Lawyer Overview

Morry Cole received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Baylor University, specializing in finance. Mr. Cole graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. While in law school he served as an editor of the Missouri Law Review, a research assistant for Professor Martha Dragich, and an intern to former Missouri Supreme Court (now 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge) Judge Duane Benton.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Cole worked for the Missouri Supreme Court as law clerk and research attorney for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Edward D. Robertson, Jr.

Mr. Cole has written articles for the Missouri Law Review on the subjects of discovery of medical records and recollection of witnesses. He has published articles and continuing legal education materials relating to Wrongful Death cases in the Missouri Bar Journal and the Missouri Bar CLE Black Book on Damages in Civil Cases. He has lectured for the University of Missouri, the Missouri Bar, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and many civic and scholastic organizations. He has served on the Missouri Bar Young Lawyer's Section as editor of "The Young Lawyer", Secretary, Vice-Chairperson and, in 2005, Chairperson. He has served on the Missouri Bar Board of Governors and is a member of the University of Missouri Jefferson Club, Law Society and Law School Foundation Board of Trustees.

In 2003, Mr. Cole received the Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Award for "outstanding expression to the qualities of professional competence, industry, integrity and courtesy indicative of an able trial lawyer." In 2005, he was given the Missouri Bar Foundation's David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award for "outstanding achievement in appellate practice." Mr. Cole was also named the 2005 recipient of the St. Louis County Bar Association's Roy F. Essen Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. The annual award is given for excellence as a lawyer, distinguished service to the Bar, and outstanding service to the community. He has twice received Chair Awards for appreciation for outstanding service from the Missouri Bar YLS Council.

He represents clients in a broad range of litigation, including wrongful death, complex injury, products liability and aviation law. Mr. Cole is an instrument-rated private pilot.

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Complex Injury
• Environmental Law
• Aviation Law
• Complex Business Litigation
• Products Liability
• Condemnation

Representative Cases

• Stother v. Bootheel Rail Properties, 66 S..W. 3d 751 (Mo. App. S.D. 2001)
• Purcell Tire & Rubber v. Executive Beechcraft, 2000 WL 1744502 (Mo. App. W.D. 2001)
• Long v. Missouri Delta Med. Ctr., 33 S. W. 2d 629 (Mo. App. S.D. 2000)
• Lopez/Jones v. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative , (2002)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Firearms, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Transportation Law, Aviation

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1997
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Bar
• Missouri Bar, 2002 - Present (Board of Governors)
• Missouri Bar Young Lawyers Section Council (Executive Committee)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
• American Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Lawyers Association of St. Louis

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Expression to the Qualities of Professional Competence, Industry, Integrity and Courtesy Indicative of an Able Trial Lawyer
• Outstanding Achievement in Appellate Practice
• Recipient, St. Louis County Bar Association's Roy F. Essen Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Judge Duane Benton, Missouri Supreme Court, 1994, Intern
• Research Attorney to the Honorable Edward D. Robertson, Jr., Missouri Supreme Court, 1996 - 1998, Law Clerk

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1997
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Editor, Missouri Law Review
  Honors: Research Assistant to Professor Martha Dragich
• Baylor University
  B.B.A. in Finance, 1993

Published Works

• "Refreshed Recollections of Witnesses", 61 Mo. L. Rev. 653
• "Plaintiffs' Privacy Protected", 62 Mo. L. Rev. 175

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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