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Anderson & Gilbert has been a part of the St. Louis metropolitan area's legal landscape for more than a century, founded in 1906 by William Gilbert and Roscoe Anderson. Since that time, the firm has provided high quality legal services in a wide variety of areas. We offer our clients all of the substantial resources available at larger firms, but with the personalized touch and dedicated service of a small business. Anderson & Gilbert looks forward to the opportunity to zealously represent you through every phase of your court or administrative action.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice, Administrative, Corporate, Banking and Commercial Law. Health Law, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Product Liability, Probate, Trust and Estates, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Toxic Torts. Trial and Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts.

Representative Clients:

ABC Moving & Storage Co., Inc.
American Specialty Claims Service
Atlas Van Lines, Inc.
Carolina Casualty Ins.
CNA Insurance
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Foremost Insurance Co.
Insurance Corporation of America
INS Insurance, Inc.
Intermed Insurance Co.
ITT Hartford
Liberty Mutual Group
OUM Group
Reliance Bancshares, Inc.
Reliance Bank
Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
St. Paul Insurance Cos.
TIG Specialty Ins. Co.
Washington Mutual Bank, FA
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
Nationwide Insurance Co.
Aetna
The Chubb Group
Admiral Insurance Co.
AIG
Old Republic Insurance Co.
Missouri Physicians Mutual.

Reference:

Reliance Bank.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Address

515 Olive Street
Suite 704
St. Louis, MO 63101, ((Independent City))

Phone

Phone: 314-721-2777
Telecopier: 314-721-3515

Website

http://www.anderson-gilbert.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only

PARTNERS

Joel D. Monson (Partner) born Fargo, North Dakota, February 12, 1932; admitted to bar, 1958, Missouri. Education: Washington University (A.B., 1957; LL.B., 1958). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Team, 1957. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; The Lawyers' Association of St. Louis; Missouri Organization of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; Trucking Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Motor Carrier Defense; Products Liability Defense; Contested Wills.Email: Joel D. Monson

Fortis M. Lawder (Partner) born Murphysboro, Illinois, June 30, 1927; admitted to bar, 1951, Missouri and Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.S.C., cum laude, 1949; J.D., 1951). Order of the Woolsack; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Sigma Nu. General Counsel, Metro Bancholding Corporation, 1974-1983. Board of Directors, Reliance Bancshares. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar. [Lt., USNR, 1945-1957]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Law.Email: Fortis M. Lawder

Francis X. Duda (Partner) born Augusta, Georgia, April 2, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Missouri and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1971, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1980, Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: George Washington University and Xavier University (B.S., cum laude, 1964); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1967). Director, St. Louis Public Library, 1988-1998. President: Law Library Association of St. Louis, 1999—; Missouri Supreme Court Historical Society, 2000—; St. Louis University Law Alumni Association, 1983-1985. Chair, St. Louis YMCA, 1982-1984. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Chair, Judicial Facilities Committee, 1988-1994 and Illinois Law Committee, 1999-2006; Co-Chair: Bench & Bar Committee, 1994-1996); The Missouri Bar; Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Motor Carrier Defense; Products Liability; Personal Injury.Email: Francis X. Duda

D. Paul Myre (Partner) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Missouri; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 2001 Illinois. Education: William Jewell College (B.A., 1982); St. Peter's College, Oxford, England; University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Louis County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Appellate Practice.Email: D. Paul Myre

OF COUNSEL

Michael A. Lawder (Of Counsel) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1980, Illinois; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Education: Rockhurst College (B.A., 1976); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1979). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Clair County Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Trucking Industry Defense Association (Charter Member); Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Transportation Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law.Email: Michael A. Lawder

ASSOCIATE

Dennis S. Harms (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 11, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Illinois and U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois. Education: Rockhurst University (B.A., English, Political Science, 2002); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: The Missouri Bar; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Membership Chair, 2008); Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(100%).Email: Dennis S. Harms

RETIRED

William R. Gilbert (1886-1963).

Roscoe Anderson (1884-1951).

Norman Bierman (1907-1987).

Norris H. Allen (1904-1991).