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Rick Mueller

Rick Mueller

Partner

St. Louis
314 552 6084 direct

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INDUSTRIES

PRACTICES

  • Education

    • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law,

      J.D., 1976

      Order of the Coif

      Law Quarterly

    • Washington University in St. Louis,

      B.A., 1973

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

    • Illinois

    • US Supreme Ct

    • Illinois USDC, Southern District

    • Missouri USDC, Eastern District

    • Texas USDC, Eastern District

    • Wisconsin USDC, Eastern District

    • US Ct Appeals, 2nd Circuit (Covers CT, NY, VT)

    • US Ct Appeals, 4th Circuit (Covers MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

    • US Ct Appeals, 7th Circuit (Covers IL, IN, WI)

    • US Ct Appeals, 8th Circuit (Covers AR, IA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

    • US Ct Appeals, 11th Circuit (Covers AL, FL, GA)

    • US Ct Appeals, Federal Circuit

  • Affiliations

    • Admiralty Law Institute Speaker

    • American Association for the Advancement of Science

    • American Bar Association

    • American Journal on Science and Health

    • Association of Trial Lawyers of America

    • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

    • Defense Research Institute

      Chairman, Recreational Boat Subcommittee, Admiralty Law Group, DRI

    • Illinois State Bar Association

    • Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers

    • New York Academy of Sciences

    • The Maritime Law Association

    • Practicing Law Institute

    • The Missouri Bar

    • United States Supreme Court Bar

  • Representative Clients

    • Amada Company, Ltd.

    • Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.

    • Hatteras Yachts

    • Honda North America, Inc.

    • Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

    • Riso, Inc.

    • Takata Corporation

    • TK Holdings, Inc.

    • Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.

    • Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.

  • Recognitions

    • Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America®", 2009-Present

      Product Liability Litigation-Defendants

      Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants

    • Listed in "Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers" 2005, 2007-Present

    • The Legal 500, Litigation-Product Liability

    • Admitted Pro Hac Vice

      Alabama

      Alaska

      California

      Colorado

      Connecticut

      Florida

      Georgia

      Guam

      Kansas

      Kentucky

      Maryland

      New Jersey

      New York

      Pennsylvania

      South Carolina

      Texas

      Virginia

      Washington

      Wisconsin

  • Instruction

    • Trial Practice, Washington University School of Law


      (1979-1981)

Rick's litigation practice includes a wide range of matters, with emphasis in product liability, commercial litigation and maritime matters.

He has extensive trial experience in both commercial and product liability litigation. He has tried real estate fraud cases, patent cases, commercial contract disputes and a wide variety of product liability cases.

Rick is National Coordinating Counsel for Kawasaki Motors Corp. He has represented clients from New Jersey to California, Florida to Alaska and also successfully represented a client in a trial in Guam. Rick has cross examined experts in a variety of fields including engineering, epidemiology, human factors, warnings, naval architecture, patent validity, computer simulations, management policies, a variety of fields of medicine, aerodynamics, intellectual property, to name a few.

Publications

Inside the Minds, "Leading Product Liability Lawyers";
Aspatore Books, 2003

"Defense of Marine Products Litigation";
Defense Research Institute Monograph, June 1990

"The Use of Standardized Materials";
Practicing Law Institute, 1988

"Protecting Experts Consulting Teams From Discovery";
For The Defense, 1987

"Subsequent Remedial Measures";
A Products Liability Commentary and Cases, 1987

"The Investigation and Use of Experts";
Product Liability of Manufacturers, Practicing Law Institute, 1979

"Defending the Products Liability, Prevention and Defense of Manufacturers’ Products Liability";
Practicing Law Institute, 1978

"A Dilemma for the Legal and Medical Profession: Euthanasia and the Defective Newborn";
22 Saint Louis University Law Journal 501, 1978

"The Defense of a Products Liability Lawsuit, Products Liability Manufacturers";
Practicing Law Institute, 1977

Presentations

"Case Update: Products Liability";
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, 1995

"Coordinating Products Liability Litigation";
The University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1990

"Effective Coordination of Multiple Products Liability Litigation";
Practicing Law Institute, 1988

"Trial Practice";
The Missouri Bar, 1987

"Insurance Practice";
The Missouri Bar, 1986

"Defending the Lawsuit: Products Liability of Manufacturers";
Practicing Law Institute, St. Louis, 1981

"Missouri Practice and Update on Law";
Special Problems in Products Liability Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, St. Louis, 1978