About Kaitlin Bridges
Kaitlin earned her law degree in 2008 from the University of Missouri School of law where she graduated with honors (Order of the Coif), served as Managing Editor of the Law Review, and was awarded the William H. Howard Legal Research and Writing Award.
After serving as a law clerk for the Honorable E. Richard Webber, Kaitlin joined Gray Ritter Graham where she practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation, consumer protection, and defective products. Kaitlin was an active member of the team in cases involving market loss from premature release of genetically modified seed – In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, resulting in settlement of $750 million, and In re Syngenta, resulting in global settlement of $1.51 billion, as well as In re Dicamba involving herbicide drift culminating in $400 million in mass action and individual settlements. She was also part of the briefing team in an appeal upholding final approval of a $32 million class action settlement in a pet food mislabeling case. Kaitlin has extensive experience in e-discovery and computer stored document systems.
Kaitlin was named a Rising Star by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers magazine in 2015–2018 and an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2012. She was Best Lawyers of St. Louis Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Plaintiffs’ Lawyer of the Year in 2018 and has served on the Women Lawyers’ Association of St. Louis Board of Directors.
Kaitlin is licensed in Missouri and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Notable Results
Representative Matters
Professional Accolades
Best Lawyers ® 2018 St. Louis Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year
The Best Lawyers in America, 2015- Present
"Women in the Law" Business Edition, Best Lawyers
Rising Star, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2015-2018
John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2015
"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
Civic
Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, Volunteer
International Institute of Saint Louis, Volunteer
Professional
Missouri Bar
Georgetown Law eDiscovery Training Academy, 2019
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
News & Publications
News
Publications
GRG Farm Litigation
Bar Admissions & Education
Clerkship
- United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber, Law Clerk
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
Admissions
- Missouri, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri