Attorney Profile
Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Brown & James, P.C.
1010 Market Street, 20th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63101
Contact Contact Michael Ward
T: 314-421-3400
F: 314-421-3128

Visit: www.brownjames.com
Practice areas: Appellate (50%), Insurance Coverage (30%), Professional Liability: Defense (20%)

Profile

T. Michael Ward is Brown & James, P.C.'s managing principal.  He also serves as chairman of the firm's Appellate Practice Group.  He has handled over one hundred fifty appeals, including cases before the Supreme Court of Missouri, the Missouri Court of Appeals, the Appellate Court of Illinois, and the Seventh and Eighth Circuits of the United States Court of Appeals.  His experience also includes complex civil litigation in matters concerning insurance coverage, environmental law, and professional liability defense.  In addition, Mr. Ward has been active in the Saint Louis Volunteer Lawyers' Program.  In 1994, he received the Volunteer Service Award for outstanding service to the Volunteer Lawyers' Program.  He also recently authored Chapter 5, "Applying Doctrines to Override Policy Interpretation Principles," of the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide, which was published in 2007.

Selected to Super Lawyers

Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2008
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2005

About Michael Ward

Admitted: 1985, Missouri

Honors and Awards: Distinguished Fellow, St. Louis Bar Foundation, 1999, Volunteer Service Award, St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers' Program, 1994
Bar/Professional Activity: Reviewer for The Missouri Bar's Continuing Legal Education Publications
Pro bono/Community Service: St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers' Program
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Author of Chapter 5 of the New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide, which Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. published in 2007.  The chapter addresses the various equitable doctrines, statutes, and public policies that may override or otherwise affect principles of contract interpretation and construction, Co-author of Chapter 2, Attorney Professional Liability, of the Missouri Continuing Legal Education Deskbook on Professional Liability, which the Missouri Bar published in 2005
Verdicts and Settlements: Defense verdict in Mary Doe, PR v. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, et al., No. 06CC-003388 (Mo. Cir. Ct., St. Louis County), 2007
Representative Clients: The Ohio Casualty Group, The American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, The Auto-Owners Insurance Group, North American Specialty Insurance Company, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Lexington Insurance Company
Newsletters: Co-Editor of Brown & James, P.C.'s newsletter, The Firm Inquiry, a newsletter addressing developments in insurance law, professional liability, litigation, and general tort law
Educational Background: Saint Louis University, A.B. in History and Russian, 1982, magna cum laude, Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1985

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