Thirty-Six Baker Sterchi Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025

Twenty-seven Baker Sterchi attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® across various practice areas and jurisdictions, and nine more have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. This recognition comes from a comprehensive peer-review evaluation process conducted by Best Lawyers®, which recognizes attorneys based on their regions and practice areas.

Additionally, Baker Sterchi is "Top-Listed in Missouri in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants" by The Best Lawyers in America, with 12 lawyers recognized. The firm is also "Top-Listed in Missouri in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants" by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch In America, with six lawyers honored. This recognition demonstrates Baker Sterchi’s leadership in personal injury defense litigation in Missouri.

Inclusion in these prestigious publications signifies the high regard in which an attorney is held by their peers, attesting to their professional accomplishments. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch In America goes to early-career attorneys for outstanding professional excellence. Below is the complete list of the individual Baker Sterchi attorneys recognized in the publications:

The Best Lawyers in America, 2025 - Belleville, IL

• Laura Beasley
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Gregory Odom
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

The Best Lawyers in America, 2025 - Kansas City, MO

• John W. Cowden
  • Aviation Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Wm. Clayton Crawford
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

• Scott D. Hofer
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

• James R. Jarrow
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

• James Scott Kreamer
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction

• Jacqueline M. Longfellow
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

• Michael C. McMullen
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Thomas E. Rice
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• James T. Seigfreid, Jr.
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

• Thomas Sterchi
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Kara Trouslot Stubbs
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Megan R. Stumph-Turner
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Real Estate

• John A. Watt
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

• Paul L. Wickens
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

The Best Lawyers in America, 2025 - St. Louis, MO

• Michael P. David
  • Mediation

• Michael B. Hunter
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Lisa A. Larkin
  • Appellate Practice

• Nathan D. Leming
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

• John F. Mahon, Jr.
  • Insurance Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Jennifer L. Maloney
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• John McLeod
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Joseph R. Swift
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Paul N. Venker
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

• Richard I. Woolf
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance

• Teresa M. Young
  • Appellate Practice
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch In America, 2025 - Belleville, IL

• Meghan C. Kane
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch In America, 2025 - Kansas City, MO

• Kehl D. Friesen
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Douglas P. Hill
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Megan Sterchi Lammert
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Nicholas Ruble
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch In America, 2025 - St. Louis, MO

• John T. Brooks
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Zachary T. Faires
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Transportation Law

• Rebecca A. Guntli
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• David Vaughn IV
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants