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961 E lawyers are available in ZIP code 63105 in St Louis, Missouri. Average rating of these lawyers is 4.6/5 and 52% provide free consultation with average fees of $304 per hour.
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Dudley, a founding Member of the Firm, received the 2008 Foundation Award from the Fellows of the St. Louis Bar Foundation for his outstanding contributions to the St. Louis community and legal profession. He is also the recipient of the Lou Czech Award from the Missouri Municipal Attorney’s Association for his competence, professionalism, and contributions to municipal law (2003). Further, he is a past President of the Missouri Bar (’92-’93) and the St. Louis County Bar Association (’86-’87). In addition, Dudley is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the recipient of the Purcell Professionalism Award from the Missouri Bar (award to acknowledge outstanding professionalism by a Missouri lawyer, who consistently demonstrates an exceptional degree of competency, integrity and civility in both their professional and civic activities, 2001) and the Geyer Award from the University of Missouri-Columbia (bestowed for his services to higher education in Missouri) (2004).. He is also a multi-year recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation’s W. Oliver Rasch Award, given annually to the author of the most outstanding substantive article published in the Journal of the Missouri Bar (1985, 1989, 2006). Having tried cases in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and in the Missouri Circuit Courts, Dudley is rated “AV” (the highest rating possible) by Martindale-HubbellSM, and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2014® in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction. Dudley has been on The Best Lawyers in America since 2001.. Dudley received his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Knox College in 1972, and in 2013 received the Alumni Achievement Award from Knox College. Dudley received his J. D. degree in 1975 from the University of Missouri–Columbia. Dudley currently serves as the President Elect of the Mizzou Alumni Association. His practice is concentrated in the areas of civil litigation, construction litigation and municipal law. He has authored many published articles on the topics of construction law, municipal law and civil litigation. Dudley has also been named as a Missouri-Kansas Super LawyerSM in the areas of Business Litigation and Construction Litigation.. Dudley is active in many charitable and civic organizations. He served on the Board of the Children’s Trust Fund of Missouri, on the Board of the Parkway School District, the Missouri Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and was Chair of that organization from 2001 to 2003. He is currently serving on the Advisory Board of the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. He has been on the faculty of the Missouri Trial Judges College every year since 1997.. Dudley and his wife Elizabeth, who is also an attorney, have three children: Katherine, Elizabeth, and Emily.. Dudley’s legal assistant is Mary Perkins (Ext. 223). You may contact Dudley at ext: 226, or at
Donald Paule has extensive experience representing closely-held businesses and not-for-profit organizations. He advises clients on all aspects of the organization and operation of the client’s business including complex sale, financing, merger and acquisition, and real estate development transactions. In addition, an extensive portion of his practice is devoted to tax and estate planning matters for individuals, and business owners, including ownership succession planning.
Donald Mehan, Jr. is an AV rated attorney who graduated from St. Louis University School of Law in 1980. Mr. Mehan has been with Moline & Mehan, LLC and its predecessor law firm since that time. His practice has principally focused on the areas of transactional securities law, commercial transactions, and general corporate law.Mr. Mehan recently fulfilled the mediation training requirement set out in Missouri Supreme Court Rule 17 at the University of Missouri School of Law, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution.Mr. Mehan’s practice entails representation of broker/dealers and investment advisors in connection with registration and licensing issues before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Missouri Division of Securities, the Missouri Department of Insurance, and the Missouri Department of Financial Institutions, as well as compliance and other issues faced in the day-to-day operations of brokerage firms and investment advisors. This aspect of Mr. Mehan’s practice includes more than 32 years of the prosecution and defense of customer complaints and other inter-brokerage disputes in arbitration for individual investors, local brokerage firms, and the local branches of national firms.Mr. Mehan’s experience also includes complex commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, and purchases and sales of assets and securities ranging from relatively small dollar size to multi-million dollar transactions. With considerable success in representing small to medium sized businesses, he has counseled clients in corporate and other issues encountered daily and in the long term. Mr. Mehan has supplied legal advice in connection with private and public offerings of securities, including structuring the securities for offering, drafting appropriate prospectus and offering memoranda and securing compliance with federal and state registration and/or exemption requirements. His practice has also included compliance with the current reporting requirements as required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. His work relating to public company disclosure and reporting requirements has included not only the original disclosure requirements for a company’s offering of its securities, but also annual and quarterly required reports, as well as Form 8-K reporting requirements on a more current, on-going basis. This area of practice has expanded to advising directors and officers of companies to changing corporate governance rules and codes of business conduct and ethics.Mr. Mehan has also worked on behalf of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) as court-appointed attorney for the trustee in SIPC liquidation proceedings of brokerage firms.
