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Chairman

Lawyer Overview

Bob Ritter, Chairman of Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C., is a native of St. Louis. Mr. Ritter graduated from the University of Kansas in 1965 with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned his law degree from Saint Louis University in 1968.

He is a member of state and federal courts, the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Ritter is a past president of the Lawyers Association of St. Louis and has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys since 1986. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and is a past Trial Section Chairman. He was elected to three terms on the Board of Governors of The Missouri Bar. He is a current Board Member of the Missouri Institute for Justice and an Advisory Board Member of both the National Judicial College and the Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine. He is an Honorary Founder of Saint Louis University and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for Saint Louis University School of Law.

Mr. Ritter has been honored with Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, where he served for seven years as a member of the Board of Governors. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

He has been appointed to several Circuit Court and Missouri Supreme Court committees, including the Supreme Court Ethics Committee and the Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, where he served for 12 years. This committee writes, for approval of the Supreme Court, all jury instructions to be used by all judges in every civil jury trial in Missouri. He was appointed to the inaugural U.S. District Court Civil Justice Reform Commission and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Learning Center, an interactive educational facility to be constructed at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis.

Mr. Ritter is a past recipient of the Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award, presented by the Missouri Bar Foundation to Missouri's outstanding young trial lawyer. He has received the Award of Merit and the Award of Achievement from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Award of Merit from the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts. He was the 2003 recipient of the Lawyers Association of St. Louis' prestigious Award of Honor. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America and among the "Best Lawyers in St. Louis" in St. Louis Magazine.

Mr. Ritter is a past member of the Board of Directors and President of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Gateway Chapter, which is one of many charitable and civic causes he supports. He has lectured and published extensively for The Missouri Bar, the University of Missouri Law School, Saint Louis University, Washington University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Negligence
• Products Liability Law
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Complex Business Litigation
• Consumer Litigation

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Transportation Law, Aviation, Railroad, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1968
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1968
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1968
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1972
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Lawyers Association of St. Louis (Past President)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 1986 - Present (Member, Board of Governors)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Executive Committee
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Trial Section (Past Chairman)
• The Missouri Bar (Board of Governors)
• Missouri Institute (Board Member)
• National Judicial College (Justice and an Advisory Board Member)
• Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine (Justice and an Advisory Board Member)
• Saint Louis University (Honorary Founder)
• Saint Louis University School of Law (Dean's Advisory Council)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate)
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Gateway Chapter (Past Member, Board of Directors)
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Gateway Chapter (President)

Honors and Awards

• Fellowship, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellowship, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Fellowship, Member, Board of Governors, International Society of Barristers
• Past Recipient, Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award
• Award of Merit, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1976
• Award of Achievement, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1983
• Law Week Award, Bureau of National Affairs, 1968
• Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 1978
• Award of Merit, The National Conference of Metropolitan Courts, 1995
• Recipient, Lawyers Association of St. Louis' Prestigious Award of Honor, 2003
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Who's Who in America
• Best Lawyers in St. Louis, St. Louis Magazine
• Best Case Scenario: The Top-Rated Lawyers in St. Louis, 1977
• Top Lawyers, 1999
• Top Attorneys, 2003
• Who's Who in American Law

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, The Missouri Bar
• Lecturer, University of Missouri Law School
• Lecturer, Saint Louis University
• Lecturer, Washington University
• Lecturer, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Lecturer, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Past Employment Positions

• United States Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General Corps, Captain (retired), 1968 - 1974

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968
  J.D.
• University of Kansas, 1965
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

Published Works

• "Role of the Lawyer in Preparation for Delinquency Hearing in Juvenile Court", 12 St. Louis University Law Journal, 416, Summer, 1968
• Missouri Problems of Proof, Chapter 4, "Death and Derivative Actions", (Co-Author), MO Bar, 1983
• Missouri Tort Law, "Innkeepers Liability" (Co-Author), MO Bar, 1983
• "Identification and Use of Medical Records at Trial: Some General Observations", Vol. 1, No. 1, Missouri Trial Lawyers Journal, July, 1980
• Missouri Damages, Chapter 17, "Wrongful Death" (Co-Author), MO Bar, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000 Supplement
• Missouri Civil Trial Practice, Chapter 8, "Voir Dire" (Co-Author), MO Bar 2d ed., 1988, 1993, 1997, 2001 Supplement

Address

701 Market Street
Suite 800
St. Louis, MO 63101-1826

Phones

(800) 451-2950 (Toll Free)
(314) 241-5620

Faxes

(314) 241-4140

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Websites

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