Missouri Lawyers Eric Selig to Eunice Larsen

Firm: Rosenblum Fry

120 S Central Ave Ste 130 , Clayton , Missouri 63105

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Eric has tried over 100 Criminal Jury Trials. Eric's main areas of practice are criminal defense and civil commitment. Eric has been asked to provide legal analysis for MSNBC. In 2016 and 2004, Eric was a Co-recipient of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Attorney's Atticus Finch Award for trial Excellence. .. Eric was licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri in 1992 and the State of Vermont 1998. He began his legal career as a trial attorney in the St. Louis City Public Defenders Office and State of Vermont Defender Generals office where he tried over 25 felony jury trials. Eric was then selected as a member of the Missouri Civil Commitment Defense Task Force and has tried over 20 Civil Commitment Jury Trials. He them was in private practice at Evans and Dixon where he tried civil litigations cases. He joined the firm in April 2006. Eric graduated with a Bachelor of Art's degree in History from Emory University in 1989. He received his JD degree from Washington University School of Law in 1992. .

709 E 16th St , Kearney , Missouri 64060

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

Eric was born in Saint Joseph, MO. His father, Ronald M. Sokol, was a St. Joe attorney for decades who successfully argued a U.S. Supreme Court case while in his twenties (Wilwording v. Swenson). At six, Eric moved to the Parkville area of Kansas City and later graduated Park Hill High School as one of multiple valedictorians. He received a full academic scholarship to his undergraduate studies in jazz instrumental performance and composition in Los Angeles at California State University, Northridge. While attending college, Eric concurrently studied privately with drumming icons Peter Erskine (Weather Report, Jaco Pastorious Band, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello) and Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Santana, Ringo Starr Band).. Following college, Eric taught and played gigs; first in Los Angeles and then in the Ozarks region of Missouri. He shared lineups with bands including Train, Blues Traveler, One Republic, George Strait, and more.. Eric graduated with an associate degree in paralegal studies from Drury University in 2015. He then worked for years as a paralegal for Springfield-area law firms offering services including personal injury plaintiff representation, family law, criminal defense, traffic citations, bankruptcy, worker’s compensation, business entity formation, contract formation, discrimination, and more.. Eric accepted a full academic scholarship to California Western School of Law in 2018, which he maintained throughout his studies. He graduated with honors, received three first-in-class excellence awards, and was subsequently published in a peer-reviewed law journal based out of the oldest law school in California. Eric’s article on trends in international corporate bankruptcy (insolvency) law, The Fate of Global Insolvency: Neo-Conservatism and New Horizons, was published in the January 2021 edition of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.. Eric became a member of the Texas Bar in 2021, and the Missouri Bar in 2022. He now owns and operates solo general practice law firm catering mainly to the Clay, Platte, and Jackson County areas of Kansas City. His practice focuses primarily on bankruptcy, family law, and criminal defense. Mr. Sokol offers free consultations and is open to clients in other practice areas, as well as bankruptcy and federal court cases in Kansas, cross-border issues, and some Texas bankruptcies.

911 Washington Ave , Saint Louis , Missouri 63101

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

400 Chesterfield Center , Saint Louis , Missouri 63017

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP

460 Nichols Rd Ste 200 , Kansas City , Missouri 64112

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: WM LAW

8320 North Oak Trafficway , Kansas City , Missouri 64118

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

I practice mostly in the personal bankruptcy field (Chapter 7 and Chapter 13) in Kansas and the Western District of Missouri.

