Top best Litigation Lawyers Near me in ZIP 66441

Tom Lemley is the principal attorney and owner of Bridgepoint Law Firm.. Tom was born and raised in St. Louis and earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Mizzou.. After law school, Tom served as a Law Clerk to a Federal District Judge before accepting a litigation position as an Assistant Missouri Attorney General. He later joined a law firm in Clayton as an associate and later became a partner.. In 1995, Tom and his wife joined the Peace Corps, serving as volunteers in Ukraine. Tom went on to manage projects for the Alliance to Save Energy, the International Rescue Committee and other US-based non-profits in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.. Tom later rejoined his former partners in Clayton, until 2012, when he started Bridgepoint Law Firm, where he focuses on helping clients win their claims for Social Security Disability.. A St. Louis native, Tom lives in Webster Groves with his wife and two children. Favorite activities are fishing and camping in the Ozarks with friends and family. Tom proudly serves on the board of directors of Missouri River Relief.

Thomas K. Neill practices primarily in civil litigation, including personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, Federal Employer's Liability Act, and consumer class actions. He is admitted to practice in Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois.. Mr. Neill’s work for his clients has been recognized on numerous occasions.  In 2013, he received the St. Louis County Bar Association's Roy F. Essen Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, given annually to an attorney under 36 years of age who has demonstrated excellent and distinguished work as a lawyer, distinguished service to the organized bar, and unselfish service to the community.  Mr. Neil has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Torts Litigation/Class Action - Plaintiffs. He has been annually selected to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers [among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas] since 2013, in the area of Personal Injury Plaintiff-General Litigation. He has been cited as a Top 50 St. Louis attorney by the same publication, and as a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 40 Under 40.  He was the 2012 recipient of Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly’s Appellate Advocacy Award.. Mr. Neill has served in numerous leadership roles for the Bar.  Since 2013, he has served on the Joint Commission on Women in the Profession. The role of the commission and its members is to identify gender barriers, combat bias in the justice system, and secure full and equal participation of women in the legal profession. Mr. Neill has been on the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Association of St. Louis since 2009, and served as President of the Association in 2014-2015. In 2015, he was elected by members of The Missouri Bar to the five-member 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission.. Mr. Neill graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2002, where he was selected a National member of the Order of Barristers, was a national finalist in the Board of Advocates Client Counseling Competition, and received the William H. Howard Award in Conflict of Laws. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1999.. He is the author of the "Voir Dire and Jury Selection" chapter of the Missouri Civil Trial Practice (3rd edition) 2014 Supp. This publication is used as a practice reference by attorneys throughout Missouri.

The Finley Law Firm L.L.C advises clients in the areas of Estate Planning (wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives) Probate Administration (decedent's estates, guardianships and conservatorships), and Fiduciary Litigation (Will and Trust Contests and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims). Our office is conveniently located near Highway 40 and Mason Road in Town and Country, Missouri.Karen works with clients to craft estate plans that fit the given circumstances. These plans range from basic wills to detailed trusts and complex plans that reduce or avoid inheritance and estate taxes or create trusts to protect special needs persons. Karen holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for her professionalism and ethics.

Steve is known throughout the Saint Louis Area for trying numerous injury cases each year to successful conclusion in the State and Federal Courts of Missouri. He has earned a reputation as an Ethical, Honest, Diligent and Successful Trial Attorney, both with his Injury clients and the St. Louis and Missouri Bar and Judiciary.. Prior to representing St. Louis' Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation and Traffic Accident cases, etc, Steve Walsh became an Attorney by earning his Juris Doctorate at St. Louis University in 1998. During and after law school, he worked for the Missouri Senate as a legislative assistant, from 1996 – 2002. St. louis workers compensation, carpal tunnel trial lawyer. Since that time, he has concentrated in the area of personal injury at the law firms of John D. Schneider & Associates and Fox, Goldblatt & Singer.. In 2008, he opened his own Saint Louis Law Practice with the goal of providing conscientious, individualized legal representation to Saint Louis clients in the areas of Personal Injury Law, Workers Compensation, Auto and Car Accidents, Injury in the Workplace, as well as a wide range of other legal cases.

