Gretchen Myers

Gretchen Myers is the founding principal of The Law Offices of Gretchen Myers, P.C. in St. Louis, Missouri where she concentrates her practice in the areas of catastrophic trucking accident cases, product liability, wrongful death, medical negligence, sexual harassment and general personal injury law. She is the recipient of two top trial advocacy awards in Missouri: the Lon O. Hocker Award from the Missouri Bar and is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Honorary Order of the Barristers Award from the University of Missouri. Both awards were given for her outstanding trial work and trial excellence. She has tried cases and made numerous appearances in courts throughout Missouri and Illinois and has garnered some of the largest recoveries in Catastrophic Trucking Accidents. She is the first recipient of the "Daily Record Justice Award" given for significant contribution to her area of expertise and her positive impact on the community. She is a frequent lecturer on civil trial techniques and advocacy skills throughout Missouri and nationwide. U.S. News and World Report ranked her firm as one of the Best Firms in America and she is personally included in the Best Lawyers in America. Her results rank her in the top 1% of all lawyers based upon her inclusion in the Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocacy group.

She is past president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (the first woman to have been elected to that post) and a past President of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis. She is an instructor for the Missouri Judicial Trial College, selected by Missouri judges to teach them about trial techniques and civil jury instructions. She was appointed to the Missouri Civil Instructions Committee (MAl) by the Missouri Supreme Court, to be the Chair of the Tort Law Committee by the President of the Missouri Bar, and to the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority by Governor Mel Carnahan. She is a member of The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis, The National Employment Lawyers Association, The American Association for Justice, the Statewide Legal Services Board and Public Justice. Gretchen is licensed to practice law in three states: Missouri, Illinois and California.

Gretchen Myers graduated from the University of Missouri Columbia with a BA in Honors Economics in 1981 and JD degree in 1984. She was a member of the Missouri Law Review and upon completion of law school was awarded a clerkship with the Honorable James H. Meredith, United States Federal District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. Throughout her legal career Gretchen has always been a trial attorney, and has exclusively represented people in need and dedicated her practice to protecting injury victims and their families.

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