Divorce and family law matters are demanding and taxing for individuals that face them. On top of life as they know it changing, they are often left with more questions than answers and may not know what comes next. Keith Fuller is a Team Leader Attorney for Stange Law Firm, PC and he is ready to help clients facing these difficult situations. He can represent clients from the firm’s Clayton office location in Saint Louis, Missouri. Keith earned his Juris Doctorate while attending The University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri. Before earning his J.D., he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Keith is licensed and ready to help clients in the State of Missouri. Prior to joining the Jefferson County family lawyers at Stange Law Firm, PC, Keith worked for his own private practice and represented over in complex civil cases with emphasis in employment law, education law, personal injury, domestic law, and family matters. He worked zealously with clients to achieve favorable outcomes and get results in trial. Before that, Keith worked as the Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Saint Louis Community College. He led a team responsible for embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into all business and activities of the college. He also worked as a Staff Attorney for Saint Louis Community College where he represented labor and employment, and governance and transactions. Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.
Despite its demanding nature, trial work is one of the things Daniel Bruntrager likes best about practicing law. Trial advocacy is also an area in which his firm, Bruntrager & Billings, excels. "We have a great group of results-oriented trial lawyers. We are dedicated to working hard, and we give our all to our clients," Bruntrager explains.. Bruntrager has been in practice for more than 25 years. After receiving undergraduate degrees in History and English from Saint Louis University in 1982, he attended the Saint Louis University School of Law, graduating in 1985. Then, like almost every attorney at Bruntrager & Billings, he began his legal career in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, the chief prosecutor of state-level crimes in the city of St. Louis.. During his four-year tenure with the office, Bruntrager handled a variety of felony and misdemeanor cases, including the prosecution of one of the two men who held up a National Supermarket in 1987, killing five employees and wounding two others. In 1990, after prosecuting more than 70 jury trials to verdict, Bruntrager left the circuit attorney's office and joined the firm.. Bruntrager's private practice includes several types of civil litigation involving individuals. He also represents local and municipal governments, school districts and fire districts in an array of matters, including contract negotiations and employment issues.. One of Bruntrager's recent notable cases was Orf Construction, Inc. v. Black Jack Fire Protection District , 239 S.W.3d 685, 686 (Mo. App. E.D. 2007). Bruntrager represented the fire protection district in a dispute with a general contractor over a void contract.. Bruntrager, who also handles plaintiff personal injury cases, is pleased to have been able to help injured victims and their families recover multimillion-dollar settlements on several occasions. The cases have ranged from car crashes in which seat belts failed, leading to serious injuries, to the recovery of $6 million for the family of a man who drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool that lacked important safety equipment.. When a record store owner's insurance claim was denied after his building collapsed, Bruntrager sued the property's insurer, which had made its decision to deny the claim in just 15 minutes, for vexatious refusal to pay. A jury awarded the store owner his actual damages, plus attorney's fees and damages for vexatious refusal.. Bruntrager also continues to practice in the criminal defense arena, regularly handling high-profile matters. When several Palestinian men were tried in a federal arson case, Bruntrager's client was the only defendant who was not convicted.
