HomeMissouriSt. LouisMichael Finley

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.

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

Other attorneys at Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law

View firm →

Proven verdicts and settlements from other St. Louis firms

Gray Ritter Graham
Gray Ritter Graham
$4.69 billion · St. Louis Jury Awards $4.69 Billion to 22 Women Over Asbestos-Laced Talcum Powder
The Simon Law Firm
The Simon Law Firm
$745 million · $745 Million Verdict After Nitrous Oxide Distributor and Head Shop Conspire to Sell Inhalants, Killing a 25-Year-Old Radiologic Technologist
Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers
Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers
$5 million · $5 Million Settlement for Family of 35-Year-Old Mother Killed by Moving-Truck Driver Who Ran a Red Light
Cantor Injury Law
Cantor Injury Law
$119.5 million (reduced post-trial; $462 million gross verdict) · $462 Million Verdict Against Wabash National in Fatal Underride Crash (Reduced Post-Trial to $119.5 Million)
SL Chapman LLC
SL Chapman LLC
$46.75 million · Jury Awards $46.75 Million Over Nitric Acid Plant Gas Release; Eighth Circuit Affirms Compensatory Damages, Strikes Punitives