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Practice Areas

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Products Liability
  • Personal Injury
  • Appellate Practice
  • Professional Discipline
 
University St. Louis University, A.B., 1978
 
Law SchoolSt. Louis University, J.D., cum laude, 1981
 
Admitted1982, Missouri and Illinois; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, U.S District Court, Central District of Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar and U.S. Supreme Court
 
Memberships The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Alton-Wood River, Madison County and Illinois State Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; American Board of Trial Advocates.
 
BornSt. Louis, Missouri, July 19, 1956
 
BiographyLaw Clerk to: Hon. Moses W. Harrison, 1981-1983; Hon. James Mejda, 1983-1984. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, 1980-1981 and Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, 1997-1998, St. Louis University School of Law.
 
Reported CasesLewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc., 531 U.S. 438, 121 S. Ct. 993, 148 L.Ed.2d 931 (2001); Hearn v. Beelman Trucking Co., 507 N.E.2d 1295 (Ill.App. 1987); Bland v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 506 N.E.2d 1291 (Ill. 1987); Lane v. City of Harvey, 533 N.E.2d 75 (Ill.App. 1988); In re Apex Oil Co., 884 F.2d 343 (8th Cir. 1989); Little v. IGA, 544 N.E.2d 28 (Ill.App. 1989); Redmon v. Austin, 543 N.E.2d 1351 (Ill.App. 1989); Wood v. Procter & Gamble Mfg. Co., 787 S.W.2d 816 (Mo.App. 1990); Sheary v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 566 N.E.2d 794 (Ill.App. 1991); Karr v. Noel, 571 N.E.2d 271 (Ill.App. 1991); Elberg v. Mobil Oil Corp., 967 F.2d 1146 (7th Cir. 1992); Williams v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 11 F.3d 132, 39 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1381 (10th Cir. 1993); Gilbert's Ethan Allen Gallery v. Ethan Allen, Inc., 642 N.E.2d 470 (Ill. 1994); May v. Wood River Township Hospital, 629 N.E.2d 170 (Ill.App. 1994); Environmental Control Systems v. Pollution Control Board, 630 N.E.2d 554 (Ill.App. 1994); Walker v. American River Transportation Co., 660 N.E.2d 550 (Ill.App. 1996); In re Marriage of Lakin, 662 N.E.2d 617, 278 (Ill.App.1996); Lakin v. Board of Election Commissioners, 676 N.E.2d 637 (111.1996); In re Complaint of McCarthy Brothers, Inc., 83 F.3d 821 (7th Cir. 1996); Allen v. Norman Brothers, Inc., 678 N.E.2d 317, 286 (Ill.App.1997); Johnson v. ADM-Growmark River Systems, Inc., 295 Ill.App.3d 436, 693 N.E.2d 477 (1998); Hearn v. American River Transportation Co., 303 Ill.App.3d 619, 707 N.E.2d 1283 (1999); Morrison v. Wagner, 191 Ill.2d 162, 729 N.E.2d 486 (2000) (amicus brief supporting plaintiff); Hanks v. Luhr Bros., Inc., 303 N.E.2d 661, 707 N.E.2d 1266 (1999), certiorari denied, U.S., 145 L.Ed. 314, 120 S.Ct. 402 (1999); Niepotter v. Central Illinois Public Service Co., 303 Ill.App.3d 632, 707 N.E.2d 1278 (1999); Norfolk & Southern Railway v. Guthrie, —F.3d— (7th Cir. 2000); Boxdorfer v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., —Ill.App.3d—, —N.E.2d—, 2003 WL 21003724 (Ill.App.5 Dist. 2003); Morton v. Madison County Nursing Home Auxiliary, 198 Ill.2d 183, 761 N.E.2d 145, 260 Ill.Dec. 301 (2001); Callis, Papa, Jackstadt & Halloran, P.C. v. Norfolk and Western Ry. Co., 195 Ill.2d 356, 748 N.E.2d 153, 254 Ill.Dec. 707, 167 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2507 (Ill. 2001) (amicus curiae counsel); Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Guthrie, 233 F.3d 532, 142 Lab. Cas. P 10,889 (7th Cir. 2000); Johnson v. Daggett, Van Dover, Donovan & Perry, PLLC 99 F.Supp.2d 1008 (E.D.Ark. 2000).
 
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Roy C. Dripps
Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt & Blotevogel, LLC
219 Piasa Street
Alton, IL 62002




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