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David Gregory is a founding partner of Drivers Defense Counsel, LC. David graduated from Saint Louis University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and later earned his Juris Doctor (JD) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Saint Louis University.. David focuses his practice on DWI/DUI defense and personal injury matters. David is proud of his successful track record in the defense of DWI/DUIs and personal injury cases. He is certified in Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, he often participates in legal seminars, and he consults in matters of legal defense to stay abreast of the latest and best innovations in the legal profession.. As part of his personal injury practice, David counsels clients in matters involving truck and motor vehicle accidents, as well as complex product liability cases. David helps clients by shifting the financial burden of the accident to the negligent party and obtaining fair compensation for the victims.. David also handles criminal defense cases involving financial fraud or appropriation. Before joining the Drivers Defense Counsel, David worked for a global consulting firm with responsibility analyzing financial instruments, internal controls, and business processes involving multinational corporations in risk recovery projects. The skills developed in this experience have enhances David’s legal representation of DWI/DUI and personal injury clients.. Whether David is working on a multimillion dollar lawsuit or a DWI/DUI defense , he understands that every case is different and works diligently to fully understand the needs of every client to ensure the best results possible. Call and receive a free case evaluation or click here.. Bar Admissions. · State of Missouri. · State of Illinois. · United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Community Involvement. · Assistant Coach of the St. Louis Amateur Blues, AAA U-18. · Love the Neighborhood, St. Louis Family Church. · Service International, St. Louis Family Church
Dannae concentrates her practice in employee benefits, executive compensation and tax matters. Focusing on comprehensive, practical and innovative employee benefits solutions for all types of employers, she counsels clients regarding all aspects of employee benefits design, implementation, termination, and compliance for the full spectrum of benefits programs including: retirement plans, health and welfare plans and executive and incentive compensation arrangements. She also has considerable experience in integrating benefits in acquisitions and mergers and qualified retirement plan corrections. With simple, effective communication and timely response, she ensures that complicated compliance issues are easily understood and solutions may be immediately implemented. Prior to joining The Lowenbaum Partnership, Dannae was a Partner at Husch Blackwell LLP.
Danielle is an Associate in the law firm of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law P.C. in Clayton, Missouri. She is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, and the U.S. District Courts of Western and Eastern District of Missouri. Danielle graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. before graduating from Saint Louis University School of Law. While in law school, Danielle interned with the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office for a year, where she worked closely with the Sex Crimes Unit. After passing the bar, she joined Frank, Junegel, & Radefeld as an Associate Attorney. She advocates for the accused and is deeply committed to pursuing a legal career that upholds the principles of justice and fairness.
Daniel P. Finney Jr. specializes in serious litigation matters, particularly complex personal injury claims. He has over thirty years of experience as a litigator, having completed over 100 jury trials. Dan has obtained multimillion dollar verdicts or settlements in claims arising from truck accidents, medical negligence, product defects, fraud, auto accidents, accidental shooting, and inverse condemnation. The results of some of his trials have attracted national media attention, and with respect to protective firefighting equipment, have changed the way defective products are tracked and have resulted in product recalls. Dan collaborates with out of state attorneys to pursue claims in other jurisdictions. He has also been named a top 100 trial lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has appeared on radio as an expert commentator on the topics of legal and medical malpractice and is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
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.
Criminal defense for over 30 years in both federal and state courts from speeding tickets to capital crimes
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.
Car accidents, truck accidents, and other serious personal injury cases.. Bill has personally recovered over $175 million dollars for his clients.. Recognized as a Missouri Kansas Super Lawyer for personal injury law-- awarded to the top 5% of all attorneys. Bill successfully handles significant car and truck accidents all over the country.. He is AV® peer rated by Martindale-Hubble®, the highest rating given for legal ability and ethics.. Bill has tried to verdict 46 jury trials and has achieved 32 "million-dollar-plus" settlements, many of which were multi-million dollar resolutions. Most recently, he recovered $2.6 million dollars from a bar for overserving a customer who later caused a serious accident. Over the years, Bill has often been featured on local television news for his high profile cases. Bill and his client were recently highlighted in the New York Times.. He was selected as a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Personal Injury Law" on behalf of American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™. In 2006, Missouri Lawyers Weekly named Bill as a "Rising Star in the Missouri Bar", recognizing him as one of 16 attorneys from around the state of Missouri who excelled in their chosen practice area. Bill is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society.. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1992, Bill was elected as a member of the Journal of Dispute Resolution Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1989 and graduated from St. Louis University High School in 1985.. For six years, Bill served as the youngest elected member of the Board of Governors for the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and he continues to be active in state and national bar associations.. Call Bill for a free consultation.
