About Stephen Woodley

Steve Woodley received a D.M.D. from Washington University in 1982 and a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1986. Since joining Gray Ritter Graham he has served as lead trial counsel in several hundred medical negligence cases throughout Missouri, with a practice that also covers automobile and trucking accidents. He is a frequent lecturer at law, medical and dental schools and professional societies on medical and dental negligence, and has given continuing legal education presentations on voir dire and wrongful death damages. Steve has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 2003 and was named St. Louis Personal Injury Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year (2021) and St. Louis Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year (2018). He holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$625,000Verdict

A St. Louis jury awarded $625,000 to Dawn Brancati, a cyclist whose legs were broken when a Metro Call-A-Ride shuttle struck her in a marked crosswalk in 2015. The jury assigned all fault to the transit agency and its driver, who had never seen her. The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict in 2018.

Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri · 2017Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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., 1986
Washington University
Undergraduate, 1978

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri, admitted 1986
State Bar of Illinois, admitted 1986

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