About Michael Finley

Michael Finley is a personal injury attorney at Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his B.S. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law. Finley spent his first decade in practice representing insurance companies, experience he now applies to counter their tactics on behalf of injured clients. He has secured successful verdicts in Missouri and Illinois courts across multiple counties, including St. Louis City and County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, Washington, Jackson, and Clay counties in Missouri, and Madison, St. Clair, and Randolph counties in Illinois.

He is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois. His professional memberships include the American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Illinois State Bar Association, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Missouri Bar Association, National Italian American Bar Association of Missouri, and St. Louis Lawyers Association. Since 2010 he has served as an Alderman for Ward 1 in Ballwin, Missouri, and chairs the Ballwin Public Health and Safety Committee.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law

These results are credited to Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A St. Charles County jury awarded $247.3 million to six women sexually assaulted by an unlicensed massage therapist at Oasis Foot Spa & Massage in St. Peters, finding the spa and its owner liable for hiring him without any background check and ignoring an early complaint. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment in full in 2024.

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

Practice areas

Education

Saint Louis University School of Law
J.D.
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois

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$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
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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.