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Joan Lockwood graduated with honors
from Boston College in 1990 with bachelor's degrees in
finance and human resource management. She earned her
law degree from Saint Louis University in 1993, again
graduating with honors. She served as a staff member of
the Saint Louis University Law Journal and Editor of the
"Health Law Edition." She was elected into the Order of
the Woolsack, a scholastic honorary association.
Ms. Lockwood is admitted to practice
before all Missouri state courts, the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri, and the U.S. Courts
of Appeal for the Eighth and Seventh Circuits. She is
also admitted to practice before the courts in the state
of Illinois.
Ms. Lockwood was honored in 2003 by
the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis with the
John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award. This award is
given annually to a young lawyer who most exhibits the
high professional standards required of the legal profession
and also demonstrates a strong commitment to community
service. She was also recognized by Missouri Lawyers
Weekly newspaper as one of five attorneys in the publication's
2003 “Up and Coming Lawyers” feature.
Ms. Lockwood serves on the Board of
Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) She has been a MATA member since 1993 and currently
writes the semi-annual Appellate Case Note for The Missouri
Trial Attorney, a publication of the Missouri Association
of Trial Attorneys.
She is a member of The Missouri Bar,
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis County
Bar Association, Lawyers Association of St. Louis, American
Bar Association, The Illinois Bar, Illinois State Bar
Association, and American Association for Justice.
She is also a Fellow of the BAMSL Foundation.
Ms. Lockwood is the youngest member
to be appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court Committee
on Civil Jury Instructions (MAI) and has served on this
committee since 2003. She was also appointed to serve
on the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court Advisory Committee
on HIPAA compliant medical authorizations.
A frequent lecturer, Ms. Lockwood
often speaks at seminars on various topics, including
liens and subrogation, discovery, bad faith litigation,
issues in medical negligence claims, professionalism and
premises liability for The Missouri Bar and the Missouri
Association of Trial Attorneys.
She handles a broad range of litigation,
including personal injury, automobile and trucking accidents,
products liability, medical negligence, wrongful death,
and complex Complex Business and Commercial Litigation cases.
Ms. Lockwood has been named a "Super Lawyer" [among the top
5 percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas] by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice
law. She was also cited as a "Top 50 Female Attorney" and a "Top 50 St. Louis
Attorney" by the same publication. Ms. Lockwood has an AV Peer Review Rating
from Martindale-Hubbell law directory, which is the highest given.
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