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. Curran Coulter II is the Managing Partner at Coulter Goldberger, LLC. He focuses his practice on complex family law litigation. His transactional background allows him to better understand some of the complicated financial implications of many family law matters.. EDUCATION & LEGAL BACKGROUND. He graduated with a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law's number-one rated program and is admitted to practice law in Missouri and in the Federal Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Prior to his law school, he graduated on the Dean's List from the Missouri School of Journalism at University of Missouri, Columbia, with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism with minors in Business and English.. Prior to founding Coulter Lambson, LP, Mr. Coulter was an associate at a family law firm based in Clayton, Missouri and worked for a company focused on business valuation and litigation support. During law school, he externed with the Department of Veterans Affairs and family law firms.. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS. Mr. Coulter is a graduate of the prestigious National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Family Law Trial Advocacy Program and has been recognized as a Top 10 Attorney for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, Top 10 Family Law Attorney by Best of the Best Lawyers, a Top 10 Family Law Attorney by Attorney and Practice Magazine, Top 10 Attorney Under 40 by the National Academy of Familiy Law Attorneys. He is also rated a perfect 10.0 out of 10.0 on the attorney rating site, AVVO, and was selected as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers since 2018.. The choice of an attorney is an important decision and is not to be made solely on the basis of advertising. Accessing or the use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship with Coulter Lambson, LLC. Confidential or time sensitive information should not be sent through the use of this website. This website is intended to provide the reader with a general understanding about select legal topics, not to provide legal advice or opinion. You should consult with an attorney before using any information contained on this site.
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.
Ben Borgmeyer is an associate with Rosenblum, Schwartz, Rogers & Glass, P.C. Ben graduated from Depaul University in 2002 and received his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law in 2008. Ben was licensed to practice law in Missouri in 2008. Prior to law school, Ben began his legal career as an employment law paralegal writing affirmative action plans and defending corporations audited by the Office of Federal Compliance.. While in law school, Ben interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and at the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. Upon graduating, Ben began working at the Missouri State Public Defender as a trial attorney first in West Plains, Missouri, and then Clayton, Missouri. He joined Rosenblum, Schwartz, Rogers & Glass, P.C. in February of 2016.
Before moving to the St. Louis area in in 2002, Vince lived in a small town in western Kentucky called Central City. There, he was ingrained with small town values: hard-work, responsibility, and community. Although his poor coal-mining community did not have much, the people there prided themselves in the way they treated others.. As a student at Chaminade beginning in middle school and through high school, Vince learned that every person deserved the same respect, dignity, and appreciation as himself. Upon graduating in 2011, his classmates and teachers awarded him with the "Esto Vir" Award (Latin for "Be a Man"), the highest honor given to the one student upon graduation.. After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Vince returned to Kentucky to attend law school at the University of Kentucky. There he led the Trial Advocacy Team to a 3rd place finish at the National Trial Competition in Austin, Texas, the highest finish in the school's history. Moreover, Vince's academic excellence gave him the requisite knowledge necessary to serve his clients.. Now, as the founder and managing partner of The Taormina Firm, Vince hopes to use his life-long passion for service and the pursuit of knowledge to advocate on behalf of his clients in estate planning and personal injury.
At The Wright Firm, LLC, your case will be handled by a team led by me, attorney Clinton Wright. I have defended people against serious criminal accusations since I began practicing law in 1992. I started as a public defender for the City of St. Louis, defending individuals charged with serious felonies. After four years in the State Public Defender’s Office in the City of St. Louis, I achieved the highest percentage of acquittals in the system. I have tried more than 15 homicide cases, including capital cases, in my career. After leaving the Public Defender’s Office, I expanded my practice to include the defense of federal crimes.. In short, I have devoted my career to helping people across Missouri facing serious criminal accusations.. My law firm offers a free phone consultation to discuss your case. Call to get started. You can also complete my online form to schedule a consultation. Please visit to schedule a consultation.
Attorney Todd Gampp works as an associate at Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC. He focuses his practice on helping individuals and families impacted by asbestos-related diseases, like mesothelioma.. Todd provides his clients with personal attention in all stages of the asbestos litigation process, from initial interviews through discovery, depositions and trial. He has successfully secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.. “I am dedicated to my clients and their cases from the moment I walk into their homes and listen to their courageous stories,” Todd said. “I work hard to help them secure positive results.”
At The Buxner Law Firm, Nicolette dedicates her time and energy to addressing the legal needs of her family law clients in St. Louis, Missouri. Every client of Nicolette's is provided with personal attention and unique strategies designed to fit the specific needs of their case. She also works as a court appointed Guardian ad Litem (GAL) representing minor children all over St. Louis and its surrounding areas. Her role as a GAL is to conduct an impartial custody investigation and make a recommendation to the court regarding legal and physical custody arrangements. Nicolette also volunteers her time as a GAL with the St. Louis County Domestic Violence Court.
Ask Charles H. Billings what makes Bruntrager & Billings stand out, and he'll cite the wealth of experience possessed by the law firm's attorneys, as well as the personal attention their clients receive. "We treat people the way we want to be treated," Billings explains.. Billings, who has been a lawyer for more than three decades, received his undergraduate degree in urban affairs from Saint Louis University in 1975 and his law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law, in San Antonio, Texas, in 1978. While at St. Mary's, Billings was the recipient of the Judge K.K. Woodley Memorial Scholarship, awarded to a student interested in pursuing a criminal law career.. Like the firm's founder, Raymond A. Bruntrager and, Billings' own son, Charlie, Charles H. Billings began his legal career in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, the chief prosecutor of state-level crimes in the city of St. Louis. As a law student, Billings spent his summers working as an investigator for the office. Because assistant circuit attorneys handle large caseloads and spend much of their time in the courtroom, Billings says, he was able to gain a great deal of experience quickly. Not only did he learn how to try a criminal case, in which the evidentiary standard that must be met is higher than that in a civil case, but he also learned how to work with opposing lawyers and the judges he appeared before on a regular basis.. In 1980, Billings joined his father-in-law, Raymond Bruntrager, in private practice. In addition to criminal and DWI defense, Billings' practice includes personal injury litigation involving automobile accidents, construction negligence and medical malpractice. Billings also handles business law and contract litigation matters. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he serves as a municipal judge in the cities of Des Peres, Fenton and Overland, located in St. Louis County, Mo.. Billings has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell's most prestigious rating, AV. He is licensed to practice in Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.. Thirty years after starting his practice with Bruntrager & Billings, Billings still goes to court every day. His son, Charles W. Billings is also a lawyer with the firm.
As a member of the Financial Services industry group at Husch Blackwell LLP, Patrick focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and organizational tax and succession planning for privately held businesses. He has designed and implemented numerous plans to minimize income, gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes that are associated with succession planning for individuals and privately held businesses.. He also has significant experience in general business operations; buy/sell agreements; formation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies; National Firearms Act (NFA) trusts; asset protection; tax preparation; real estate; charitable giving; and aviation law.
Andrew J. Feldman is the founder and managing partner of the Product Injury Legal Group, LLC. Andrew’s practice on a national scale. Andrew is committed to representing his clients through the entire litigation journey, from the initial stage of filing a claim to its resolution. Andrew has served as litigation and settlement counsel spanning thousands of products liability cases on behalf of injured persons. Andrew has excelled in representing individuals who have suffered injuries from defective drugs and devices, resulting in substantial awards and/or settlements.. After graduating from law school in 2007, Andrew represented thousands of debtors in consumer bankruptcy cases and creditors in federal actions throughout the United States. Thereafter, Andrew transitioned to personal injury litigation, advocating for injury victims and defendants throughout Illinois, Missouri, and many other states. Previously, Andrew was a partner at a national, civil plaintiff law firm where he specialized in mass tort and product liability matters. Andrew’s rate of successful outcomes is very impressive. In the past several years, he has excelled in representing injury victims in complex litigation actions.. Andrew is a trusted advocate in representing these individuals in mass tort actions, individual product liability cases, personal injury matters, workers’ compensation actions, and many others. Due to his dedication and excellence in these managing these matters and zealously advocating for his clients, Andrew was named by The National Trial Lawyers a “Top 100 Civil Plaintiff” attorney in Illinois and a “Top 25 Products Liability” attorney in Illinois.. Andrew was born and raised in St. Louis County, MO. The value of hard work, dedication, attention to detail, and empathy and compassion was instilled in Andrew at an early age. Andrew's focus now is achieving justice for individuals who have been injured by defective products and by the carelessness of others’ actions, and who have been injured at work.