Steve helps landowners get compensation from the government when their private property is taken for public use. He primarily litigates inverse condemnation claims involving recreational trail projects, i.e., Rails-to-Trails litigation. Steve has recovered many millions of dollars for landowners across the country as lead counsel or as a substantial contributor.. Steve has more than 25 years of experience in civil litigation. Prior to co-founding Stewart, Wald & Smith, he served as a partner at two Midwest firms, where his work included legal and medical malpractice defense, insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation, consumer fraud claims, and other breach of contract and fraud claims. He is adept at managing document-heavy cases and working with experts in business valuation and real estate appraisals.. Before entering private practice, Steve served as a law clerk for the Honorable Tom Stagg, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. While in law school, Steve also served as editor of the Louisiana Law Review.. Steve also earned his MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.. Admissions• United States Supreme Court• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit• United States Court of Federal Claims• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri• United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois• Missouri Supreme Court• Admitted pro hac vice to various other federal and state courts. Education• Washington University in St. Louis, M.B.A., 2002• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1994• Ithaca College, B.S., 1991

Stephen R. Woodley is a native of St. Louis who completed his undergraduate degree at Washington University in 1978. In 1982, Mr. Woodley received his DMD degree, also from Washington University, and in 1986 he graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law.. In 1982, after completing his DMD degree, Mr. Woodley joined the then Gray & Ritter firm as a full-time law clerk, assisting primarily in the development of professional negligence cases. After graduation from law school in 1986, he joined the firm as an associate. He became a principal of the firm in 1992.. Mr. Woodley has handled to conclusion several hundred medical negligence cases throughout the state of Missouri. While professional negligence is a primary focus, Mr. Woodley also concentrates his practice on automobile and trucking accidents.. Mr. Woodley is a member of the American Association for Justice and American Society of Legal Advocates. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, as well as numerous other local and national professional organizations.. He has lectured at law, medical and dental schools and to professional societies, primarily on medical and dental negligence. He has given continuing legal education presentations on various topics. He was on the court-appointed committee that developed form interrogatories for medical negligence cases in the City of St. Louis.. Mr. Woodley is a co-author of Missouri Civil Trial Practice publications on voir dire and wrongful death damages. He has also authored and co-authored articles for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.. Mr. Woodley is an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. He has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given. Mr. Woodley has been annually selected to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers[among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas] since 2005, in the area of Personal Injury Plaintiff-Medical Litigation. He is a member of The National Trial Lawyers "Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Missouri".

Ryan is a St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer and is a 1999 honors graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia, where he majored in Biology and received a minor in Chemistry. During college, Ryan volunteered at Columbia Regional Hospital, helping injured people and their families with hospital related services. In addition, he was employed as a phlebotomist in the laboratory of Boone County Hospital. While studying and working, Ryan participated in fund raising efforts and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, Ronald McDonald House Charity, American Red Cross, and the Special Olympics.. After college, Ryan attended law school at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where he was on Law Review. During law school, Ryan interned for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorneys office as well as other notable St. Louis law firms. After three years of law school, Ryan was offered an associate attorney position with a large St. Louis insurance defense firm, representing people who caused other people significant injuries. During this time, Ryan gained significant insight as to how insurance companies operate and their litigation tactics. Ryan soon realized his heart was in representing victims of personal injury- not the people who caused them. Ryan is licensed to practice in all Missouri and Illinois state courts.. Ryan is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations, a Hall of Fame member of the Missouri Trial Lawyers' Association, and is involved in numerous charities in the region.. He has the following distinct honors:

Regina Watts is an attorney at Watts Law Group, LLC. Licensed in both Missouri and Illinois, Regina focuses her practice primarily on litigation and domestic relations. She earned her law degree from St. Louis University School of Law. In addition, Regina has earned a Masters of Arts from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. During law school, Regina had signficant experience interning in family law and with the family courts.. Outside of the office, Regina serves on the young professional board for Caring for Kids, an organization focused on providing essential resources to meet the urgent needs of abused and neglected foster children in the St. Louis area.

Proud husband and father with a passion for helping others.

People Over Profits.. As a real estate attorney, agent, and investor, I am dedicated to serving my clients in numerous ways and providing them with the confidence they need to reach their goals. I make a personal commitment to daily education in order to continuously improve my skills and offer the very best for my clients.. On a personal side, I love sports, music, traveling, and simply experiencing everything life has to offer.

Patrick A. Watts is the founding member of the Watts Law Group, LLC. Patrick focuses his practice primarily on complex litigation and trial work. Patrick has extensive experience litigating cases, from initial pleadings through trial, in courts around the country. Patrick has the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve successful results for his clients.

Nathan Risch is a trial attorney whose practice areas include real estate, landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, collections, and title insurance litigation. Nathan regularly represents national title insurance underwriters, homeowners, lenders, businesses, and landlords throughout Missouri. Nathan litigates cases including quiet title, reformation of instruments, adverse possession, easement rights, insurance coverage disputes, breach of contract, lease disputes, bankruptcy actions, mechanic’s liens, lien priority, fraud, and declaratory judgment.

