"Typically someone hates you when you beat them badly in the courtroom, but her opponents still love her. It just doesn't happen in our profession. It's great for her clients."
So said one of Mo McGlynn's clients when asked to comment after Mo received a 2010 Women's Justice Award for Trial Practitioner.
Following advice imparted by her father many years ago, Mo strives to be the most prepared attorney in every situation. She combines this studied preparation with a strong sense of humor and genuine concern for the welfare of others to achieve excellent results. She has successfully tried dozens of cases in the areas of products liability, premises liability, and toxic tort, and routinely gets rave reviews from judges, clients, and even opposing counsel.
Mo currently volunteers at an agency that takes young mothers and their children off the streets, offering them safe temporary housing, while preparing them for successful lives. Mo teaches Life Skills classes there, and helps the residents with academic tutoring so they can earn high school diplomas. In the recent past, Mo spent many years serving on the Board of Directors at St. Patrick Center, an agency dedicated to ending homelessness, including a year as Board President. She has also been a running coach for school age girls, and she continues to serve on the Executive Board for the St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
In addition to her professional and civic responsibilities, Mo remains actively involved in the lives of her three children.
Education
St. Louis University, J.D. magna cum laude, 1992 (valedictorian)
St. Louis University, B.A. magna cum laude,1986
Cheryl was awarded the Lon Hocker Trial Lawyer for showing noteworthy professional competence as a trial lawyer by the Missouri Bar Foundation in 1996.
Missouri Lawyers Weekly also acknowledged Cheryl's professional achievements by selecting her as one of five "Up and Coming Lawyers" in Missouri in 2000, noting: "Callis is not only respected by jurors, but also by plaintiffs and defense attorneys for both her legal capabilities and civility." In more recent years Cheryl has been named as a "Super Lawyer" of Missouri, an honor only given to five percent of all lawyers statewide.
Cheryl has tried close to 100 cases in Missouri and Illinois and has received many defense verdicts. These trials included automobile, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, trucking liability, breach of contract, real estate and employers' liability cases.
Cheryl and her husband Charlie are the proud parents of Robbie (15) and Jessica (12).
Education
Illinois Wesleyan University, 1982
Washington University School of Law, 1985
Ken was first licensed in Missouri in 1982 and started at the insurance defense firm of Kortenhof & Ely back in April 1984. He has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell since May 1997. He has appeared before the Missouri Supreme Court, Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern and Western Districts, the 7th and 8th Circuits of the United States Court of Appeals, the United States District Court – Eastern District of Missouri, and the United States District Court – Southern District of Illinois. He has practiced insurance defense litigation for over 32 years and has had over 60 trials. He has obtained defense verdicts in serious medical negligence cases and has tried numerous automobile accident cases to conclusion, as well as cases involving premises liability, civil rights/excessive force, insurance contracts and property damage.
Education
Washington University Law School, J.D., 1982
Indiana University, B.S. with distinction in Business/Marketing, 1979
Joseph McGlynn was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on December 23, 1933. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1955, and his law degree from St. Louis University in 1958. That year, he was admitted to practice in Missouri and in 1966 he was admitted in Illinois.
Mr. McGlynn is a member of the bar associations in East St. Louis, St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois and Missouri. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a member of the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers and the Missouri Association of Defense Lawyers.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1958–1960, and has been Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Ireland since 1978. Joe McGlynn was elected as one of the top 100 Irish American Lawyers in 2009–2010.
In addition, he is currently serving as a Volunteer Mediator at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, giving him valuable experience in general employment issues, ADA compliance, ADEA claims and general claims of discriminatory practices under the Missouri Human Rights Act. During the course of his practice, Bob has participated in numerous mediations as a negotiator on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Bob is a Court-Approved Neutral in the following jurisdictions:
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Madison County, Illinois Circuit Court
City of St. Louis, Missouri Circuit Court
St. Louis County, Missouri Circuit Court
St. Charles County, Missouri Circuit Court
Bob enjoys spending his time away from the office with his wife, three children and four
grandchildren as well as traveling to National Parks.
Education: St. Louis University School of Law (J.D. 1986); St. Louis University School of Business (M.B.A. 1986); California State University, Northridge (B.A. Urban Planning 1977); Mediator Training University of Missouri School of Law (June, 2015); USA & M Advanced Mediator Training (2016); Practical Skills Training for Arbitrators (UMKC Law 2016);
Affiliations: Member of the Missouri, Illinois and American Bar Associations (Trial & Insurance Practice Section); the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Alternative Dispute Resolution and Trial Sections).
Heather has been practicing for over 17 years and has defended clients in negligence, breach of contract, premises liability, dramshop, wrongful death, defamation, professional liability, fraud, conspiracy, infliction of emotional distress, nursing home, insurance coverage, and product liability cases. As Of Counsel in the firm's Edwardsville office, she has significant experience in litigation throughout southern Illinois and Missouri, including St. Clair County and Madison County, Illinois. With first- and second-chair trial experience, Heather has obtained defense verdicts in trial, mandatory arbitrations, and has argued and won summary judgment motions in state and federal court venues. She has also written, argued, and won appeals in the Fifth District of Illinois.
Heather's empathy for her clients facilitates a relationship with them that allows her to handle the more challenging clients. Heather believes that forming relationships based on respect and dignity results in better client outcomes. She works zealously for her clients and understands the hardships, nervousness, anxiety, and stress that they are experiencing. As such, her clients trust her and know she is working for their benefit.
Heather has significant ties to the community, which benefits her clients, as she has a pulse on the community and its leaders. She founded and administered The Maryville Connection Facebook group, which has over 10,000 members and provides information for the community and supports small businesses. She and her late husband are former Madison County Board Members; she founded the Madison County Women Lawyers Group and is a founding member of the 100+ Women Who Care from the 618.