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We represent our clients in litigation
involving securities, common law fraud, lender
liability, antitrust, banking, contracts, transportation
matters, product
liability and performance, libel and slander, mergers
and acquisitions, construction disputes, environmental
claims, premises liability, employment, real estate, federal and state
taxation, intellectual property disputes, personal
injury defense, trade secret protection, and unfair
competition.
Every day, we strive to confirm our
reputation as an outstanding firm with extensive
experience and resources with a long-standing history of
prosecution and defense of disputes. While we
advise our clients on ways to minimize their exposure to
risk, when litigation is necessary, our objective is to
provide the highest quality of representation at a
reasonable cost. To that end, we have adapted to changes
in business and our community and have met the
increasing demand for competent, skilled litigators. The
Firm provides experience, dedication, and a commitment
to our clients' needs and goals, delivering the best
legal services available.
We know that litigation is often not
the best answer. Therefore, we discuss with our
clients all options and the expense and probability of
results for each. Many of our attorneys are
experienced in arbitration and mediation, including
arbitration and mediation before the
American Arbitration Association, the National
Association of Securities Dealers, and the New York
Stock Exchange. Three of our lawyers have been
selected on an annual basis for inclusion in The Best
Lawyers of America. We count among our attorneys
one of the first certified Health Care Mediators in St.
Louis. We help our clients avoid or minimize litigation,
but when we go to court, we aggressively seek the best possible
result in the most efficient, cost-effective manner.
We practice before judges and juries
in federal and state trial and appellate courts in
multi-district litigation, class actions, injunctions
and declaratory judgment cases, administrative and
regulatory hearings, arbitrations, investigations conducted by
governmental agencies, and mediation and arbitration.
Our lawyers are active in a wide
variety of national, state and local professional
associations including: Sections of Business Law, Labor
and Employment, Litigation, Real Property, Tort and
Insurance Practice, and State and Local Government Law
of the American Bar Association; the International
Association of Insurance Counsel; American College of
Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; National
Association of Public Pension Attorneys; Missouri
Organization of Defense Lawyers; Missouri Association of
Trial Attorneys; Truckload Carriers Association;
Transportation Lawyers Association; Association of
Transportation Practitioners; Association of Defense
Counsel, Trucking Law Committee of the Defense Research
Institute, the Trucking Industry Defense Association,
the Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee of
the American Bar Association, and the Business and
Commercial Litigation, Employment, Products Liability,
Retail, and Transportation
Committees of the USLAW Network, Inc., as well as court and
administrative agency advisory committees. Members of
the Firm have held leadership positions in many of these
professional associations.
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