Robert F. Ritter, Maurice B. Graham, Stephen R. Woodley, Patrick J. Hagerty, Don M. Downing, Joan M. Lockwood, and Morry S. Cole of the St. Louis plaintiff law firm Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C., have been selected to the list of 2009 Super Lawyers by “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers” magazine.  Only 5 percent of all attorneys in the two states combined were selected.

Ritter and Graham were further cited among the top 50 attorneys in St. Louis and top 100 in Missouri and Kansas, and Graham was named among the top 10 attorneys in the two-state region.  Cole also was listed among the Top 50 attorneys in St. Louis.

Two other Gray, Ritter & Graham attorneys – M. Graham Dobbs and Thomas K. Neill – were named to the 2009 Super Lawyers - Rising Stars list of attorneys for Missouri and Kansas.  Attorneys named to Rising Stars are under 40 years of age or have less than 10 years of experience. 

The Super Lawyers listing is an annual multi-stage process that includes surveys of attorneys from the two states to identify attorneys with a high degree of both professional achievement and peer recognition, independent evaluation and peer review. 

Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C. is a plaintiff litigation firm located in downtown St. Louis.  The firm’s primary areas of practice are catastrophic injury and death, complex commercial and consumer litigation, product liability, railroad and river worker injuries, automotive and aviation litigation, and professional negligence.  The firm’s website is www.grayrittergraham.com.