About Andrea McNairy

Andrea McNairy is a Partner at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. She focuses on wrongful death, product liability, premises liability, drowning and near drowning claims, right of sepulcher matters, and complex auto accident litigation. She has litigated cases throughout the country in both federal and state courts.

McNairy earned her Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Public Law Review and received academic excellence recognition in Legal Research & Writing. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

She is admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the Board of Governors of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice and Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Brown & Crouppen

These results are credited to Brown & Crouppen. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$119.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Missouri · #10

A St. Louis jury awarded $462 million against trailer maker Wabash National after its defective rear-impact guard failed and allowed a car to slide beneath a trailer on I-55, killing Taron Tailor, 30, and Nicholas Perkins, 23, in 2019.

City of St. Louis Circuit Court · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$5.97 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen helped Zachary Patchin's family reach a $5.97 million settlement after an Ice Cream Factory box truck crossed into oncoming traffic in a no-passing zone and killed both drivers on U.S. 50 in Osage County, Missouri.

Franklin County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2022Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.7 millionVerdict

A federal jury found that a snow-covered crack in a Family Video parking lot caused Rosemarie Waddy's broken ankle, awarding $2 million before a 15 percent fault finding cut her recovery to about $1.7 million.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis) · 2024Slip & FallRead the full story →
$1.16 millionVerdict

A St. Louis City jury awarded Tara Straussner $1,168,829 after a city employee driving a concrete truck crossed the centerline and hit her head-on, leaving her with a permanent brain injury, though Missouri's sovereign-immunity cap held the city's payout near $517,000.

St. Louis City Circuit Court, Missouri · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen attorney Brett Williams resolved a wrongful death claim for $1 million after a Kansas City nursing home resident on a doctor-ordered soft diet choked on a piece of fruit and died.

Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Missouri-St. Louis
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Executive Committee)
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Board of Governors)
American Association for Justice
Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2018-2025)
Power List: 40 Most Powerful Personal Injury Attorneys in Missouri (2022-2025)
Law Firm Leader, Missouri Lawyer Weekly Lawyers of the Year (2022)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Magna Cum Laude (UMSL)

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$745 Million Verdict Against Nitrous Oxide Distributor and Head Shop After Crash Killed a 25-Year-Old
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$4.69 billion · St. Louis Jury Awards $4.69 Billion to 22 Women Over Asbestos-Laced Talcum Powder
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$11.49 million · Parents of 6-Year-Old Killed by School Bus Win Wrongful Death Judgment Against Driver in St. Louis
Cantor Injury Law
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$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
The Bruning Law Firm
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$24 Million Federal Class-Action Settlement for St. Louis Rams PSL Holders

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.