Three Gray, Ritter & Graham Attorneys Named Best Lawyers 2016 St. Louis 'Lawyers of the Year'

Ten attorneys of the 12-attorney St. Louis plaintiff law firm of Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C., have been listed in Best Lawyers in America® 2016, including three who were named Best Lawyers 2016 St. Louis “Lawyers of the Year.”

Maurice B. Graham was named the Best Lawyers’ 2016 St. Louis Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year,” Don M. Downing was named the Best Lawyers’ 2016 St. Louis Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year,” and Joan M. Lockwood was named the Best Lawyers’ 2016 St. Louis Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year.” Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as a Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year.” Lawyers so honored are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments Best Lawyers conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year.

Robert F. Ritter and Graham are listed in the “Bet-The-Company Litigation” category. Attorneys in this category are selected solely by the founding editor of Best Lawyers whereas the members in all other categories are selected by their peer attorneys.

Ritter was selected for six other categories: Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs.

Graham is listed in three other categories: Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs.

Stephen R. Woodley is listed in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiff, and Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs.

Patrick J. Hagerty is listed in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiff, and Railroad Law.

Downing is also listed in Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Banking and Finance, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs.

Lockwood is also named in Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs categories.

Morry S. Cole is named in the Aviation Law and Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs categories

Gretchen Garrison has been selected in the Appellate Practice category.

Thomas K. Neill and Kaitlin A. Bridges are listed in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action Plaintiffs.

About Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C.

Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C. is a plaintiff litigation firm located in downtown St. Louis. The firm’s primary areas of practice are catastrophic injury and death, complex commercial and consumer litigation, product liability, railroad and river worker injuries, automotive and aviation litigation, and professional negligence. To learn more, visit www.grgpc.com.

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