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Michelle Marie Funkenbusch

The Law Offices of Michelle M. Funkenbusch β€’ Saint Louis, MO
Divorce SeparationEmployment LawGeneral PracticePersonal InjuryRail

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Contact

Email
Phone
(314) 310-3022
Address
2900 Dougherty Ferry Rd., Saint Louis, MO, 63122, US

Professional

About

I have been in the legal field for over 27 years & have been a trial lawyer since 1999. I began in a prosecuting attorney's office and now have my own practice where I practice personal injury, worker's compensation, family law, criminal law, and many other areas of litigation. After three years with a well-known plaintiff's car accident injury firm, I took a job at a big defense firm. I have had judge and jury trials in personal injury and criminal cases. No matter the case, I prepare to win at trial. Whether it is a bike, car, or truck accident, a faulty product, divorce, nursing home negligence, trucking accident, complex multi-party arbitration, or employment discrimination case, I have handled them all to success. I have tried worker's compensation cases for employees and employers, like Harrah's Casino & some major airlines. For a decade, I have tried DWIs, Petitions For Review of license revocations, and criminal matters of various kinds, and am particularly successful in obtaining early dismissals at preliminary hearings. I opened my own firm in 2011, relying on referrals from former clients and colleagues who respected my passion and skill as a trial lawyer. Today, most of my new clients come from pleased former clients. I have a general litigation-based firm. Why hire me as lawyer? Here are some representative verdicts and settlements: Caught in Drive-Through Intoxicated- Verdict in favor of Defendant and Did not lose his License Stealing from Employer- Full Dismissal Unlawful Use of a Weapon Charge (shot at neighbor)- Full dismissal Helped Client with 5 prior DWI's keep his license for work. This does not include the many acquittals and dismissals, and other favorable results obtained in criminal cases like DWIs, assaults, property damage, burglary, stealing, gun charges, high-speed tickets, and run-of-the-mill tickets. Local Counsel on Walter Huggins v. Fed Ex Ground, et al. which was a personal injury case in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri. Won $1,050,. Trial Counsel on railroad crossing collision case representing truck driver and trucking company against Union Pacific railroad. Won $600, plus verdict after two week trial in St. Louis City. Settlement prior to filing suit for $500, against the railroad company for a dangerous railroad crossing where a minister was hit by a train at an unprotected and dangerous crossing. I have also dedicated my life to being a cycling advocate and have made a lifetime commitment to volunteerism. I am currently the Past President of the non-profit PayBack, Inc. I have also had the great honor of being elected by my peers to the Missouri Bar YLS and was awarded the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service to the Legal Community and Public two years in a row.

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Credentials

Education
1999 St Louis Univ School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1995 Truman State University BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2022 Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers 2008 Outstanding Service, The Missouri Bar Young Lawyer's Section 2007 Outstanding Service, The Missouri Bar Young Lawyer's Section
Publications
2012 Missouri Paralegals Association "Legal Drafting" 2011 National Business Institute Seminar "Fast & Free Online Research For Your Legal Practice" 2011 National Business Institute Seminar "Finding Information About Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses" 2011 National Business Institute Seminar "Ethics in the Digital Age" 2011 National Business Institute Seminar "Using Online Evidence in Litigation"
Associations
2012 - Present Jefferson County Bar Association Member 2011 - Present Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Member 1999 - Present BAMSL-Bar Association of the Metropolitan St. Louis 1999 - Present Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Committee 2007 - 2013 Payback Charity Board President
Speaking
2022 Rockwood Career Fair Careers in the Law 2014 Truman State University Alumni Event Careers in the Law 2002 Paralegal's Association of Missouri meeting Legal Drafting
Updated: May 04, 2026