PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation
Our litigation team handles a wide range of disputes in state and federal courts throughout the United States, in arbitration proceedings, and before administrative agencies. Our business litigation experience includes antitrust, construction, environmental, intellectual property, real estate, and securities matters. We also regularly handle the full range of personal and professional disputes, including the defense of physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation, premises liability, transportation negligence, trust and estate litigation, products liability, professional malpractice, school law litigation, and insurance coverage litigation. In addition, we have successfully prosecuted and defended catastrophic personal injury cases. With the opening of our St. Louis office in 2006, we have gained expanded capabilities to serve our clients' litigation needs and to extend further our standing as a premier litigation firm on a national level. More
Transactions
The members of our transactions practice group devote most of their practices to general corporate law and other business law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate matters, tax law, commercial transactions, health care law, and general business advisory services. More
Estate Planning & Administration
Our estate planning and administration practice group consists of lawyers who are engaged regularly in the planning and/or administration of personal estates and trusts. More
Health Care Law
Our health care law practice group is comprised of a cross section of our litigation and transactional lawyers who focus a significant portion of their time representing our health care clients. Those clients include two hospitals, two multi-specialty medical groups, a durable medical supply and equipment business, a preferred provider organization (PPO), various individual physicians and dentists, and a multitude of joint ventures. The region’s largest hospital and multi-specialty medical group are among these clients. More
Education Law
Our educational law practice group consists of lawyers who devote a significant portion of their practices to the representation of public school districts and institutions of higher learning in our region. More
Banking & Debtor/Creditor Law
Our banking and debtor/creditor law practice group includes lawyers who are engaged in the representation of financial institutions, and business clients in connection with various financing, financial, and credit related matters.More
Labor & Employment Law
Our labor and employment law group handles litigation of all types for employers, and counsels employers, as well, on labor negotiations, union avoidance, avoiding employment discrimination claims, formulation of policies and procedures, compliance issues, drafting labor agreements, drafting employment and other contracts with restrictive covenants concerning competetion, solicitation of customers, confidentiality and trade secrets, complying with safety requirements, and contractual, statutory and regulatory obligations to their employees in connection with business acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings.More
Construction Law
Our construction law practice includes representation of owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. Our lawyers routinely draft construction contracts and sub-contracts and represent clients in litigation over construction defects and claims for payment, including perfecting mechanics liens and claims under construction or payment bonds. We assist clients in financial transactions, environmental matters, and labor relations issues for construction projects. More
Tax Law
The firm’s tax practice group handles a broad array of tax planning for business organizations, tax-exempt organizations, and individuals in the areas of federal, state, and local income tax, employment tax, property tax, sales and use tax, and estate and gift tax. The firm also handles its clients' disputes with local state departments of revenue as well as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). More