Robert W. Cockerham
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Practice Areas:
- Appellate Advocacy
- Arson and Fraud Litigation
- Assault and Battery
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Building Collapses
- Civil Litigation
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Environmental
- Insurance Law and Coverage
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Property Damage
- Serious and Catastrophic Bodily Injury
- Subrogation
- Toxic Torts
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. – 1984
- University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
- M.A. – 1982
- Webster College
- B.F.A. – 1980
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1984
- Illinois, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2014
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1986
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1998
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1992
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1997
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2011
- U.S. District Court, 2015
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1987
Published Works
- Author and Speaker: “Annual Symposium on Property Insurance Law”
- Treatise: “Arson, Fraud and First Party Insurance Law – A Guide To Property Insurance Law and Procedures in Missouri and Illinois”
- “Arson, Fraud and The First Party Insurance Contract”, 44 Missouri Bar Journal 79, March
- “Highlights of Missouri Homeowners Insurance Law”
- Recovering Your Attorney Fees and Expenses
- Explosions: Homeowners with a Bang!
Representative Cases
- State Auto Property and Casualty Ins. Co. v. H&B Ventures, LLC, 2022 WL 970892 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 31, 2022)
- H&B Ventures, LLC v. State Auto Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 2022 WL 392239 (E.D. Mo. Feb. 9, 2022)
- Concord Baptist Church of Jefferson City, Inc. v. Church Mut. Ins. Co., 2021 WL 6095643 (W.D. Mo. Dec. 22, 2021)
- Legacy Building Group, LLC v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 2021 WL 4819570 (E.D. Mo. Oct. 15, 2021)
- Concord Baptist Church of Jefferson City, Inc. v. Church Mut. Ins. Co., 2021 WL 2954405 (W.D. Mo. July 14, 2021)
- Church Mut. Ins. Co. v. Metropolitan Christian Worship Center of St. Louis, 2020 WL 7029882 (E.D. Mo. June 23, 2020)
- World Wide Technology, Inc. v. Kirberg Roofing, Inc., 598 S.W.3d 928 (Mo.App. E.D. May 5, 2020) (WL 2128846)
- CM Vantage Specialty Ins. Co. v. Nephrite Fund 1, LLC, 2020 WL 805848 (Feb. 18, 2020)
- Empire District Electric Co. v. Coverdell Enterprises, Inc., 588 S.W.3d 223 (Mo.App. S.D. Dec. 5, 2019) (WL 6606191)
- Empire District Electric Co. v. Coverdell Enterprises, Inc., 588 S.W.3d 225 (Mo.App. S.D. Dec. 5, 2019) (WL 6606205)
- Amica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Downs, 2019 WL 5872444 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 29, 2019)
- Amica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Downs, 2019 WL 5872077 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2019)
- New Bethlehem Missionary Bapt. Church v. Cass Commercial Bank, 552 S.W.3d 733 (Mo.App. E.D. May 9, 2018) (WL 2122808
- Apex Oil Co., Inc. v. Jones Stephens Corp., 881 F.3d 658 (8th Cir. (Mo.) Feb. 5, 2018) (WL 704134)
- Amica Mut. Ins. Co. v. D.B., 2017 WL 4475970 (E.D. Mo. Oct. 6, 2017)
- Neidenbach v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 842 F.3d 560 (8th Cir. (Mo.) Nov. 16, 2016) (WL 6775961)
- Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. All Seasons Roofing, Inc., 2016 WL 8730570 (E.D. Ark. Sept. 9, 2016)
- Henry v. Sentry Ins., 2016 WL 4263131 (E.D. Mo. Aug. 12, 2016)
- Federated Mut. Ins. Co. v. Moody Station and Grocery, 821 F.3d 973, 2016 WL 1729523 (8th Cir. May 2, 2016)
- Neidenbach v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 2016 WL 492714 (E.D. Mo., Feb. 9, 2016)
- U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Coverdell, 483 S.W.3d 390, 2015 WL 7251405 (Mo. App. Oct. 30, 2015)
Honors
- Recipient: “The David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award”
- Selected Missouri and Kansas “Super Lawyer”
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators’ President’s Award
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators’ Outstanding Achievement Award
- Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
- Life Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Best Attorneys of America
- Member, Distinguished Justice Advocates
Classes & Seminars
- Property Loss Research Bureau Claims Conferences
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators Seminars
- National Business Institute Seminars
- International Association of Arson Investigators Seminars
Professional Associations
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Member
- St. Louis County Bar Association, Member
- Illinois Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Missouri Bar Association, Member
- Young Lawyers Association of St. Louis, Member
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Member
- Defense Research Institute
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- National Association of Subrogation Professionals
- American Law Firm Association
- International Association of Arson Investigators