orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2010 brown & james p.c. headquarters st. louis mo no . of offices 6 no . of attorneys 110 2013 no . of employees 250 major practice areas corporate and insurance litigation key people t. michael ward managing principal 1 date founded 1981 company type professional corporation website www.brownjames.com brown & james p.c. is a u.s. law firm with six midwest regional offices . 2 they primarily focus on corporate and insurance litigation and are one of the largest law firms in st. louis and the state of missouri . contents 1 overview 2 awards 3 pro bono activities 4 practice areas 5 offices 6 references 7 external links overview edit brown & james is a midwest regional law firm with more than 100 attorneys representing companies in litigation appeals and insurance coverage matters . they represent an extensive list of corporate and insurance clients regionally and nationwide 3 and are recognized as one of the top litigation law firms in the midwest and as the top defense firm in missouri for 2009 2010 2011 2012 and 2013 as recognized by missouri lawyers weekly . 4 they have six offices serving the states of missouri illinois kansas and arkansas . awards edit brown & james has won numerous awards over the years for its legal practice . the best lawyers in america has added 10 brown & james attorneys to its best lawyers list from nearly every practice area including medical malpractice law insurance construction and appellate law . 5 best lawyers has also awarded brown & james attorneys with lawyer of the year awards an award which according to best lawyers only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored . 6 brown & james accepts business of the year award october 5 2012 . left to right st. louis development corporation executive director rodney crim ; brown & james chief operating officer kathy johnson ; brown & james managing principal t. michael ward ; st. louis mayor francis slay in addition missouri lawyer s media has awarded brown & james with the most reported law firm wins defense for five years in a row . 7 super lawyers has added 32 brown & james attorneys to its super lawyers list along with 12 rising stars . 8 9 attorneys have also won lon o. hocker awards 10 11 and women s justice awards . 12 in 2012 brown & james was awarded the st. louis business of the year award . 13 in 2010 brown & james was named a go to law firm as chosen by american lawyer media s in house law departments at the top 500 companies . 14 they were also named by u.s. news & world report and best lawyers to the 2010 list of best law firms . 15 pro bono activities edit brown & james is known as a major contributor to charities both locally and nationwide . 16 the firm is active in a number of pro bono charitable and community service activities such as good cause greetings habitat for humanity havenhouse st. louis bworks st. louis minority clerkship program volunteer lawyers for the arts st. louis volunteer lawyers program united way wounded warrior project in addition brown & james annually contributes to motion for kids a program that provides an annual holiday party for st. louis area children in the foster care system or those whose lives have been severely impacted by the criminal justice system . each attorney sponsor is asked to purchase and wrap two gifts totaling 25 chosen from the child s wish list and to stuff a stocking . gifts are distributed during the party to which the children and their families are invited . practice areas edit the firm has 18 practices including 17 appellate law arson fraud litigation construction law creditor s rights business and commercial litigation financial services governmental affairs municipal law environmental insurance toxic torts employment law intellectual property and technology health care liability insurance law premises and retail liability product liability professional liability subrogation transportation law workers compensation offices edit brown & james st. louis office is based in the bank of america plaza in downtown st. louis st. louis missouri kansas city missouri springfield missouri columbia missouri little rock arkansas belleville illinois references edit 1 http www.brownjames.com content 109 contact us.aspx 2 3 http bestlawfirms.usnews.com firms brown james p c listed lawyers 6820 http www.brownjames.com content 228 brown james attorneys recieve best lawyer and lawyer of the year awards.aspx http www.brownjames.com content 237 brown james named winningest defense firm for fifth year in a row.aspx http www.superlawyers.com missouri lawfirm brown and james pc 6211e051 df22 4053 9e70 be910da6b339.html http www.brownjames.com content 230 brown james earns 26 selections from missouri kansas super lawyers.aspx http www.brownjames.com lawyer 518 corey l kraushaar.aspx http www.brownjames.com lawyer 326 bradley r hansmann.aspx http www.brownjames.com lawyer 713 erica f blume.aspx http www.brownjames.com content 227 brown james honored with 2012 business of the year award.aspx 4 http bestlawfirms.usnews.com firms brown james p c overview 6820 http www.brownjames.com content 116 pro bono community service.aspx full list of practice areas external links edit official brown & james website best lawyers profile lexisnexis martindale hubbell firm profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brown % 26 james & oldid 743638574 categories law firms based in st. louislaw firms established in 1981hidden categories orphaned articles from august 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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