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Personal injury and criminal defense in Missouri and Illinois. Real answers, direct from your attorney, not a call center.
- Licensed in MO + IL
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- Available 24/7
Every case handled personally. No junior associate handoffs.
Do I have a case?
A short, honest self-assessment. The result tells you whether the facts you've described support a real case. Including when they don't. No name or email required to take it.
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If the facts don't support a case, the result will say so plainly.
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Credentials & affiliations
Missouri Bar
#70709 · Active, good standing
Mound City Bar Association
Active member
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Both states covered
Missouri + Illinois admission pending
Free consultations
Always confidential, no obligation
01Personal injury
Hurt because of someone else.
Car wrecks, truck crashes, workplace injuries, slips and falls, wrongful death. We handle the insurance companies so you can focus on getting better.
Explore personal injury02Criminal defense
Charged with a crime.
DWI, felonies, drug charges, domestic assault, traffic, and parole hearings. Missouri and Illinois courts, all stages from arrest through trial.
Explore criminal defenseBuilt different, by design.
A solo practice on purpose. The work doesn't get handed off, the fees don't get padded, and the attorney handling your case is the one you actually talk to.
Direct attorney access
You call, you get the attorney. Not a receptionist, not an intake coordinator, not a junior associate learning on your case. One lawyer, start to finish.
Both sides of the river
Licensed in Missouri and Illinois. We handle the full St. Louis metro and Metro East, so crashes and charges that cross state lines don't force you into a second firm.
Transparent fees
Personal injury contingency percentages published on our fees page. Criminal cases handled on a flat-fee retainer, quoted up front at your free consultation. No surprise bills, ever.
States licensed
Missouri + Illinois
Counties served
Metro + Metro East
Availability
For emergencies
Contingency PI
No win, no fee
What that work has produced.
Real outcomes from real cases. Each turns on its own facts and applicable law. Past results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
Policy limits
Recovered at the at-fault maximum
Personal-injury matters resolved at the full limit of the at-fault policy, including a $50,000 settlement. The carrier paid the maximum without litigation forcing the issue.
Pre-suit
Liability accepted, no police report
Insurance carriers rarely concede fault on contested-liability cases before a lawsuit is filed, especially without a police report. Achieved on injury matters where standard practice would have been file-first.
86%
Revocation hearings: supervision continued
Most clients keep their supervision on probation and parole revocation hearings. The work that wins these happens in the days before the hearing, not at the courtroom.
Dismissed
Domestic assault. Evidentiary defense
Pretrial work that exposes problems with the state's evidence ends cases before trial. Outright dismissals on domestic assault matters through this approach.
Note on context. One client retained the firm two years into their case after their prior counsel offered $6,000 net. The matter closed nine months later at $13,000 net. More than double the prior offer in less than half the time.
All case resultsThese figures reflect outcomes from cases previously handled by this attorney. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict future outcomes. Each matter turns on its own facts and applicable law. Specific case details have been generalized to protect client confidentiality.
Outcomes, not promises.
Past results do not guarantee a future outcome. They show what's possible when a case is prepared carefully.
Christopher A. Reeves
Founding attorney
The attorney on your case is the one who answers.
"I started this firm for a specific reason: too many people hire a law firm and end up talking to everyone but the lawyer. I wanted something different."
Licensed in Missouri and Illinois, with active practice in the St. Louis metro and Metro East. Personal injury and criminal defense, with a focus on cases where preparation and direct client contact actually matter.
Both sides of the river.
Most St. Louis firms are Missouri-only or Illinois-only. We cover the whole metro. Hover a county to see what's there.
Eight counties. Two states. One attorney on your case.
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Straight answers, no filler.
Short, useful writing on the questions people ask most often.
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Tell us what happened. We'll tell you whether you have a case, what it's worth, and what happens next. No pressure, no obligation, no sales pitch.
Available 24/7 for emergencies · Licensed in Missouri and Illinois