Missouri Lawyers Dean A. to Debbie Champion

Firm: Rynearson Suess Schnurbusch & Champion, LLC

500 North Broadway , Saint Louis , Missouri 63102

Practice Areas: Lawsuits & Disputes

Debbie Champion is a founding partner in the firm Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch and Champion.  Ms. Champion actively practices in Missouri and Southern Illinois state and federal courts.  She has argued before the Missouri Supreme Court and the Eastern, Western and Southern District Missouri Courts of Appeals, and the Illinois Court of Appeals.  She has also argued in the federal court of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, and the Eighth Circuit and the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.. Ms. Champion has been included on the list of the top 100 attorneys in Missouri.  She is honored to be included in the Best Lawyers in America, and she appears on the Best Lawyers list in Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Insurance Law, and Litigation-Insurance.  She was also selected to be a member of Litigation Counsel of America, an honorary society honoring the top one-half of one percent of American lawyers.  For a number of years, Ms. Champion has been named as one of the top 50 Women Lawyers in Missouri and Kansas by Superlawyers. Champion achieved the most Defense Verdicts in Missouri in 2012 and 2013 and one of the largest Defense Wins in 2011.  She was honored as one of Ten Outstanding Young St. Louisans by the St. Louis Junior Chamber of Commerce. She is rated as Superb on .   In 2013, she received the CLMP certification as a certified litigation management professional from her study at the Columbia School of Law in New York.. Ms. Champion received the Lawyer's Lawyer Award by the Women's Justice Awards. She is a recipient of the William McAlpin Pro Bono Award, an Outstanding Volunteer Award from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Missouri Pro Bono Publico Award from the Missouri Bar Association. She was recently honored by the Women's Law Caucus of Washington University for her commitment to the advancement of women in the law.  She was selected as an Outstanding Young Alumni of Washington University in 2012.. Ms. Champion serves on the Board of Lift for Life Academy, the first charter school in St. Louis. She is also on the Board of Seeds of Blessing, the for-profit arm of the Blessing Basket Project.  In the past, she served on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of Directors of Shelter the Children.  She was an active early member of Kids' Inc., a charitable organization for underprivileged children of East St. Louis, Illinois.  Ms. Champion is founder and president of Tools for Schools, a not for profit corporation which distributes school supplies to needy schools and children.. Ms. Champion has authored several published articles and book chapters.  She often presents educational seminars to clients and to the legal community, including several annual conference presentations to industry groups each year.. Ms. Champion is an Advocate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial.  She serves as the Treasurer of the Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter. She is a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, formerly Council for Litigation Management. She serves as the Secretary of the St. Louis CLM chapter.  She is on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.  She is a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation.. Ms. Champion served on the 21st Judicial Circuit Judicial Commission as part of Missouri's non-partisan court plan for a 6 year term.  Ms. Champion has served for the Supreme Court of Missouri as a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Study Expert Discovery.  In 2013, she acted as the Chairman of the Steering Committee for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.. Litigation Practice Areas:. Transportation. Premises Liability. Products Liability. Personal Injury. Municipal Law. Employment Law. Fraud and Misrepresentation. Corporate & Commercial Litigation. Subrogation. Probate & Estate Planning. Pharmacy Liability. Domestic Relations. Education:. Columbia University, Certified Litigation Management Professional, 2013. Washington University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1988. Murray State University, Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 1983,. Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, 1983, Psychology Masters Coursework, 1984, 1985

Firm: Nash & Franciskato Law Firm

2300 Main Street, Suite 170 , Kansas City , Missouri 64108 Zip code: 64108

Practice Areas: Litigation

A lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, Dean has been practicing in the area of civil litigation since 1993, including trucking, highway defects and railroad accidents, personal injury and wrongful death cases, employment litigation, and product liability.. Dean has developed a specialty in ERISA benefit disputes. Additionally, he has represented some of the largest corporations in the U.S.. Dean has obtained multi-million dollar recoveries for those injured in accidents caused by highway pavement edge drop-offs.. “The most satisfying result came in the case of Melissa Horton, who was killed in a one-car accident on Interstate 70 when the car she was riding in went off an unmarked drop-off. She left a young daughter, Lindsay, to be cared for by Melissa’s mother. The claim was settled and a structured payment schedule was established so that Lindsay would be financially secure.”. Dean lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Janet, and their three boys. Janet is a vice-president and assistant general counsel at American Century Investments where she practices securities regulation law.

Firm: Nicole Harris, LLC

1900 Locust , Saint Louis , Missouri 63103 Zip code: 63103

Practice Areas: Family, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Business

, Jefferson City , Missouri 65102 Zip code: 65102

Practice Areas: Administrative Law

, Harrisonville , Missouri 64701 Zip code: 64701

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Nichols Lang & Hamlin, LLC

1795 Clarkson Road, Suite 230 , Chesterfield , Missouri 63017 Zip code: 63017

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Dean has been practicing and trying cases in the areas of personal injury, complex trucking, medical malpractice, product liability, and general civil litigation for the past 20 years. Dean has successfully represented clients as lead counsel in complex multimillion-dollar jury trials to verdict in Missouri and Illinois. Dean uses his extensive experience in the courtroom to develop an aggressive approach to resolve cases in favor of his clients.

Firm: Lashly & Baer, P.C.

714 Locust Street , St. Louis , Missouri 63101 Zip code: 63101

Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment

Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP

One Metropolitan Square, Ste. 2600 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63102 Zip code: 63102

Practice Areas: Business, Construction & Development, Construction & Development

St. Louis , Saint Louis , Missouri 63101

Firm: Pitzer Snodgrass, P.C.

100 S 4th St Ste 400 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63102

Po Box 899 , Jefferson City , Missouri 65102

Firm: Diekman & Leightner

230 South Bemiston   600 , St. Louis , Missouri 63105 Zip code: 63105

Practice Areas: Environmental

830 Longacre Dr Apt A , Saint Louis , Missouri 63132 Zip code: 63132

Practice Areas: General Practice

, Saint Louis , Missouri 63141

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

124 Friendship Circle , Joplin , Missouri 64801

Firm: True Estate Planning LLC

250 Rue Saint Catherine , Florissant , Missouri 63031 Zip code: 63031

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Firm: Mcilroy and Millan

220 W Church St , Bowling Green , Missouri 63334 Zip code: 63334

Practice Areas: Litigation

, Saint Louis , Missouri 63101 Zip code: 63101

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

, Saint Louis , Missouri 63101 Zip code: 63101

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: McLeod & Heinrichs

Main Street , Kansas City , Missouri 64105 Zip code: 64105

Practice Areas: Transportation