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.
Professional Affiliations
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American Bar Association
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The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
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Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
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Defense Research Institute
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Rotary Club of St. Louis (past President)