Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP handles a broad range of general business and individual litigation matters, including trials and appeals, in federal and state courts. Our Firm has decades of experience in business disputes in a variety of industries, involving some of the nation’s largest companies, as well as small businesses and individuals, in matters involving contracts, antitrust, securities, legal and accounting malpractice defense, RICO, class actions, negligence, insurance coverage, construction, wills and trusts, major domestic relations, trademark and unfair competition, real estate and tax increment financing. Our extensive trial and appellate experience gives us the ability to provide imaginative, vigorous, practical and cost-effective representation for businesses of all kinds.

We are the only relatively small St. Louis firm recognized for its litigation expertise by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Chambers USA has observed that the Firm is "generally known by its peers for its strong trial department.” Our firm is recognized for the ability of its lawyers, including two partners who are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Our clients find our size to be a distinct advantage. They can select the trial lawyer they want to try their case and know that he or she will use well-trained supporting lawyers and staff as necessary and will be personally available to discuss any matter of concern. They know also that the Firm is efficient and will be able to render outstanding service at a reasonable cost.

In addition to our expertise in both jury and court-tried cases, we also have tried major commercial arbitration matters. Our partners have served both as neutral and party-appointed arbitrators and as mediators in a wide variety of business disputes. We also have served as independent internal investigators in a variety of business contexts. Our experience in these areas, coupled with our extensive hands-on trial and appellate experience, make us especially effective in evaluating the merits of each client’s case so that the client can make an informed judgment whether to resolve the matter before trial or to pursue it with commitment and zeal to verdict and judgment.

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