The Roach Law Firm

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• English

Law Firm Overview

Susan K. Roach, now managing partner of The Roach Law Firm in Clayton, Missouri has been serving the "best interests" of her clients throughout Missouri for thirty (30) years.  Her first client in 1980 was the State of Missouri where she served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in St. Louis County zealously prosecuting rapes to white collar crimes attaining a 100% trial conviction rate.

After Susan entered private practice, she gained extensive trial experience and notoriety throughout the 1980's and early 1990's after attaining dramatic results for her clients which she parlayed into a burgeoning civil and criminal trial practice.  In 1993 Susan founded The Roach Law Firm which is staffed today by a team of attorneys and legal assistants who share Susan's passion, commitment and advocacy skills enabling her to continue to represent the "best interests" of her clients in the areas of civil and criminal trial practice, appellate practice and family law.

Susan's litigation accomplishments include successfully trying over 125 criminal and civil jury cases in State and Federal courts in Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Florida and South Carolina.  She has negotiated thousands of settlements and judge tried over 800 cases. Susan has argued cases to the 7th and 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court obtaining reversals for her clients.  In the past five years, Susan has obtained numerous acquittals in high profile and landmark criminal and white collar crime case and favorable verdicts and judgments in civil cases in Missouri, Illinois and South Carolina.

As an outgrowth of Susan's extensive litigation experience which dominated her earlier career years, Susan has developed a formidable family law practice which focuses on financially complex divorces, modifications and contested custody and visitation issues.  As these family law matters often involve allegations of criminal activity, including sexual abuse, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse and white collar crimes, Susan's professional training and litigation experience enable her to identify criminal issues and either capably advise or represent the client accordingly.  In addition to Susan's professional background, she has psychology training and life experiences as a once divorced mother and step-mother that enable her to understand the personal situations and emotions that sometimes permeate the family law matters of her clients.

Susan Roach describes her firm's experience with clients as follows:

"Both professionals and homemakers return for our representation decade after decade."

"We often represent two generations of many families and sometimes several members of the same family."

It is also common place for those "on the other side" who have been subjected to our level of advocacy to sheepishly refer others to us for representation.

Areas of Practice

• Contested Divorce and Custod 35%
• Federal and State Criminal Trial Practice 25%
• Civil Trial Practice 20%
• Appellate Practice 15%
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Paternity
• Criminal Law
• Federal
• Misdemeanor
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

Honors and Awards

• Graduate of Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 2003 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• The firm selects 2 Cases/Year at Random on Which We Provide Pro Bono Services, 1992 - Present

Representative Clients

• Professionals
• Homemakers
• Business Owners
• Professional Athletes
• Teachers
• Firefighters/Police

Representative Cases

• State of Missouri ex rel Sandra Kemper v. The Honorable David Lee Vincent, SC87246 (Supreme Court 2006)
• Christopher Morton v. Angelique Pearson, ED94446 (Missouri Court of Appeals 2010)
• John G. Meyer v. Schnucks Markets, Inc and Cy Jansen, 163 F.3d 1048 (8th Circuit Court of Appeals 1998)
• State of Missouri v. Jacob Runge, 09SL-CR04620 (St. Louis County Circuit Court 2010)
• State of South Carolina (County of Darlington) v. Craig Zumwinkel, H-836060 (Darlington County Circuit Court 2010)
• State of Missouri v. Catherine Heminghaus, 06CR-181 (St. Louis County Circuit Court 2008)

West Practice Categories

Adoption, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial, Child Custody, Child Support, Contracts, Criminal Defense, DUI / DWI, Divorce, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Law, Labor, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, White Collar Crimes, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death