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Steve Woodley is a native of St. Louis
who completed his undergraduate degree at Washington University
in 1978. In 1982, Mr. Woodley received his DMD degree,
also from Washington University, and in 1986 he graduated
from the Saint Louis University School of Law.
In 1982, after completing his DMD
degree, Mr. Woodley joined the then Gray & Ritter firm
as a full-time law clerk, assisting primarily in the development
of professional negligence cases. After graduation from
law school in 1986, he joined the firm as an associate.
He became a principal of the firm in 1992.
Mr. Woodley has handled to conclusion
several hundred medical negligence cases throughout the
state of Missouri. While professional negligence is a
primary focus, Mr. Woodley also concentrates on automobile
and trucking accidents and product liability cases.
Mr. Woodley is a member of the American Association for Justice. He has served on the Board of
Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys,
and is a past member of the Executive Committee of the
Lawyers Association of St. Louis, as well as numerous other
local and national professional organizations.
He has lectured at law, medical and
dental schools and to professional societies, primarily
on medical and dental negligence. He has given continuing
legal education presentations on various topics. He was
on the court-appointed committee that developed form interrogatories
for medical negligence cases in the City of St. Louis.
Mr. Woodley is a co-author of Missouri
Civil Trial Practice publications on voir dire and wrongful
death damages. He has also authored and co-authored articles
for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
Mr. Woodley is an Associate of the American Board of Trial
Advocates, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for personal injury litigation, and among the "Best Lawyers in St. Louis" in
St. Louis Magazine in
that area. He has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell law
directory, which is the highest given. Mr. Woodley 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.
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