Gary E. Snodgrass received his B.A. in Psychology from Saint Louis University, graduating cum laude in 1973; his Master of Arts in Philosophy in 1975, magna cum laude, from Michigan State University; and his J.D. in 1978 from Saint Louis University.
Gary was admitted to the Bar in Missouri in 1978 and the Bar in Illinois in 1979. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits.
Gary is a past President of The Harmonie Group and is a past and current Member on the Board of Directors of The Harmonie Group. He is also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and The Defense Research Institute. Gary is the former Chairman for the International Association of Defense Counsel Construction Litigation Committee. He is an advocate for American Board of Trial Advocates. Other affiliations: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Lawyers Association of St. Louis, The Missouri Bar, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, and the Illinois State Bar Association.
Gary completed the American Academy of Attorney-Mediators’ training program in 1994 and serves as a Mediator for USA&M on cases pending in various courts in the St. Louis area.
Gary co-authored “Architects and Engineers’ Liability” for the Missouri Tort Law CLE Desk Book series and “Waiver of Subrogation and Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts” for The Defense Counsel Journal. He is also a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education seminars and trial practice seminars sponsored by the Bar and other professional organizations. He also served twice as a faculty member in 1998 and 2003 for the Trial Academy sponsored by the International Association of Defense Counsel in Boulder, Colorado. His Martindale-Hubbell rating is AV.
Gary Snodgrass has been selected as one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for 2019.
Publications and Seminars
Selected Faculty Member, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado, 1998 and 2003
Speaker, Expert Witnesses: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, (sponsored by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis), 2001
Speaker, Missouri Construction Law: Can This Job Be Saved? (sponsored by Lorman Education Services) St. Louis, 2000
Speaker, Missouri and Illinois Law for Design Professionals (sponsored by Lorman Education Services) St. Louis, 1998 and 1999
Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar, St. Louis, 1997
Speaker, Law for Design Professionals Seminar (sponsored by Lorman Education Services) 1997
Participant, All – Industry Day Mock Trial, Charter Property Casualty Underwriters, St. Louis, 1997
Faculty Member, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Trial Academy, St. Louis, 1994 and 1996
Speaker, The Everything You Wanted to Know About Insurance Law But Were Afraid to Ask Seminar, St. Louis, 1995
Participant, Civil Jury Trial Demonstration, St. Louis, 1993 and 1994
Speaker, Avoiding Reversible Error / Keeping the Verdict on Appeal, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, 1990
Speaker, Taking and Defending Depositions, St. Louis, 1990 and 1993
“Defending Design Professionals: Is Contract Language an Adequate Shield,” Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 64, 1997
“Waiver of Subrogation and Allocation of Risk in Construction Contracts,” Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 62, 1995
“Architects’ and Engineers’ Liability,” Missouri Tort Law, Second Edition, Vol. I, 1990
“The Liability of Architects and Engineers in Construction Cases,” St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. XXXI, No. 2, 1984
Co-Author: “Chapter 4 – Design Professional Liability,” Mo. Professional Liability & 4.1 – 4.27(MoBar2005)
Gary Snodgrass has been selected as one of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2020. Selection to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the most exceptional trial attorneys in high valu [...]
Gary Snodgrass has been selected as one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for 2019. Selection to America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify most exceptional Civil Defense Litigators in [...]
DRI member Gary Snodgrass recently won a case filed by a power industry developer against their client, a geotechnical engineer, in St. Louis County, Missouri. Although they asked the jury for over $1.2 million, the jury returned a verdict assessing 100 [...]
Joseph Moore and Christina Moore v. Huneke Engineering, Inc. et al., Cause No. 1422-CC08898, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis
PS Partners: Gary Snodgrass
We Represented: Huneke Engineering, Inc.
Type of Case: Catastrophic Personal Inju [...]
PS Partners: Gary Snodgrass
We Represented: The Kilo Diabetes and Vascular Research Foundation
Type of Case: Employment - Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy
Venue: St. Louis County Circuit Court
Facts: Plaintiff Marin [...]
PS Partners: Gary Snodgrass
PS Associate: Nick Meriage
We represented: Tech Services to Go, Inc., d/b/a Tsi Engineering, Inc.
Venue: St. Louis County Circuit Court
Facts:
Negligence claim.
Design-build contractor Charah, Inc., a co [...]
PS Partners/Associate: Gary E. Snodgrass, Partner
We represented: Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois
Venue: Missouri – Howell County Circuit Court
Facts:
Plaintiff Karen Burkett was a passenger in a vehicle owned by plaintiff and her hu [...]
Schwarz v. Maguire
PS Partners/Associate: Gary E. Snodgrass, Partner and Deanna J. Brady, Associate
We represented: Marilyn Maguire
Venue: St. Louis City Circuit Court
Facts:
Plaintiff Paul Schwarz was stopped on his 2004 Harley-Davidson [...]
Jack Reynolds v. Tony Prince Company, Inc., d/b/a Tony Prince Flooring
PS Partner who tried case: Gary E. Snodgrass, Partner and Derek Ruzicka, associate
We represented: Tony Prince Company Inc., d/b/a Tony Prince Flooring
Venue: St. Louis C [...]
ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
The Harmonie Group
Past President and Current Member on Board of Directors
International Association of Defense Counsel
Chairman, Construction Law Committee, 1996 - 1997
Defense Research Institute
The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
Lawyers Association of St. Louis
United States Arbitration & Mediation Midwest, Inc (USA& M)
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