OUR FIRM, MISSION AND PHILOSOPHY

At the core of our Firm is a skilled team of legal practitioners and legal staff, whose respective origins, backgrounds, training, education, and careers (linked from the outset to transnational clients), wide-ranging knowledge of foreign legal systems, multidisciplinary nature and collective dynamism have resulted in our Firm’s steady growth since its founding in May, 2003. Our Firm is one of the few, if not the only fully bilingual, full-service law firm in the State of Missouri, which has permitted our Firm to develop one of Missouri’s most active practices in the international sphere, and which has resulted in our Firm being particularly well-positioned to assist those from outside the State of Missouri with legal needs inside the State of Missouri. This, together with our membership and active participation in domestic and international network organizations, has likewise uniquely positioned our Firm to offer local assistance and counsel to those from the State of Missouri with legal needs in foreign jurisdictions through our global network.

Our Firm’s primary goal is to prosper by providing excellent professional services. Given the competitive environment in the market place of legal services, we must perform not just efficiently and effectively, but more efficiently and effectively than any of our competitors offering similar services. This involves constantly learning new skills, abandoning old ways of working, persevering in the face of difficult circumstances, or any combination of innovations required to meet changing conditions. We believe that excellence is its own reward, not only in terms of measurable financial success for the Firm and its clients, but also in terms of personal fulfillment. Our Firm’s Mission is therefore:

To achieve excellence, we favor a practice-based structure, with specialized platforms made up of firm members who, from the time they join, are exposed to hands-on involvement in the daily practice, and who are likewise enrolled in rigorous continuous education programs. This policy, coupled with the personal nature of our relationship with clients, ensures that we deliver an immediate, effective, efficient and full legal service, marked by a high degree of specialization in line with the complex legal framework in which our clients pursue their activities and interests.

Because our attorneys are accessible and highly attentive to clients’ needs and objectives, our Firm has established long-term relationships with its clients based upon mutual respect, trust and loyalty. We are proud to have earned and maintained a solid reputation in both the legal and the business communities due to our compact of commitment to our clients. Our Firm’s attorneys and staff alike understand and recognize that our past, current, and continued success is secured by providing the highest quality service while maintaining our small firm efficiency, responsiveness and personal attention to our clients’ needs.

Please call us for all of your legal needs.

1. DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT YOUR CASE.

2. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING PERTAINING TO YOUR CASE EXCEPT WHATEVER YOUR ATTORNEY MAY REQUEST.

3. REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS TO YOUR ATTORNEY. YOU MAY BE UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY INVESTIGATORS. MOVIES, VIDEOTAPE AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS MAY BE MADE OF YOU. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR ACTIONS!

4. MAKE AND KEEP APOINTMENTS WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND THE STAFF TO HELP ENSURE ORDERLY PROCESSING OF YOUR CASE.

5. MAINTAIN A DIARY OF THE FOLLOWING:

a. Trips to doctor(s), hospital(s), therapy, prescription and “over the counter” medications, prosthesis fittings

b. Medical expenses

c. Out-of-pocket expenses, including travel expenses to secure medial treatment

d. Pain and anxiety

6. PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO YOUR ATTORNEY:

a. Written statements made by you to anyone, including correspondence (if unavailable, then execute authorizations to secure them):

i. Police
ii. Insurance adjuster
iii. Opposing party
iv. Other

b. Insurance adjuster’s car or other identification

c. Workers’ Compensation claim forms

d. All medical bills:

i. Doctor
ii. Hospital
iii. Travel expenses to secure medical treatment
iv. Prosthesis fittings
v. Prescription and “over-the-counter” medications
vi. Other

e. Proof of property damage:

i. Repair bills
ii. Repair estimates
iii. Appraisals, before and after damages were inflicted
iv. Proof of purchase price

f. Proof of ownership

i. Certificate of Title
ii. Purchase invoices
iii. Bills of sale
iv. Other

g. Vehicle inspection information

h. Wrecker (towing) bills

i. Ambulance bills

j. Photographs:

i. Vehicles
ii. Scene
iii. Injuries

k. Insurance policies:

i. Liability
ii. Hospitalization
iii. Disability
iv. Income protection
v. Mortgage protection
vi. Life
vii. Credit Life
viii. All applications for insurance

l. Client’s financial obligations:

i. Security agreements
ii. Mortgages/deeds of trust
iii. Amounts of payments
iv. When payable
v. Insurance protection

m. Copy of Client’s driver’s license

n. Copy of client’s social security card

o. Maintain all medicine containers for use at trial

p. Client’s earnings information

i. Wage statements form employers for past five (5) years
ii. Wage loss statement from current employer
iii. Payroll check stub showing earnings and deductionsv
iv. Income tax returns for past five (5) years (if unavailable, then execute Form 4506)

q. Client’s application for unemployment

r. In death cases:

i. Marriage license or other evidence of marriage
ii. Birth certificates of deceased and all of the beneficiaries
iii. Adoption orders
iv. Heirship affidavit
v. Relevant divorce and annulment papers
vi. Documents terminating parental rights
vii. Murder convictions that can prevent inheritance