Affton Lawyers

I have represented people charged with criminal charges for over 20 years. In the last ten years, I have been at my own law firm. From 1990-2000, I was in the public defenders office. I represent people in Missouri and Illinois State Courts, Federal Court, and Municipal Court.

I have been practicing Domestic Relations law exclusively since 1984, in the counties of St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jefferson County and St. Charles County. I have taught seminars to other attorneys both statewide and in the St. Louis area, and have published a section in the current Missouri Bar Evidence Deskbook. I spend a significant amount of time representing children in Guardian ad Litem work, which gives me a unique perspective to the issues involved in divorce, paternity and custody cases. A particular concern of mine is to strive to keep legal services affordable for...

I am the oldest child of immigrant parents and was the first to graduate from college on my mother’s side of the family. I have wanted to be a lawyer ever since I drafted a contract at the age of 12 for my mom and sister to sign involving my sister’s desire for a perm. It was this first instance of helping two individuals resolve their dispute in a fair manner that hooked me. I live in Wildwood with my daughter and 3 dogs. In my free time, I play tennis, workout, garden and spend time meeting all the dogs! Despite...

At Edelman & Muehleisen, LLC, I concentrate my practice in the areas of personal injury and workers compensation matters, along with minor criminal and traffic matters. Before forming Edelman & Muehleisen, LLC, I was with Smith Amundsen, a multi-practice law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. While there, I handled matters in a variety of areas including labor and employment disputes, construction litigation, contract disputes, commercial litigation, premises liability, products liability, toxic torts and general insurance defense. Prior to my time at Smith Amundsen, I was a partner at the law firm of Moser & Marsalek, PC...

Susan Cho Figenshau is an AV™ rated attorney practicing solely in the field of immigration law more than 20 years. Ms. Figenshau represents employers in fields including: Construction Educational Energy Healthcare Manufacturing Medical R&D Religious Technology Telecommunications Ms. Figenshau’s expertise includes benefits under the NAFTA (USA, Canada, Mexico), and Adjustment of Status and Naturalization matters involving possible...

Jack graduated from St. Louis University School of Law and began his law career handling Personal Injury cases. From there, Jack worked at the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, where he received invaluable experience prosecuting complex criminal cases. After leaving the Prosecutor's Office, Jack opened up his own law practice. Over the years, Jack has handled a wide variety of cases in the areas of Criminal Law, Traffic, Family Law, Business Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. With 50 years of legal experience and a lifetime spent in the courtroom, Jack has...

Dirk Hennessey has spent the last 10 years aggressively representing those injured in Missouri and Illinois. Since graduating law school, he has helped the injured recover over $13,000,000.00 from America's Largest Insurance Companies. Dirk has successfully litigated catastrophic work injuries, car accidents, motorcycle wrecks, truck and semi-trailer accidents and is committed to ensuring that each client receives the utmost care and is treated like family.

I was born and raised to represent individuals who have been needlessly injured. I mean that literally. At a young age my father would tell me about the clients he was representing. I would meet them and take pride in their admiration of my father. I always knew I wanted to be a lawyer and represent clients that needed my help.

After years of hard work and contributing to the workforce, you should not be forced to fight for the benefits you deserve. With 28 years experience practicing workers' compensation and labor law in St. Louis, Missouri, and thousands of cases under my belt, I have the knowledge and skill required to help resolve your workers' compensation case.

Ryan has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile class actions and has obtained millions of dollars in relief to thousands of class members. Ryan has tried cases in both state and federal court. He has also argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit), and Missouri Court of Appeals (Western and Eastern Districts).

Ryan spearheaded several class actions challenging the constitutionality and validity of red light cameras throughout Missouri. As a result, Ryan obtained a number of significant appellate victories that invalidated the majority of red light camera ordinances in Missouri. In doing so, Ryan successfully persuaded the Court...