Firm: Tully Rinckey, PLLC

405 N. Jefferson Avenue , Springfield , Missouri 65806

Practice Areas: Military Law

Ernesto C. Gapasin is a Senior Counsel at Tully Rinckey, PLLC. Ernesto works out of Springfield, Missouri and is attached to the Buffalo, New York office.  Ernesto continues to obtain outstanding results for his clients and attributes much of his success to years of experience, solid and disciplined courtroom skills, and a diligent work ethic. Ernesto has been a licensed attorney since November 1999, when he became a member of the State Bar of Nevada and then became a licensed attorney in Missouri in 2004. Ernesto is a Member of the National Trial Lawyers Association, having been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer for multiple years, as well as being awarded a Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer.. Ernesto earned a commission to the United States Army as a Judge Advocate General and graduated from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville, Virginia in May 2005. Because of Ernesto's civilian experience as a criminal defense lawyer, he desired to focus all his efforts on Military Trials. As a result, he aggressively sought an assignment to Okinawa, Japan as a Defense Counsel. Ernesto was tasked with raising a Trial Defense Service ("TDS") office on Okinawa where none had existed before. He established and ran the first-ever Trial Defense Service office on Okinawa that serviced Soldiers in Okinawa, mainland Japan, and Korea. Harkening back to his past experiences as a criminal defense lawyer in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ernesto established a policy of aggressively contesting all cases. He developed a reputation for wargaming a court-martial from beginning to end with an aggressive cross-examination style that resulted in a number of acquittals in Okinawa, mainland Japan, and Korea. Ernesto worked a number of high-profile cases that led him to various locales in the Pacific Rim in order to conduct pre-trial investigations. In one high-profile case, Ernesto even took depositions in the city of Manila, Philippines in order to effectively defend his client against rape charges. This resulted in the dismissal of rape charges despite the highly politicized nature of the case involving his U.S. service member client and a Filipina accuser on Okinawa. The dismissal was reported on the first page of local and national papers.. After successfully completing his assignment on Okinawa, Ernesto returned to the Continentinal United States and accepted the position of Senior Defense Counsel at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. As the Senior Defense Counsel, Ernesto oversaw hundreds of courts-martial and separation boards that litigated at this very busy field office. Although Senior Defense Counsels are not typically expected to try cases, Ernesto broke the mold, trying a number of courts-martial as the Senior Defense Counsel, and achieving a high-rate of success in an incredibly high number of contested trials. Ernesto also achieved a full acquittal in another highly-publicized contested rape case that resulted in a full acquittal. In a dramatic turn of events, Ernesto’s cross-examination of the accuser resulted in a revelation that she was the perpetrator of a burglary of the home of the accused. The client in this case successfully obtained his Medical Board benefits due to injuries from an I.E.D., and successfully and voluntarily retired from an honorable 14-year career.. When Ernesto was in the military, he also served as an appointed Part-Time Military Magistrate. His function was to preside over pre-trial confinement hearings and to render decisions on whether probable cause existed. He alone determined whether the factors were present that required the pre-trial confinement of an accused. Ernesto also analyzed investigation files to determine the legality of the issuance of search and seizure warrants. As a Part-Time Military Magistrate, it was Ernesto’s duty to balance the facts presented, analyze witness statements and allegations and to render whether or not probable cause to conduct a search and seizure is warranted. Having held the position of a Part-Time Military Magistrate, and having been trained by a Military Judge prior to his appointment, Ernesto is especially skilled in drafting Motions to Suppress or any motions to the Military Court seeking to suppress illegally obtained evidence.. Ernesto graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996, where he was active in student government as well as participating in a number of sports, to include the Notre Dame Boxing Club. Ernesto also lived in Westwood, California and studied economics at the Unversity of California – Los Angeles. When he graduated from Notre Dame in 1996, Ernesto was accepted into the University of Missouri (“Mizzou”) School of Law in Columbia, Missouri.. After his first year in law school, he served as a clerk intern in Kansas City, Missouri under The Honorable Dean Whipple, Federal District Judge of the Western District of Missouri. Judge Whipple was a highly regarded Eighth Circuit Federal Judge in Kansas City. Because of this opportunity to work directly with Judge Whipple and his clerks, Ernesto became keenly aware of the intricacies of complex civil and criminal Federal litigation. Working on influential Federal cases from “in chambers” became an important chapter in his development as a military lawyer.. Much of Ernesto's reputation as a relentless cross-examiner began during his career in Las Vegas. He worked on several high-profile criminal cases as a young associate such as State of Nevada v. Murphy, a homicide case dubbed the “Binion Murder Mystery” as portrayed on CNN, Court TV, and numerous other local and national television shows. Several books, such as Murder in Sin City and Quicksilver were based on this high-profile murder case involving the death of Benny Binion, an heir to the family empire that began with Binion's Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Ernesto began his career learning from the best lawyers in the city handling complex murder cases as well as difficult federal cases involving high-level drug distribution and possession allegations. He also had the opportunity to work with famed Harvard Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz, on the Murphy case. The client was ultimately released from jail following a successful appeal that resulted in the overturning of her conviction two years prior.. Ernesto also worked a high-level appellate case in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for an accused charged with smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of narcotics from Mexico into the United States. This appeal was complex and involved international border issues as well as cutting-edge case decisions involving the presentation of drug evidence in the courtroom. Ernesto also litigated criminal immigration defense cases in Las Vegas that were appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is akin to being the Supreme Court in the field of Immigration Law.. While in the JAG Corps, Ernesto served in a number of positions that broadened his experience in Military Law and Courts-Martial Defense. Ernesto also deployed to Baghdad for a 15-month deployment with the First Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. In Baghdad, Ernesto was assigned a position as an Operational Law Attorney advising commanders on the Rules of Engagement and Contract and Fiscal Law in theater. This experience of working Contracts and Fiscal Law downrange also provided knowledge he would later use in the representation of service members facing court-martial for financial fraud crimes against the Government. Ernesto served as a Prosecutor in the Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and this service as a former Prosecutor gives him a unique advantage that many military defense lawyers do not have. Ernesto served as the primary advisor to the Special Court-Martial Convening Authority and subordinate commanders on cases in which he served as the lead prosecutor. Ernesto also served as a Recorder (the government representative) in administrative separation boards, and coordinated criminal investigations with MPI, CID, investigating officers, and company commanders. As a former prosecutor, Ernesto also advised company and battalion commanders, prepared charge sheets, and litigated government motions. Ernesto's service as a prosecutor with the Air Cavalry Brigade undoubtedly gives him a unique advantage as a criminal defense lawyer.. Ernesto focuses on court-martial defense and separation boards. He has litigated hundreds of courts-martial and trials beginning as early 2007 that garnered high-profile media attention and were covered by major news outlets such as CNN, ABC News, Fox News, and even periodicals such as Rolling Stone. Ernesto also contributed to a multi-series documentary titled, The War Comes Home, by Elliot Smith of Bloomberg News, which is about service members who deploy to war but return with serious mental and behavioral issues. The Washington Post had contacted Ernesto to act as a subject-matter expert for articles involving a high-profile sex assault scandal at the Naval Academy involving allegations against several football players from the Academy.. Since leaving Active Duty with an Honorable Discharge, Ernesto has tried hundreds of military courts-martial and separation boards all around the globe, to include the Continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska, Germany, England, Italy, South Korea, Japan and Okinawa. Gapasin has also represented service members in Poland, Belgium, Turkey and Djibouti, Africa.

Firm: Cordell & Cordell

600 Kellwood Parkway , Chesterfield , Missouri 63017

Practice Areas: Internet

Chesterfield divorce attorney Erin Zielinski finds family law to be as interesting and complex today, as it was when it all began for her as a law clerk years ago.. “There is no other area of practice where the human and, often emotional, side of the case is just as important as the complex, legal side,” Ms. Zielinski said. “Both components of the family law case deserve equal attention and zealous representation.”. The complexity of the financial components of a highly contested divorce is often matched with the complexity of the emotional toll it takes on an individual. Ms. Zielinski is constantly challenged to ensure she navigates both sides of the case with the experience and knowledge she has acquired after years of experience in family law.. Family law, and divorce in particular, demands a balance between being assertive and aggressive on behalf of your client while also finding the compassion and understanding for her clients to ensure she can get them through this often tumultuous process.. “This is balance that has taken years to cultivate and pass onto my clients, so I can represent them to the best of her ability,” she said.. Ms. Zielinski always tells her clients that this is a journey that will be handled day-by-day. It is often simply too overwhelming to try and figure it all out at once and predict the future. “I find this will often result in pure panic for the client,” she said. “I have been hired to make sure I get them through this emotionally-trying ordeal by taking it one step at a time.”

Firm: Bratcher Gockel Law, Lc

4014 S Lynn Ct Dr Ste B , Independence , Missouri 64055

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Graf Law

2429 South Campbell Avenue , Springfield , Missouri 65807

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Carter Law Firm

214 W. Walnut , Raymore , Missouri 64083

Practice Areas: Speeding & Traffic Ticket

Firm: Flesner Wentzel

820 S. Main St. , Saint Charles , Missouri 63301

Practice Areas: Family

I began my career focused on consumer protection legal work when a mover destroyed all of my furniture and gave me fake insurance information shortly after I passed the bar.  Trying to turn a negative experience into a positive one, I began volunteering as a consumer protection attorney for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.  I volunteered there full time for several months prior to starting a law practice with a classmate in St. Louis County.  In that firm, my focus was on civil litigation matters and estate planning. I handled primarily consumer protection cases, including auto dealer fraud, home contractor disputes, debt collection defense, and representing tenants against landlords.. I went on to found Flesner Wentzel, a general practice firm in St. Charles, Missouri in 2013.  I continue to selectively handle consumer protection, estate planning, and probate matters, however my primary focus at Flesner Wentzel is family law cases.  For more than five years, I have been helping clients with dissolutions, paternity cases, child custody, and child support matters. Our firm is not afraid to handle complex cases.  We work hard and ask for extraordinary relief when it is necessary.  Our willingness to handle cases that are outside the typical case have lead us to do complicated adoption work, work to get a child back after being kidnapped by family members, grand parents rights and third party custody cases, and LGBT dissolutions of civil unions/divorces.  While no one "wins" in family law cases, my firm and I give clients reasonable expectations and work hard to achieve our clients' goals.. When I am not at work, I enjoy traveling, spending time with my family, and ecape rooms!

Firm: Kramer, Hand, Buchholz & Partney L.L.C.

