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James W. Erwin

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Jim is co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice group. He is also a member of the firm’s business litigation practice group, focusing on insurance coverage litigation and in class actions involving financial institutions and governmental entities. Jim has extensive experience in appellate practice, having briefed and argued more than 100 appeals at all levels of the state and federal court systems. He is a member of the bar of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Jim teaches appellate advocacy at the Washington University School of Law.

American Bar Association
Litigation Section
Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Appellate Practice Committee
The Missouri Bar
Illinois State Bar Association
The Bar of Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Publications Committee, 2001-2002
Federal Practice Committee, 1997-2002
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
"Hearsay Exceptions" Missouri Bar Deskbook, Evidence (5th Ed. 2006)
"Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition" Missouri Bar Deskbook, Remedies (2006)
"Jury Instructions" Missouri Bar, Missouri Civil Trial Practice (3rd Ed., 2002)
"Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition" Missouri Bar, Missouri Appellate Practice and Extraordinary Remedies (5th Ed., 2002)
"Municipal Law – Special Assessments for Street Improvements – The Standard of Review" 41 Missouri law Review 457 (1976)
"Constitutional Law – Equal Protection – Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons; The Standard of Review" 40 Missouri law Review 130 (1975)
"Administrative Law – Standing of Political Subdivision to Secure Judicial Review of Non-Contested Cases in Missouri" 40 Missouri law Review 653 (1975)
"Class Actions: The Two Most Important Decisions A Trial Judge Will Make" Missouri Judicial College (August 2005)
"Federal Evidence Update 2006" University of Missouri – Kansas City (June 2006)
"Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Illinois" National Business Institute (July 2003)
"Making A Record for Appeal" Missouri Bar Appellate Practice 2003 (March 2003)
"Liability Insurance Basics: Commercial General Liability Policies" Missouri Bar (September 2002)
"The Federal Rules of Evidence: Your Best Friend And Your Worst Enemy" University of Missouri-Kansas City (June 2002)
James W. Erwin
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
J.D., cum laude (1976)
University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A. (1972)
Missouri State University
B.A., cum laude (1968)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (1984-Present)
Associate (1976-1984)
Washington University School of Law
Lecturer in Law (1980-1984)
Adjunct Professor (2005-Present)
Illinois (1977)
Missouri (1976)
United States Army
(1968-1970)