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1010 Market Street, Suite 1650
St. Louis, Missouri 63101 ((Independent City))
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Statement of PracticeCivil Litigation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical Negligence, Products Liability, Federal Employers Liability Act, FELA, Jones Act, Admiralty, Automobile, Trucking, Motorcycle and Construction Accidents, Head and Spinal Injuries, Whiplash, Seatbelt Injury, Dog Bites, Asbestos Litigation, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Nursing Home Litigation, Cerebral Palsy, Birth Injuries, Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Class Actions, Toxic Torts, Slip and Fall, Railroad Accidents, Insurance Bad Faith, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Firm Size: 4
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Address1010 Market Street, Suite 1650
St. Louis, MO 63101, ((Independent City))
PhonePhone: 314-621-8884
Fax: 314-621-8885
Website
http://www.passanantelaw.com
Paul J. Passanante (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Claims Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1992, District of Columbia; 1993, Florida and Arkansas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Nebraska; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: Saint Louis University (B.A., 1972); Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Paul Passanante, a life-long resident of St. Louis, is a 1976 graduate of the Saint Louis University School of Law. In 1980, Paul received the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the St. Louis County Bar Association. The next year, he received the Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award from the Missouri Bar Foundation. Since 1980, Paul has specialized in civil litigation and has tried many civil cases to verdict, including medical malpractice, wrongful death, products liability, FELA, automobile, and general negligence cases. Paul has been certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is often called upon by the Missouri Bar to write or lecture on various aspects of civil trial practice, including ethics, presenting evidence at trial, argument strategies, and settlement tactics. For a few years, he taught trial practice at Saint Louis University School of Law. Paul is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Eighth Circuits, and numerous federal district courts in Missouri, Arkansas, Maryland, and Nebraska. Paul is a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a member of the American Association for Justice, and a past President of the Missouri-Southern Illinois chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Paul has received an AV peer review rating for ethical standards and legal ability from Martindale-Hubbell. Publications: "Habeas Corpus," St. Louis Bar Journal, Winter 1978. Chapter 10; "Presenting the Evidence," Civil Trial Practice (2nd Ed. 1988); "Permanency in Personal Injury Cases," St. Louis Lawyer, 1988; "Closing Argument," St. Louis Bar Journal, Fall 1991; "Recent Developments in Trial Techniques," American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Winter 2001; "Help! We're Lost! Co-Employee Immunity in Missouri," Journal of the Missouri Bar, March-April 2001; "Presenting the Evidence," Chapter 10, Civil Trial Practice (3 Ed. 2001); "Business Records," Chapter 6, Sources of Proof (4th Ed. 2001); "The Effect of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice," Journal of the Missouri Bar, September/October 2005; "Objections and Rulings on Evidence," Chapter 6, Missouri Bar Evidence Deskbook (5th Ed. 2006); "Cross-Examination," Journal of the Missouri Bar, January/February 2006; "Anticipated Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform," Journal of the Missouri Bar, July/August 2006. Louis; Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America; Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Louis County Bar Association; Arkansas Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri Bar; Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar; American Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates; National Board of Trial Advocacy; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys; Lawyers Association of St. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Negligence; Products Liability; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Jones Act.Email: Paul J. Passanante
——————————Dawn Mefford-Besserman (Associate) born Staunton, Illinois, February 10, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri; 2004, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1999); Saint Louis University (J.D., 2003). Dawn Mefford-Besserman earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1999, graduating summa cum laude. Dawn then attended Saint Louis University School of Law to earn her law degree and graduated cum laude in 2003. While in law school, Dawn clerked for the Honorable G. Patrick Murphy, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Dawn concentrates her practice in personal injury litigation, including automobile negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and products and premises liability cases. She enjoys lecturing at legal seminars and has authored several works on various topics in civil litigation, including tort reform, evidence, cross-examination, and trucking accident litigation. In 2008, she was named an "Up and Coming Lawyer," by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. Dawn is licensed to practice law in both Missouri and Illinois, and she is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Southern District of Illinois. Dawn is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bars, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis County Bar Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis. From 2006-2008, she also served on the board of a local youth recreational soccer league. Publications: "The Effect of Tort Reform on Medical Malpractice," Journal of the Missouri Bar, September/October 2005; "Objections and Rulings on Evidence," Chapter 6, Missouri Bar Evidence Deskbook (5th Ed., 2006); "Cross-Examination," Journal of the Missouri Bar, January/February 2006; "Anticipated Constitutional Challenges to Tort Reform," Journal of the Missouri Bar, July/August 2006; "How Federal Regulations Are Used to Build a Punitive Damages Claim in Trucking Accident Cases," Tort Trends, Vol. 44, No. 2., December 2008. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Women in Legal Profession); St. Louis County Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Association for Justice; Lawyers Association of St. Louis; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Automobile and Trucking Collisions; Negligence; Products Liability; Premises Liability.Email: Dawn Mefford-Besserman
Katharine Jilka (Associate) born Independence, Missouri, March 2, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri; 2008, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 2002); Saint Louis University, School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Women in the Legal Profession Section); American Bar Association; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Association for Justice; Illinois State Bar Association; Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Automobile and Trucking Collisions; General Negligence.Email: Katharine Jilka
Luke E. Wells (Associate) born Elmhurst, Illinois, January 25, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Missouri; 2009, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: Washington University (B.A., 2005); St. Louis University (J.D., 2008). Luke Wells received his bachelor's degree in Political Science and Latin from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. He then attended Saint Louis University School of Law where he earned his law degree in 2008. During law school, Luke was an editor for the Saint Louis University Public Law Review, an intern at the Madison County Illinois State's Attorney's Office in the Felony and Misdemeanor Divisions, and a law clerk at a plaintiffs' civil litigation firm in downtown St. Louis. Luke Wells is licensed to practice law in Missouri, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Luke concentrates his practice in personal injury litigation, including wrongful death, automobile negligence, medical malpractice, and intentional tort claims. Luke is a lifelong St. Louis area resident, having grown up in the Illinois metro-east area before relocating to St. Louis City in 2001. Luke is a member of the Missouri Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Wrongful Death; Negligence; Automobile Negligence.Email: Luke E. Wells
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