Stephen M. Strum
Stephen
M. Strum Printable Bio
Education
• Advanced Mediation
Training for Court Certified ADR Neutrals - U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Mo, Jan 2016
• USA&M Advanced Mediator Training, Dec 2015
• Mediator Training, Northwestern University, School of Professional
Studies, 2015
• St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1988
• University of Illinois, B.S., 1985
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Accomplishments
Stephen is a partner
with Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard and has represented both
plaintiffs and defendants in over 200 mediations in Missouri,
Illinois, New Mexico, Arizona, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Massachusetts. Stephen has handled hundreds of
catastrophic injury cases for both plaintiffs and defendants involving
passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles,
go-carts, lawnmowers, electrical circuitry, exercise equipment,
wheelchairs and many other consumer and industrial products. Stephen
has directly counseled, handled, evaluated, or managed over 500
nursing home cases in over 15 states, and has acted as regional and
national trial counsel for several nursing home operators. In 1999,
the Missouri Bar Foundation awarded Stephen the Lon O. Hocker Memorial
Trial Lawyers Award, given to the three lawyers in Missouri under the
age of 37 who have shown excellence in the courtroom. Stephen has been
included in the 2016 Edition of Best
Lawyers In America for his litigation work in Health Care and
Insurance. In 2012 and 2013, Stephen was selected for inclusion in
Corporate Counsel's Top AV Rated Lawyers Guide to Healthcare.
Affiliations
• Missouri Bar
• Illinois Bar
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
• U.S. Federal Court of Claims
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