Biography

Lisa Larkin has practiced exclusively in litigation and appeals since 1996. Her practice has concentrated in appeals, personal injury defense, medical malpractice defense and business litigation. Before entering law school in 1992, Lisa worked as an Assistant Trade Analyst at the Italian Trade Commission in Chicago.

Lisa has co-authored a chapter of the MoBar Damages CLE book on environmental law and toxic torts. Her litigation experience includes both state and federal courts in Missouri and Illinois, as well as appellate work in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Missouri Court of Appeals, the Missouri Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Illinois Court of Appeals, and the Illinois Supreme Court.

Education

• University of Illinois School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude 1995
• University of Illinois, B.S., summa cum laude 1992
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations

• Missouri Bar
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Representative Appeals

• Naunheim v. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 247 S.W.3d 600 (Mo.App. E.D. 2008)
• Brooks v. Laboratory Corp. of America, 226 Fed.Appx.615, 2007 WL 1695149 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 2007)
• Arthur v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 224 S.W.3d 68 (Mo.App. E.D. 2007)
• Ashby v. Mine Safety Appliance, et al., --Ill.App.3d--(5th Dist. 2005)
• Hollowood v. St. Luke's Episcopal - Presbyterian Hospitals, Inc., et al., 162 S.W.3d 109 (Mo.App. E.D. 2005)
• Wakehouse v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 353 Ill.App.3d 346, 818 N.E.2d 1269, 289 Ill.Dec. 66 (3rd Dist. 2004)
• Dean v. Duckworth, 99 Fed.Appx.760, 2004 WL 878448 (8th Cir. (Mo.) 2004)
• State ex rel. BJC Health System v. Neill, 86 S.W.3d 138 (Mo.App. E.D. 2002)
• Tierney v. Vahle, 304 F.3d 734 (7th Cir.(Ill.) 2002)

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals
  • Seventh Circuit
  • Eighth Circuit
• United States District Courts
  • Eastern District of Missouri
  • Southern District of Illinois
• Missouri
• Illinois

Publications & Lectures

• Author, “New Medicare Reporting Requirements for Liability Claims (Including Liability Insurance Carriers and Self-Insureds) Involving Medicare Beneficiaries,” Association of Corporate Counsel's St. Louis Chapter Newsletter (Summer 2009)
• Environmental Law and Toxic Torts, MO. Damages, MoBar 2d ed., 2001