Brent Cantor

Attorney at Brown & Crouppen
St. Louis, MO34 years experienceAdmitted 1991

About Brent Cantor

Brent Cantor is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has practiced since 2008. He focuses exclusively on workers' compensation claims.

Before joining Brown & Crouppen, Cantor served as a St. Louis County Counselor, municipal court prosecuting attorney, Assistant Attorney General, and litigator with the Department of Social Services.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1991 and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Business minor from Bradley University in 1989.

He is licensed to practice in Missouri and is a member of The Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and serves as President of the Missouri Bar's Lawyer Assistance Committee.

He received the Missouri Bar's James T. Britt Memorial Award for advancing relief and recovery for attorneys in Missouri. His notable achievements include a settlement of over a million dollars including future medical care for a severely injured worker.

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

Bradley University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri, admitted 1991
The Missouri Bar
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
Missouri Bar's Lawyer Assistance Committee (President)

Awards & recognition

Missouri Bar James T. Britt Memorial Award

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$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.