Terrance J. Good has thirty years’ experience successfully litigating before the courts of Missouri and southern Illinois in a wide variety of commercial disputes, the defense of lawyers and accountants in malpractice actions, insurance coverage and personal injury defense claims in the entertainment area. In product liability cases involving such items as forklift trucks and utility poles, he has obtained defense verdicts in both federal and state court. 

Primary Practice Areas

• Litigation
• Professional Liability Defense
• Insurance Law

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2006
• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1977
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1977
• Supreme Court of Missouri, 1976
• Supreme Court of Illinois, 1979

Education and Academic Honors

• J.D., Washington University, 1976
• B.A., University of Missouri, 1973
  Omicron Delta Kappa

Representative Reported Cases

• Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. v. Public Water Supply District No. 7 of Jefferson County, 747 F.2d 1195 (E.D. Mo. 1984); Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) P 91, 830; Mo Fed. R. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 526
• Johnson v. Cowell Steel Structures, Inc., 991 F.2d 474 (8th Cir. 1993)
• Briggs v. Sterner, 529 F.Supp. 1155 (S.D. Iowa 1981); Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) P98, 444
• Haines v. St. Charles Speedway, Inc., 689 F.Supp. 964 (E.D. Mo. 1988)
• Turner v. General Motors Corp., 750 S.W.2d 76 (Mo. App. 1986)
• Keim v. Big Bass, Inc., 949 S.W.2d 122 (Mo. App. E.D. 1997)
• U.S. Central Underwriters Agency, Inc., v. Manchester Life & Casualty Management Corp., 1997 Mo. App. LEXIS 1452 (August 12, 1997)

Representative Clients

• American Specialty Insurance Company
• The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company
• K & K Insurance Group, Inc.
• The Railway Tie Association

Selected Lectures and Publications

• "Fraud Litigation in Missouri," N.B.I. Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1992
• "Taking and Defending Depositions," Moderator, University of Missouri-Kansas City Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1991-1992
• "Accounting Malpractice - A Defense Perspective," St. Louis Bar Journal 10, Summer 1991

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
  Fellow, Young Lawyers Division
  Litigation Section
  Tort & Insurance Practice Section
• The Missouri Bar
  Board of Governors, 1994-1996
• The Illinois Bar Association
• The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  President, 1993-1994
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• St. Louis Bar Foundation
  President, 1994-1995
• The Lawyers Association of St. Louis

Community Service and Awards

• Cultural Festivals
  Board Member, 2006-Present
• 2005 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
• Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts, 1985-Present
• The Leadership Center, 1990-Present
• Art St. Louis, 1989-1993
• Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, 1991-Present
  Emeritus Director, 2005-Present
  Board of Directors, 1992-2005
  President, 2000-2003
• Downtown St. Louis, Inc., 1993-1994
• Legal Advocates for Abused Women, 1993-1997
• Foster Care Coalition, 1994-1997
  Board of Directors
• Missouri Athletic Club, 1997-Present
  Board of Governors
• Gateway Legal Services, 1995-Present
  Board of Directors
  President, 2003-Present

Employment

• Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  Member, 1982-Present
• Barnard & Baer
  Member, 1979-1982
• Miller, Schaefer & Ebling
  Associate, 1977-1979
• Kelley & Webb
  Associate, 1976-1977