Brinker & Doyen: Partners

	BERNARD C. BRINKER, admitted to bar, 1955, Missouri. Education: Washington University (A.B., 1953; J.D., 1955), Delta Theta Phi. Mediator training: University of Missouri, 1999, USA&M Midwest 1999, Advanced Mediator Training USA&M, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona 2001. Approved mediator by Circuit Courts of St. Louis City and St. Louis County, Missouri and by the United States District Court Eastern District of Missouri. Recognitions: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Recipient, Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyers Award (Missouri Bar Foundation), 1965; Missouri Lawyers Weekly top 20 Defendants' Verdicts, 1993, 1997 Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; St. Louis County and American Bar Associations; Missouri Bar; Association of Civil Defense Counsel; International Association of Insurance Counsel; American Judicature Society; Defense Research Institute; American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Construction and Premises Liability. email: bcbrinker@brinkerdoyen.com
	JOHN G. DOYEN, admitted to bar, 1964, Missouri. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (A.B., 1961); Washington University (J.D., 1964). Member: St. Louis County and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; Association of Defense Counsel; 21st Judicial Circuit Ethics and Disciplinary Committee. PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice Defense, Insurance Defense; Insurance Fraud. email: johndoyen@brinkerdoyen.com
	GARY P. PAUL, admitted to bar, 1977, Missouri. Education: Southern Illinois University; Washington University (A.B., 1974; J.D., 1977). Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1979-1980. Adjunct Professor, Webster University, 1986-Present. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense and Coverage; Appellate Practice; Construction; Professional Liability. email: gpaul@brinkerdoyen.com
	JEFFREY J. BRINKER, admitted to bar, 1982, Missouri; 1983, Illinois. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1979); University of Missouri at Columbia (J.D., 1982). Missouri Law Review, 1980-1982; Author; "Interspousal Tort Immunity in Missouri," 47 Missouri Law Review 519, 1982. Recognitions: Recipient, Missouri Lawyers Weekly top 20 Defendants' Verdicts, 1997. Member: American Bar Association; Missouri Bar; Illinois Bar; Chair, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Professional Liability Committee; St. Louis Association of Healthcare Risk Managers; Board of Directors, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MODL); chair, MODL Legislative Committee; past chair, MODL Professional Liability Committee; past member, MODL Products Liability Committee. PRACTICE AREAS: Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Insurance Fraud; Products Liability; Restaurant Liability. email: jbrinker@brinkerdoyen.com
	SCOTT C. HARPER, admitted to bar, 1983, Missouri; 1984, Illinois. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Recognitions: Recipient, Missouri Lawyers Weekly top 20 Defendants' Verdicts, 1997. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar and Illinois Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Insurance Fraud; Products Liability; Premises Liability. email: harper@brinkerdoyen.com
	LAWRENCE R. SMITH, admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.S., 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984); Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1983). Recognitions: Recipient, Missouri Lawyers Weekly top 20 Defendants' Verdicts, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Named Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, and 2008 Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; Illinois Bar; American Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Motor Transport. email: smith@brinkerdoyen.com
	JAMES C. THOELE, admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, Illinois. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1981); St. Louis University (J.D., 1984). Recognitions: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top 20 Defense Verdicts, 1999, Named Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, and 2008. Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; Illinois Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri Bar Association Section on Health and Hospital Law. PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. email: jthoele@brinkerdoyen.com
	JON R. SANNER, admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri; 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar and Illinois Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Automobile Litigation; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Motor Transport. email: jsanner@brinkerdoyen.com
	STEVEN G. KAUFMAN, admitted to bar, 1994, Missouri. Education: University of Nebraska (B.A. 1988); University of Missouri-Columbia (M.A. Philosophy 1990, J.D. 1994) Member: The Missouri Bar PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense and Workers Compensation. email: skaufman@brinkerdoyen.com
	STEPHEN J. FIELDS, admitted to bar 2001, Illinois; 2002, Missouri; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A. 1998); The John Marshall Law School (J.D. 2001). Member: Illinois State Bar Association, Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, American Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice, Insurance Fraud; Products Liability; Restaurant Liability. Email: sfields@brinkerdoyen.com