Lawyer Overview

Joan Lockwood graduated with honors from Boston College in 1990 with bachelor's degrees in finance and human resource management. She earned her law degree from Saint Louis University in 1993, again graduating with honors. She served as a staff member of the Saint Louis University Law Journal and Editor of the Health Law Edition. She was elected into the Order of the Woolsack, a scholastic honorary association.

Ms. Lockwood is admitted to practice before all Missouri state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Eighth and Seventh Circuits. She is also admitted to practice before the courts in the state of Illinois.

Ms. Lockwood was honored in 2003 by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis with the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award. This award is given annually to a young lawyer who most exhibits the high professional standards required of the legal profession and also demonstrates a strong commitment to community service. She was also recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly newspaper as one of five attorneys in the publication's 2003 “Up and Coming Lawyers” feature.

Ms. Lockwood serves on the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) She has been a MATA member since 1993 and currently writes the semi-annual Appellate Case Note for The Missouri Trial Attorney, a publication of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

She is a member of The Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis County Bar Association, Lawyers Association of St. Louis, American Bar Association, The Illinois Bar, Illinois State Bar Association, and Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She is also a Fellow of the BAMSL Foundation.

Ms. Lockwood is the youngest member to be appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions (MAI) and has served on this committee since 2003. She was also appointed to serve on the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court Advisory Committee on HIPAA compliant medical authorizations.

A frequent lecturer, Ms. Lockwood often speaks at seminars on various topics, including liens and subrogation, discovery, bad faith litigation, issues in medical negligence claims, professionalism and premises liability for The Missouri Bar and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

She handles a broad range of litigation, including personal injury, automobile and trucking accidents, products liability, medical negligence, wrongful death, and complex business litigation cases.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Automobile and Trucking Accidents
• Products Liability
• Medical Negligence
• Wrongful Death
• Complex Business Litigation Cases

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1994
• Missouri, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) (Board of Governors)
• MATA, 1993 - Present (Member)
• The Missouri Bar (Member)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member)
• St. Louis County Bar Association (Member)
• Lawyers Association of St. Louis (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• The Illinois Bar (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• Civil Jury Instructions (MAI) (Young Member, Missouri Supreme Court Committee)

Honors and Awards

• John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2003
• One of Five Attorneys, Missouri Lawyers Weekly Newspaper "Up and Coming Lawyers", 2003
• Fellow, BAMSL Foundation

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer, The Missouri Bar
• Frequent Lecturer, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Education

• Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Scholastic Honorary Association
  Honors: Order of the Woolsack
  
  Law Journal: Saint Louis University Law Journal, Staff Member/Editor, Health Law Edition
• Boston College, 1990
  Bachelor of Science
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Finance and Human Resource Management

Published Works

• Damages, "Wrongful Death" (Co-author), Missouri Bar CLE, Ch. 11, Supplement, 1994
• "Arizona v. Fulminante: Paving the Way for the Harmless Coerced Confession", St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 1992
• "The Medicaid Lien: How to Solve some of the Problems These Liens Present" (Co-author), The Missouri Trial Attorney, Winter, 2000
• "Demonstrative Evidence in the Medical Negligence Case: Using Certified Medical Illustrators and Computer Animators," (Co-author), The Missouri Trial Attorney, Spring, 2002
• Semi-annual Appellate Case Note, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Address

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

Phones

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

Faxes

(314) 241-4140

Emails

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Websites

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