Guiding Clients Through The Civil Litigation Process
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, Kansas , 2011
- U.S. District Court, Arkansas, 2015
- U.S. Claims Court, 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
- 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
- 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
- *AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This is given to lawyers who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.
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