We represent our clients in litigation involving antitrust, banking, common law fraud, construction disputes, contracts, employment, environmental claims, errors and omissions, federal and state taxation, intellectual property disputes, mergers and acquisitions, lender liability, libel and slander, officer and director liability, personal injury defense, premises liability, product liability and performance, professional liability, real estate, securities, trade secret protection, transportation matters, 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.