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Joie Maeras
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10 South Broadway - Suite 1300
St. Louis, MO 63102-1708

Practices
Tort Litigation Health Care
Business Litigation

Industries
Medical Malpractice

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Brent W. Baldwin

Experience
Named by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in the United States, Mr. Baldwin, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, has over 30 years experience as a civil trial lawyer. His practice has focused on professional liability, products liability, commercial civil litigation, catastrophic injury including fire and explosion, insurance coverage, and estate litigation, having concluded well over 100 jury trials and appeals. Although he spends a significant portion of his time on the opposite side of the table from the members of the Plaintiff's personal injury bar, he has been selected by virtually every accomplished Plaintiff's firm in the area to represent and advise them when they have been sued by their clients.

His representation of healthcare and legal professionals for over 30 years has included virtually every specialty of those professions involving claim values in the millions of dollars. During the same period, his products and catastrophic injury representation with claim values ranging from $1 million to $75 million has spanned a wide variety of industries. These include chemicals, pharmaceuticals, PVC commercial piping, urban storm sewer systems, fire sprinkling systems, commercial and consumer electrical installation and switching, commercial and consumer HVAC systems, propane and natural gas delivery systems, overhead cranes, steel cable fabrication, cement mixers, locomotive cab seating, industrial manufacturing facilities such as steel manufacturing plants, soap and detergent plants, dog food plants, mattress assembly plants, steel product fabrication and machining plants.

Mr. Baldwin has been a frequent lecturer and author throughout most of his career. His articles include trial techniques, the substantive law of personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, legal ethics, and practice pointers for "defensive" lawyering. His CLE programs and seminars are sponsored by various law schools, bar associations, medical organizations, hospitals, and insurance organizations throughout Missouri and the Midwest. The topics have covered all aspects of trial preparation and trial techniques; medical malpractice and prevention; legal malpractice and prevention; legal ethics; tort law; and insurance coverage.

Education
  • University of Texas, J.D., 1977
  • University of Texas, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1974
Admissions
  • Illinois, 1978
  • Missouri, 1977
Court Memberships
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1980
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern and Central Districts of Illinois, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits, 1980
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, 1977
Honors
  • Named to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Lawyers in the U.S., 2007
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Selected by his peers for over 10 years in The Best Lawyers in America®, (Woodward/White)
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006 and 2007 
  • Selected Best in the U.S., Attorneys 2006-2007
  • Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Phi Eta Sigma
Professional Affiliations
  • American Bar Association
  • The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
  • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Rotary Club of St. Louis (past President)




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