Sam Eveland

Attorney at Brown & Crouppen
St. Louis, MO24 years experienceAdmitted 2001

About Sam Eveland

Sam Eveland is an Associate Attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has worked since 2008. His primary focus is workers' compensation, and he also handles auto accidents, personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. He has secured multiple six-figure settlements and awards for his clients.

Prior to joining Brown & Crouppen, Eveland worked as a prosecuting attorney and in insurance defense law. He served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy.

He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2001 and his Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from Missouri State University in 1992, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

He is admitted to the Missouri Bar, Illinois Bar, and State Bar of Michigan. He is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and The Lawyers Association of 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

Missouri State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri, admitted 2001
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Michigan
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
The Lawyers Association of St. Louis

Awards & recognition

Summa Cum Laude (Missouri State University, 1992)

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