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Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is proud to announce that Scott H. Morgan has been elected as Shareholder, and Ian K. Edwards, Melissa Wilner, and Matthew Dollan have been elevated to Partners. Scott H. Morgan (St. Louis Office) With extensive experience in defending automotive class action cases involving consumer fraud, product defects, false advertising, unfair trade… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Laura May Hooe has joined the firm’s Richmond office as a Partner.  Laura focuses her practice on defending national and regional clients in high-stakes product liability and toxic tort litigation.  Laura manages all phases of litigation from inception through resolution, whether by trial or settlement…. Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Steven Hoffman has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an Associate.  Before joining the firm, Steven worked as a law clerk for the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri.  After, he was a law clerk for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Sarah Molina has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as Of Counsel.   Prior to joining the firm, Sarah served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.  After her… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard announced today that veteran automotive consumer class action partners Stephen D’Aunoy, Thomas Azar, Scott Morgan, and senior counsel Kathy Wisniewski are departing Thompson Coburn LLP to open KTLF’s new St. Louis office. The group has decades of experience handling automotive consumer class actions, successfully defending automakers in venues throughout the… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that partner Brandon L. Boxler has been selected to serve on Law360’s 2024 Appellate Editorial Advisory Board.  In this role, Brandon will offer feedback on news coverage and provide expert insight on how best to shape future coverage of key appellate developments in state and federal… Read more

By David Minsky Law360, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (January 30, 2024, 5:55 PM EST) — A Florida federal jury on Tuesday decided that the Chrysler carmaker doesn’t have to pay damages to consumers in the state who suedover alleged faulty automatic head restraints that inadvertently deployed while people were driving, but said the company violated the state’s… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that four firm partners were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. The recognized attorneys, their office locations, and their practice areas are: Thomas M. Klein of Phoenix, Arizona was recognized as a “Best Lawyer” for the practice area of Product Liability Litigation—Defendants. Fred… Read more

We are pleased to announce that our firm will now be known as Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard.  This change marks the addition of our partner and colleague, Fred Fresard, as a named partner of the firm. Fred is a highly experienced trial lawyer, having tried dozens of catastrophic-exposure cases to verdict across the country…. Read more

In this client alert, we discuss the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co., 600 U.S. __ (2023), which upheld the constitutionality of state “consent by registration” statutes.  We also offer some thoughts on how corporate entities can prepare to respond to the inevitable forum shopping that the… Read more