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Leonard Frankel
Areas of Expertise:
Business Litigation, Civil Rights, Commercial, Compensation, Constitutional Law, Construction, Consumer, Contracts, Employment, Family Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Medical Malpractice / Medical Negligence, Personal Injury, Probate, Professional Liability / Malpractice, Real Property, Securities
Services:
Mediator, Arbitrator
Professional Experience:
Leonard Frankel is a principal in the law firm of Frankel, Rubin, Bond, Dubin, Siegel & Klein, P.C., in St. Louis, Missouri. An Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law – Mediation, he also serves on mediation training faculty at Washington University. Member of the United States District Court’s ADR Advisory Committee. Member of Association of Attorney-Mediators; Association of Missouri Mediators; and Collaborative Family Law Association.His mediation experience includes employment law, personal injury, contract, statutory remedies and family law. He has performed more than 500 federal, state and pre-suit mediations. He is co-author, “Why Cases Settle, Why Cases Don’t Settle,” St. Louis Bar Journal, Winter, 2005, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Professional Affiliations:
- The Missouri Bar Member, 1965 – Present
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1968 – Present
- St. Louis County Bar Association, 1982 – Present
- St. Louis County Bar Association, President
- Association of Attorney- Mediators Collaborative Family Law Association
Education:
- Washington University, J.D., 1965
- Southern Illinois University
- University of Illinois
Admissions:
- Missouri, 1965
- Federal Bar
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Missouri, 1968
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1968
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Honors:
- St. Louis County Bar Assn Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
- St. Louis County Bar Assn Distinguished Service Award
- Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1976
- Distinguished Service Award, 2000
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine