Joan Lockwood

Joan Lockwood is a trial lawyer and Director at Gray Ritter Graham with over thirty years of experience in catastrophic injury and commercial litigation. She is a frequent lecturer on civil trial practice, jury instructions, tort law, discovery, professionalism, and premises liability. Joan has served on the Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions (MAI) since 2003 and currently chairs that committee. She received the Hon. E. Richard Webber Distinguished Lawyer Award (2025), the highest honor bestowed by BAMSL, and the Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award from the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (2021).

She has been recognized as Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year for medical negligence and product liability litigation, holds a Chambers and Partners Band 1 rating, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability. Joan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of Barristers. She holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating.