BERNARD C. BRINKER, born St. Louis, Missouri, June 16, 1931; admitted to bar, 1955, Missouri.
Education: Washington University (A.B., 1953; J.D., 1955), Delta Theta Phi. 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; 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.
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, born Cadet, Missouri, February 17, 1939; 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, born St. Louis, Missouri, March 7, 1951; 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; Environmental Law; Construction; Labor and Employment; Professional Liability.
email: gpaul@brinkerdoyen.com
JEFFREY J. BRINKER, born St. Louis, Missouri, March 7, 1957; 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. 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, born St. Louis, Missouri, August 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Missouri; 1984, Illinois.
Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.S.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). 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, born St. Louis, Missouri, June 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, Illinois.
Education: St. Louis University (B.S., 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984); Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1983). Recipient, Missouri Lawyers Weekly top 20 Defendants' Verdicts, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2006, and 2007.
Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; Illinois Bar; American Bar Association. Named Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, and 2008
PRACTICE AREAS:
Medical Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Motor Transport.
email: smith@brinkerdoyen.com
JAMES C. THOELE, born St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri; 1985, Illinois.
Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1981); St. Louis University (J.D., 1984). Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top 20 Defense Verdicts, 1999
Member:
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Missouri Bar; Illinois Bar; American Bar Association; Missouri Bar Association Section on Health and Hospital Law. Named Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, and 2008
PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Products Liability.
email: jthoele@brinkerdoyen.com
JON R. SANNER, born Oak Park, Illinois, August 26, 1961; 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




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