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Address
555 Washington Avenue
Suite 600
St. Louis, Missouri 63101 ((Independent City))
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Trial Practice. Fire Insurance and Workers Compensation Law. Subrogation, Insurance Coverage Counsel, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Birth Trauma, Nursing Negligence, Medical Negligence, Criminal Defense, Driving While Intoxicated, Felonies, Misdemeanors, Traffic Violations, Death Penalty, Drug Crimes, Sex Crimes, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Head and Spinal Injuries, Slip and Fall, Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Wrongful Death, Fire Litigation. Firm Size: 8
Representative Clients:Acuity Insurance
Allied Group
American Family Insurance Company
American National Property and Casualty Company
Amerisure Companies
AT&T Wireless Co.
Bankhead Enterprises, Inc.
Bituminous Insurance Companies
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company
Carrier Corp.
Chubb & Son
Citizens Security Mutual Insurance Company
Colonial Penn Insurance
Economy Companies
Employer's Mutual Insurance Company
GAB Robins North America, Inc.
General Accident Insurance Group
General Casualty Companies
General Dynamics Corporation
The Hartford
Hawkeye Security Insurance Company
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassebaum, Inc.
Horace Mann Insurance Company
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company
Kemper Insurance Group
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Missouri Property Insurance Placement Facility
Northwestern National Insurance
Ohio Casualty Insurance Company
Old Republic/State Surety
Otis Elevator Company
Preferred Risk Insurance Co.
Reliance Insurance Company
St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis University
Society Ins.
Southern/Gainsco
State Auto Insurance Company
The Bar Plan
Travelers Insurance Company
Trinity Universal insurance Co.
United Technologies Corp.
Wausau Insurance Company
SLC Trucking
WOC Trucking
Perma Jack-St. Louis.
J.D. Leritz (1895-1987).
Joseph L. Leritz (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 1, 1928; admitted to bar, 1952, Missouri. Education: St. Louis University (J.D., 1952). Co-Author: "Property and Business Liability-Commercial General Liability Coverage," Deskbook Chapter, Missouri CLE, 1994, 1997 and 2000 Supplements. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1969-1970); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Fire Insurance; Workers Compensation Law; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Joseph L. Leritz
Thomas J. Plunkert (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, November 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Missouri; 1978, Illinois. Education: Florida Institute of Technology (B.S., cum laude, 1974); St. Louis University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Staff Member, 1975-1976 and Editor, 1976-1977, St. Louis University Law Journal. Co-Author: "Property and Business Liability-Commercial General Liability Coverage," Deskbook Chapter, Missouri CLE, 1994. City Attorney and Prosecuting Attorney, 1986-1990, and Municipal Judge, Warson Woods, Missouri, 1991-1998. Member, Board of Directors, St. Louis Bar Foundation, 1993-1994. Missouri Supreme Court Rule 5 Mediator/Neutral. Member: Missouri Bar Client Security Fund Committee (Chair, 2000-2001); Missouri Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of Judges (Chair, 2002-2004). Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1986, 1987-1994; Vice Chairman, Young Lawyers Section Council, 1982-1986); Illinois State Bar Association; Lawyers Association of St. Louis. Practice Areas: Fire Insurance; Workers Compensation Law; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Legal Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Thomas J. Plunkert
Anthony S. Bruning (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, October 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Missouri; 1981, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1977); St. Louis University (J.D., 1980). 1989 Man of the Year, National Association of Fire Investigators. Author: "Jury Trial Focus Groups," a Guide for Trial Lawyers. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar (Member: Young Lawyer's Section Council, 1982-1987; Executive Committee, 1984-1986); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; Lawyers Association of St. Louis; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Reported Cases: Gordon v. BRK Brands, 1999, $50,000,000.00 Verdict. Practice Areas: Fire Litigation; Wrongful Death; Subrogation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Anthony S. Bruning
James C. Leritz (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, June 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Missouri; 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri (J.D., 1986). Counsel to the Missouri Senate, Jefferson City, 1986-1987. Assistant Circuit Attorney, St. Louis, 1987-1990. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of St. Louis. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Fire Insurance; Insurance Coverage.Email: James C. Leritz
Christopher E. McGraugh (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, October 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., 1983; J.D., 1987). Co-Author, "Hung Out to Dry," Review of Money Laundering Statutes, Bar Journal of St. Louis, Fall, 1996. Assistant Public Defender, St. Louis County, Eastern Capital Division, 1987-1992. Chairman, Grievance Committee, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1994-1996. Local Counsel, The Innocence Project. Hearing Officer, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis, Missouri Supreme Court, Rule 17 Mediator, Neutral. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar (Member: 22nd Judicial Circuit Nomination Commission (2002-2006), Client Security Fund Committee); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Chair, 2001-2006); National Legal Aid and Defense Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; Fire Litigation.Email: Christopher E. McGraugh
Christopher P. Leritz (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Missouri. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985; J.D., 1990). Recipient, Thomas J. White Foundation Fellowship, 1989. Staff Member, Senate Republican Conference, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986. Assistant to U.S. Senator Christopher S. Bond and Staff Member for U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial Committee for the Impeachment of U.S. District Judge Alcee M. Hastings, 1989. Trial Attorney, Honors Program in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1992. Assistant St. Louis Circuit Attorney, 1992-1994. Member: The Missouri Bar; The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Fire Insurance; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Litigation; Defense and Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Fire and Explosive Litigation; Manufactured Housing Law; Recreational Vehicle Products Liability; Trucking Defense.Email: Christopher P. Leritz
Peter N. Leritz (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Missouri; 1994, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., 1988; J.D., cum laude, 1993). Order of the Woolsack. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law and in Remedies. Recipient, Judge James Ruddy Memorial Scholarship. Member, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1991-1992. Articles Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal, 1992-1993. Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward L. Filippine, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1993-1995. Public Defender, City of Brentwood, Missouri. Secretary, Brentwood, Missouri Planning and Zoning Commission. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; The Missouri Bar; The Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Fire Insurance; Workers Compensation Law; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Workers Compensation; Business Litigation.Email: Peter N. Leritz
Joseph L. Green (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, March 20, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Missouri; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri and U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Truman State University (B.S., 1984); St. Louis University (J.D., 1987). Recipient, Charles M. Shaw Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 2006. Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Charles County Bar Association; Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: State v. Bowzer, 46 S.W.3d 666 (MO. App E.D. 2001); Scallion v. Turner, 11 S.W.3d 752 (MO. App E.D. 1999); State v. Nunley, 980 S.W. 2d 290 (MO. banc 1998); State v. Blankenship, 968 S.W. 2d 268 (MO. App E.D. 1998); Kent v. State, 964 S.W. 2d 887 (MO App E.D. 1998); State v. Hall, 955 S.W.2d 198 (MO banc 1997); State v. Brown, 949 S.W.2d 639 (MO App E.D. 1997); Giesler v. City of STE Genevieve, 943 S.W.2d 793 (MO App E.D. 1997); State v. Openlander, 939 S.W.2d 531 (MO App ED 1997). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Joseph L. Green
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