Attorneys

Richard B. Blanke Uthoff, Graeber, Bobinette & Blanke Suite 300 906 Olive Street St Louis, MO 63101-1426

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Year Joined Organization:

1990

Areas Of Practice:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Business & Commercial Law

Divorce

Family Law

Litigation & Appeals

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Products Liability Law

Real Estate Law

Workers' Compensation Law

Litigation Percentage:

95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 1980

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1980

U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1980

U.S. Federal Court, 1980

Education:

University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1980

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Honors: Dean's List, Moot Court Competition Award

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977

B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Honors: cum laude

Major: History

Major: Political Science

Published Works:

Petition for Legal Separation: Alive & Kicking, Journal of the Missouri Bar, Vol. 46, No. 4, 1990

 

Another Venue Dilemna: Common Liability or Joinder, Journal of the Missouri Bar, Vol. 52, No. 5

Representative Cases:

D.L.G., Sr. v. E.L.S., 774 S.W.2d 477 (Mo. 1989)

 

Bell v. May Dept. Stores, 6 SW3d 871 (Mo. 1999)

 

Malone v. Schapun, Inc., 965 SW2d 177 (Mo.App. E.D. 1997)

 

Higgins v. McElwee, 680 S.W.2d 335 (Mo.App. E.D. 1984)

 

Wenthe v. Wills Corroon Corp., 932 SW2d 791 (Mo.App. E.D. 1996)

 

State ex rel. Malone v. Mummert, 889 SW2d 822 (Mo. 1994)

 

George v. Shop 'n Save Warehouse Foods, Inc., 855 SW2d 460 (Mo.App. E.D. 1993)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Civil Litigation and Torts, Maryville University

 

Wrongful Death Seminars, National Business Institute

 

Premises Liability Seminars, National Business Institute

 

Auto Injury Seminars, National Business Institute

 

Ki in the Courtroom -- The Application of Martial Art (Ki-Aikido) Principles to Trial Techniques, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, June 11, 2003 - July 9, 2003

Honors and Awards:

AV rated by Martindale Hubbell

 

Listed in Who's Who of American Law

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, 1980 - Present

Member

 

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 1980 - Present

Member

 

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 - Present

Member

 

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1980 - Present

Member

Birth Information:

October 28, 1954, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America