve the needs of clients and the dignity of the legal profession.Brad is a coauthor of How to Protect Assets during Life and Avoid Estate Tax at Death (2002) and Trust and Asset Protection Alternatives in Missouri (2000). He also coauthored a Practical Skills Workshop on Living Trust - Centered Estate Planning (1994) and Missouri Practice Probate (1992). He is a member of the Probate and Trust Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Probate and Trust Committee of the Missouri Bar, and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the American Bar Association.Brad is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Tax Court.

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.

Brad Mitchell joined Hein Schneider & Bond in 2019 following several years of private practice in Columbia, Missouri. Brad is an experienced litigation attorney licensed to practice in both Missouri and Oklahoma whose practice areas include general civil litigation, commercial and residential real estate matters, title insurance, condemnation, landlord-tenant disputes, debtor/creditor and collections-related litigation.

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.

Born and raised in Missouri, Shaun attended St. Louis University High School before accepting a soccer scholarship at Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, Shaun  was a Southeastern Conference Scholar Athlete majoring in Communication Studies. Upon graduation, Shaun was accepted to the St. Louis University School of Law where he graduated in 2007. Since that time, Shaun became licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois, and he has devoted 100% of his practice to representing personal injury victims.. After law school, Shaun joined a personal injury firm in Collinsville, Illinois before founding the Lieser Law Firm, LLC in March 2011. With offices in St. Louis, Missouri and Belleville, Illinois, the Lieser Law Firm represents victims in both states. Primarily, the Lieser Law Firm focuses on automobile accidents, truck accidents, motorcylce accidents, slip and fall claims, product liability claims, medical malpractice claims, dog bite attacks, wrongful death claims, and claims for workers' compensation.

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.

Bob is a biologist with undergraduate and graduate training in endocrinology from Virginia Tech. Bob spent over 10 years in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries working with respiratory drugs, in-vitro diagnostics, and associated methods and instrumentation.  Earlier this decade, while working with business development on matters related to acquisition of new IP as well as protection of existing IP, Bob became very interested to pursue intellectual property law in a personal and intimate capacity.  Bob graduated from SLU Law in May 2016 and was sworn in to the Missouri Bar on September 30th, 2016.

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.