About Gretchen Myers

Gretchen Myers is the founder of The Law Offices of Gretchen Myers, P.C. in St. Louis, Missouri, where she practices personal injury law. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in honors economics and political science from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri in 1984, where she was a member of the Missouri Law Review. After law school she clerked for the Honorable James H. Meredith, a United States federal district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. She is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois, and California. Her practice focuses on catastrophic trucking accident cases, product liability, wrongful death, and medical negligence claims, including hospital negligence, surgical errors, emergency room errors, and delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis.

In 2014, Best Lawyers in America named her Lawyer of the Year for medical malpractice law representing plaintiffs. She has received the Lon O. Hocker Award from the Missouri Bar, the Honorary Order of the Barristers Award from the University of Missouri, and the Daily Record Justice Award, and she is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She was named to the Missouri Lawyers Media Power List in 2022 and 2023. Myers is president-elect of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, the first woman selected to serve in that role, and a past president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$67,000Verdict

On March 9, 1987, Kim Hammond was driving westbound on Highway 70 in St. Louis with her seven-month-old daughter when a semi-tractor trailer owned by R.L. Smith Trucking Company moved into her lane and struck her car. Hammond sustained injuries to her right hand and her neck. R.L. Smith Trucking admitted liability at trial but disputed the extent of her damages. On June 27, 1991, a St. Louis jury awarded Hammond $67,000. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District affirmed the verdict in full on June 9, 1992, rejecting the trucking company's evidentiary challenge.

Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis (affirmed, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District) · 1991Truck 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

University of Missouri
J.D., 1984
University of Missouri
Undergraduate, 1981

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of California

Proven verdicts and settlements from other St. Louis firms

The Simon Law Firm
The Simon Law Firm
$745 Million Verdict Against Nitrous Oxide Distributor and Head Shop After Crash Killed a 25-Year-Old
Gray Ritter Graham
Gray Ritter Graham
$4.69 billion · St. Louis Jury Awards $4.69 Billion to 22 Women Over Asbestos-Laced Talcum Powder
Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers
Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers
$11.49 million · Parents of 6-Year-Old Killed by School Bus Win Wrongful Death Judgment Against Driver in St. Louis
Cantor Injury Law
Cantor Injury Law
$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
The Bruning Law Firm
The Bruning Law Firm
$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.