My labor and employment experience covers a variety of subject matters including employment discrimination litigation, employment law counseling, drafting employee handbooks, and drafting covenants not to compete and separation agreements. I have represented clients in a variety of industries, ranging from car dealerships to health care to non-profit organizations, in state and federal employment discrimination actions, professional malpractice actions and business contract disputes.. In my personal life, I enjoy exploring everything St. Louis has to offer from visiting the St. Louis Zoo in the summer to experiencing Christmas in downtown St. Charles.  Being a transplant from Alabama, I am also an avid University of Alabama football fan and love watching the games with friends.  ROLL TIDE!

My name is Jimmy Fendelman.. I am the Managing Member of Fendelman & Associates, LLC.. I have been practicing for approximately 25 years.. I pracice collection law including litigation, trial work, asset location and post judgment collections.  My team is extremely professional, highly organized, and we love what we do.  We represent large national corporations as well as small businesses.  I have tried hundreds and hundreds of cases.  We practice in Missouri and Illinois both in State and Federal Court.. I also am a strong advocate in the Family law and Personal Injury arena.  I am a strong advocate for the client, and I particularly enjoy settlement negotiations, Arbitration and Mediation.  I love hitting a home run for the client, and I truly love my work.. We are your advocate and your advisor.   Please, call any time for any reason.. All the Best,. -Jimmy Fendelman

Ms. Ohms' practice is focused on busines and small corporate matters, both transactional and litigation, among other areas.  Her experiences includes complex multi-district antitrust class action lawsuits, construction law, creditors rights and appeals.  Ms. Ohms previously held NASD Series 7 and NASD Series 63 securities licenses.. Ms. Ohms presently serves as the provisional municipal court judge for Saint Charles County, Missouri.. Ms. Ohms is also active in local government.  She presently serves in the elected position of Councilmember on the City Council for Saint Charles, Missouri.  She also serves on the City's Planning & Zoning Commission, the Street Committee, the Street Facility Design Task Force, the Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board, the Special Business District Advisory Committee, and the Economic Development Commission.  Previously, Ms. Ohms served as a member and secretary for the City's Board of Adjustment and as a member and vice-president of the City's Parks and Recreation Board.

Mr. Jacober has extensive litigation experience and focuses his practice on business litigation, specifically complex, document intensive litigation utilizing computer assisted discovery techniques to effectively identify and use supporting documentation to advise clients.  His experience includes leasing transactions (primarily on behalf of lessee), criminal and civil defense (including federal, state and municipal), qui tam defense (Medicare/Medicaid Fraud) enforcement of non-competition covenants, litigation on behalf of homeowners alleging builder or developer fraud and representation of property owners in condemnation proceedings.  Mr. Jacober has worked for the Criminal Justice Panel and was a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, assigned to the Illinois Department of Transportation where he prosecuted condemnation matters on behalf of the State of Illinois.  He also served as law clerk for Judge Frederick J. Hess of the Illinois Court of Claims.

Mr. Hartley focuses his practice on litigating intellectual property disputes, including patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract. He has successfully litigated complex patent disputes in district courts throughout the United States. Mr. Hartley also has experience litigating other types of commercial disputes in federal court, including antitrust cases.  He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Harlan is a trial and appellate attorney with extensive experience in the federal and state courts. He has brought and defended civil actions on behalf of entities and individuals in a broad range of business disputes involving, for example, patent infringement, trademark infringement, control disputes, breaches of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, RICO, lender's liability, insurance coverage and employment issues. He also has counseled clients and litigated matters involving issues of antitrust law, including representation of a manufacturing company in a 56-day jury trial in which, as lead trial counsel, he secured a $105 million judgment.  He also served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney of St. Louis and was responsible for prosecution of major federal criminal cases. Capitalizing on this experience, Mr. Harlan has defended corporations, their officers and employees from criminal charges involving business matters such as price fixing, environmental pollution, government program fraud, mail fraud, false statements and other business-related criminal charges.

Mr. Eidson’s practice encompasses many areas of complex civil litigation, both at the trial and appellate level, and he has appeared in federal courts throughout the country. His intellectual property experience includes litigation involving patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, trade dress infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition. In addition, Mr. Eidson has successfully defended companies against patent infringement allegations brought by license acquisition companies (patent trolls).

Mr. Cosgrove has extensive experience in a variety of practice areas including complex litigation, professional license defense, U5 defamation, arbitration, white collar defense and more.. Prior to his return to private practice in 2006, Mr. Cosgrove served as Missouri’s Commissioner of Securities where he supervised attorneys, investigators and auditors investigating and prosecuting violations of the State’s securities laws. He was responsible for identifying practices or industry sectors appropriate for enforcement measures and also supervised the Securities Division’s registration and audit sections. Additionally, he interfaced with the SEC, NASD (now FINRA), NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association) and various other state and federal enforcement agencies.. Previously, Mr. Cosgrove served as Chief Counsel for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office’s Consumer Protection Division where he supervised attorneys and investigators prosecuting civil and criminal litigation related to unlawful merchandising, fraud and anti-trust, including national multi-state litigation.  After that, he served as Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Bob Holden.. Between 1999 and 2002, Mr. Cosgrove held the position of Chief Consumer Protection Prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts. He was responsible for criminal commercial fraud cases, including securities, mortgage, telemarketing, internet, unlicensed practitioners, and contract fraud. Mr. Cosgrove also worked as an Assistant District Attorney and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. District of Massachusetts responsible for grand jury investigations and the litigation of a wide range of white-collar cases.. Between 1993 and 1999, Mr. Cosgrove served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office where he litigated both criminal and civil cases. This experience included dozens of jury trials and hundreds of depositions and evidentiary hearings. Mr. Cosgrove began his career in 1990 in private practice in the Commercial Litigation Department of Stinson, Morrison and Hecker in Kansas City, Missouri.. Mr. Cosgrove served on the City of Webster Groves Board of Adjustment from 2009 – 2015.  He was appointed by Governor Jay Nixon to serve as a Commissioner for the Missouri Housing Development Commission from 2011 – 2014. During his time as a Commissioner, Mr. Cosgrove served as the Commission’s Secretary and Treasurer.. Mr. Cosgrove received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, cum laude, and his law degree from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Cosgrove received the distinguished Lon O. Hocker Award for trial advocacy from the Missouri Bar Foundation.

Mr. Brophy's practice encompasses many areas of complex civil litigation. His intellectual property practice includes litigation involving patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, trade dress infringement, trade secret misappropriation, antitrust, and unfair competition. His practice also includes the preparation and prosecution of mechanical patent applications.

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.

Marc Vander Tuig focuses his practice on litigating intellectual property disputes, including patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, and misappropriation of trade secrets. He has successfully litigated complex patent disputes in district courts throughout the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also has experience litigating other types of commercial disputes in federal court, including antitrust cases.

M. Graham Dobbs graduated with honors from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000, where he served as a Student Editor of the Journal of Health and Hospital Law, was a member of the Health Law Association, and completed the school's nationally recognized Health Law Certificate program. Mr. Dobbs also received an Academic Achievement Award in Evidence, and served as an intern at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.. He obtained his BSN, nursing undergraduate degree, from Barnes College in St. Louis, graduating with highest honors. During nursing school, he was a member of the Nursing Honor Society, and was Vice President and President of the Student Government Association at Barnes College.. During Mr. Dobbs' nursing career, he principally worked in cardiac acute care and intensive care areas at Barnes Hospital. He brings his knowledge of the nursing field to bear in the complex medical cases handled by Gray, Ritter & Graham.. Mr. Dobbs has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given. He was named a Super Lawyer in 2014 by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers magazine.. In 2015, he was elected to the Executive Committee of The Lawyers Association of St. Louis.. Mr. Dobbs is a member of The Missouri Bar and The Illinois Bar. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, and has appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and a Fellow of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Foundation.. Mr. Dobbs is an accomplished musician who has played professionally and still enjoys performing with local groups of musicians.

Liz represents consumer product manufacturers in high-stakes product liability litigation in state and federal courts across the country. She is vice chair of the firm's Mass Tort group and a member of the firm's Consumer Products and Appellate practices.. Liz spent nearly 20 years defending tobacco industry clients at trial in high-profile litigation across the nation, including the $280 billion civil RICO case brought by the United States, state attorneys general actions alleging deceptive advertising, the first medical monitoring class action tried to verdict, a multi-billion dollar health care cost-recovery case, and a mass consolidation of more than 1,200 individual plaintiffs' personal injury claims. She has defended tobacco industry clients against false labeling and advertising claims, targeted marketing claims, content-based speech regulations and court-ordered compelled speech in many cases, at both the trial court and appellate level.. She has served on national legal strategy teams for major consumer product manufacturers for many years. She is regularly called upon to advise clients and develop briefing on complex federal preemption, First Amendment and punitive damages issues in complex product liability litigation. Liz served on the national punitive damages defense team for a major consumer product manufacturer for many years, and has served as lead legal issues and appellate preservation counsel at trial in many cases. She also has significant experience developing strategies for removing cases to federal court.. Liz serves on the firm's Litigation Associate Review Committee and coaches summer associate mock trial teams. She has served on the firm's Compensation Committee, Nominating Committee, and Associates Committee.