Greater St. Louis
Licensed in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas.
• Provide strategic and practical day-to-day legal counsel to clients, including credit unions and real estate ownership groups, on regulatory compliance, litigation risk, and contractual matters. • Appear regularly in court on behalf of clients in settlement conferences, motion hearings, and bench trials, while aligning litigation strategy with broader business objectives. • Swiftly secured $50,000 settlement for pro bono local artist client in federal copyright claim made against public entity. • Represents healthcare clients including radiology groups on large outstanding collections cases against other entities and provide litigation support for other law firms as outside counsel. • Draft, file, and enforce construction liens on behalf of clients • Mentors junior attorneys and paralegals on litigation best practices, contributing to team efficiency and professional development.
• Handled high-volume litigation on behalf of creditors in Missouri and Illinois, including trial, arbitration, and docket appearances. • Negotiated and secured favorable settlements through direct engagement with opposing counsel and self-represented defendants. • Drafted and finalized legal documents including demand letters, pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and post-judgment filings. • Advised clients on complex issues involving collection practices, consumer protection laws, and class actions, and risk exposure mitigation.
• First-chair trial counsel in Section 1983 federal civil rights case to jury verdict involving professional liability litigation against correctional medicine providers. • Regularly conducted depositions of plaintiffs, fact witnesses, and medical experts on behalf of large corporate defendants in toxic tort cases. • Leveraged investigative methods and open-source intelligence to uncover exculpatory evidence, contributing to more than $100M+ in avoided liability. • Coordinated logistics of deposition attendance in multiple states for firm’s numerous clients. • Designed and delivered CLE presentation, "Fact Investigation: Tips & Pitfalls," to over 100 firm attorneys, emphasizing innovative strategies for effective fact-finding.
• Law clerk and later an associate attorney at personal injury law firm • Excelled at fact investigation and negotiating favorable settlements for clients
• Transcribed notes for law students registered with Disability Services.