Ken is a lead trial lawyer who regularly handles products liability, intellectual property, toxic tort and business litigation cases across the country for major corporations. He was one of the lead attorneys in the successful defense of Kemner vs. Monsanto, the longest civil jury trial in American history. Ken has defended numerous companies in alleged chemical exposure claims in workplace or products cases involving dioxin, PCBs, asbestos, medical monitoring, and benzene. After 40 years of trying cases in State and Federal Courts in Missouri, Illinois and elsewhere in the country, Ken also focuses on alternative dispute resolution, specifically mediation. He has completed a mediation training program at Saint Louis University Law School. Ken served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri from 1969 to 1972 and served as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1966 to 1968. Awards & Recognitions · American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow · The Best Lawyers In America, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, 2010-2012 · Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, General Litigation Law, 2008-2009; Alternative Dispute Resolution Law, 2010-2011 Professional Associations & Memberships · American Arbitration Association · American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Committee · The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis · Illinois State Bar Association · The Missouri Bar News & Publications News 10.19.11, Super Lawyers 2011 Names 71 Husch Blackwell Attorneys from Missouri and Nebraska; an Additional 15 Listed as Rising Stars 9.6.11, More Than 100 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012 10.13.10, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2010 Names 64 Husch Blackwell Attorneys; An Additional 20 Listed as Rising Stars 10.22.09, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009 Names 73 Husch Blackwell Sanders Attorneys |