Meet St. Louis Attorney,
Kaitlin A. Bridges
Kaitlin A. Bridges is a 2008 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law, where she graduated with honors (cum laude and Order of the Coif) and served as Managing Editor of Missouri Law Review. She also received the William H. Howard Legal Research and Writing Award.
Ms. Bridges completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Arkansas, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in finance. Prior to joining Gray Ritter Graham, she worked for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri as law clerk and research attorney for United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber.
A member of the GRG agriculture litigation team that obtained the $1.51 billion Syngenta GMO corn settlement and the $750 million Bayer contaminated rice settlement, Ms. Bridges is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Plaintiffs. She was named the Best Lawyers 2018 St. Louis Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year.”
She was also named a Rising Star by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers magazine in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, and a 2012 “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.
Ms. Bridges was the 2015 recipient of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’ John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award and the 2008 recipient of the “Leader of Tomorrow Award” at the St. Louis Daily Record Women’s Justice Awards. Ms. Bridges has volunteered with the Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, and the International Institute of Saint Louis, serving as a citizenship literacy tutor for that organization.
Ms. Bridges was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2008. Her primary practice is in the areas of complex business and commercial litigation as well as consumer and class action litigation.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Commercial Litigation
- Class Actions
- Mass Torts
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Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 2008
Education
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
- J.D., cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: William H. Howard Legal Research and Writing Award
- Law Review: Missouri Law Review, Managing Editor
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- B.A., summa cum laude, 2004
- Major: Finance
Published Works
- Peeking Behind the Wizard’s Curtain: Expert Discovery and Disclosure in Criminal Cases, 32 AM. J. TRIAL ADVOC. 1 , 2008
- Justifying Facial Discrimination by Government Defendants Under the Fair Housing Act: Which Standard to Apply, 73 MO. L. REV. 177 , 2008
- Hanging on to Till: Interpretations of BAPCPA’s Hanging Paragraph , 72 MO. L. REV. 581 , 2007
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers ® 2018 St. Louis Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year
- Rising Star, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
- John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2015
- “Women in the Law” Business Edition, Best Lawyers
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2015- Present
- “Up & Coming Lawyer,” Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2012
- Leader of Tomorrow Award, St. Louis Daily Record Women’s Justice Awards, 2008
- William H. Howard Legal Research and Writing Award, University of Missouri School of Law, 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The Women Lawyers’ Association of St. Louis, Board of Directors, 2016 -2019
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Chair, Professional Ethics & Methods of Practice Committee – 2015
- The Missouri Bar
Past Employment Positions
- United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber, Law Clerk
Pro Bono Activities
- Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, Volunteer
- International Institute of Saint Louis, Volunteer
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