3488 Jeffco Blvd. , Arnold , Missouri 63010

Practice Areas: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Erik Papke, a St. Louis native, is the primary bankruptcy and financial attorney for Kramer, Hand, Buchholz & Partney.  Erik attended St. Louis University High School, and graduated from Rockhurst University in 2002 with a bachelors degree in Psychology. While studying there he achieved the distinction of being on the Dean’s List. He served as the Student Senate President of his class, and was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity where he served as the treasurer.. Erik graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law in 2005. While attending law school he participated in Mediation, Negotiation and Mock Trial competitions. Erik was a founding member of the Sports Law Society, which looks at the intersection of sports and the law and the role that the law plays in the functioning of sports. Erik interned with the Missouri Department of Conservation in the summer of 2004.. His law experience includes; Workers’ Compensation, Consumer bankruptcy, Consumer collections, Family and Criminal Law. He is licensed in both Missouri and Illinois state courts along with the Eastern District of Missouri, and the Central and Southern District of Illinois Federal courts. Erik is a member of the Debtors’ Attorneys of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Bar Association of Metro St. Louis.  Erik and his wife Ashley, reside in St. Louis County with their two girls and a cat named Hei Hei.

Firm: Gunn | Slater

7777 Bonhomme Avenue , Clayton , Missouri 63105

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: O'Loughlin O'Loughlin Koetting

1736 North Kingshighway , Cape Girardeau , Missouri 63701

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

Firm: Creative Planning Legal, P.A.

Creative Planning Campus , Overland Park , Missouri 64111

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Real estate and estate planning attorney.  Joined Creative Planning Legal, P.A. in 2019.  Emphasis on real estate estate transactional work (real estate leases, purchase and sale transactions, and lending) and estate planning.  Admitted to practice law in California, Missouri, Kansas, and Georgia, but can perform work on a nationwide basis in conjunction with his network of local counsel.

Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP

7700 Forsyth Boulevard , Saint Louis , Missouri 63105

Practice Areas: Cannabis Law

Eric's practice primarily involves representing businesses and individuals in the legalized marijuana industry. He has successfully represented companies across the country applying for facility licenses to cultivate, manufacture, and dispense marijuana and marijuana-infused products. Eric assists clients with every facet of procuring and compliantly operating marijuana facility licenses, along with mergers and acquisitions, other corporate matters, legislative and regulatory issues, and related matters. Eric also represents MoCannTrade, Missouri's marijuana industry trade association.. Eric has extensive state and federal litigation experience in a wide-range of complex commercial and business cases that include: a religious conference center prevailing in a long-running corporate governance and property dispute; a major men’s retail chain defeating false advertising claims by different state-wide classes of customers; and a publicly-traded company defeating breach of fiduciary duty claims by a national class of former stockholders.. Eric serves privately owned businesses, publicly traded companies and nonprofit corporations. A significant portion of this work involves the defending class action lawsuits brought against various business entities. Many of the cases involve allegations of fraud, false advertising, unfair trade practices and breaches of state and federal consumer protection laws.. Eric also represents clients in matters alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and copyright infringement. He also provides counsel in workplace cases involving claims such as discrimination and violation of non-compete and nonsolicitation provisions.

Firm: Baldwin & Vernon LLC

14 S. Main St , Liberty , Missouri 64068

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Stange Law Firm, PC

1506 Chapel Hill Road , Columbia , Missouri 65203

Practice Areas: Family

Going through a divorce or facing a family law matter in Columbia, Missouri, can be an overwhelming experience. Having a dedicated and experienced attorney by your side can provide clarity and support during this difficult time. Eunice Larsen is a compassionate Junior Associate Attorney with Stange Law Firm. Based in our Columbia, MO office, she proudly serves clients throughout Boone County and the surrounding areas.. Eunice earned her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Before pursuing her legal education, Eunice attended Loyola University in Chicago, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Her academic background and experience provide her with a good foundation when assisting clients through complex family law matters.. Before becoming a Junior Associate Attorney with the Columbia, Missouri divorce and family law lawyers at Stange Law Firm, Eunice built a diverse professional background. She previously founded and operated her own real estate brokerage. In this role, she guided clients through the home buying and selling process while ensuring accuracy in all documents and procedures. In addition to her work in real estate, Eunice served as an Administrator at a school. There, she oversaw day-to-day operational tasks and prepared the institution’s financial audits, accreditation renewals, and regulatory compliance with various government agencies. Her professional skill set includes legal research and writing, contract and document review, mediation, and client communication. Eunice is dedicated to assisting clients in navigating complex family law matters.. Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

Firm: Brydon, Swearengen & England Professional Corporation

312 East Capitol Avenue , Jefferson City , Missouri 65102

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Family Law, Criminal Law, Municipality Representation, Business Law, Estate Planning