About Kevin Carnie

Kevin M. Carnie Jr. has secured nearly half a billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients, with experience spanning catastrophic personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, civil rights, and complex business litigation. His product liability cases involve cranes, vehicles, construction and factory equipment, and medical devices. In business litigation, he has handled antitrust, securities fraud, insurance coverage, patent infringement, and consumer fraud matters. Among his notable results is a $109 million verdict for an asphalt company after proving a quarry supplier misrepresented the quality of its base rock, and a $32.4 million TCPA class-action verdict involving robocalls.

He has also obtained a $20 million settlement for children with disabilities following discovery of abusive conditions on their school buses, and a $24 million settlement for a man catastrophically injured in an industrial equipment accident. He graduated summa cum laude from Saint Louis University with a double major in psychology and criminal justice, then earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law, graduating cum laude in the top 5% of his class and earning induction to the Order of the Woolsack. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2014 to 2023 and a Super Lawyer since 2024, and has been named to Best Lawyers in America since 2023.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$109 millionVerdict

A four-day trial ended with a $109.2 million verdict against LaFarge North America after Simon Law proved the supplier knowingly sold Gleeson Asphalt base rock that did not meet the grade it was labeled and paid for.

St. Louis County Circuit Court · 2025Read the full story →
$3.01 millionVerdict

A St. Louis County jury found MDB Construction Services negligent after a pool contractor left gravel in a Wydown bike lane without a permit or warning devices, and an e-scooter rider crashed in 2022. On October 16, 2025, the jury awarded Jason Wheeler $3 million in compensatory damages plus $10,000 in punitive damages. We found no post-trial ruling or appeal.

St. Louis County Circuit Court, Missouri (Judge Brian May) · 2025Premises LiabilityRead 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.
Saint Louis University (summa cum laude)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other St. Louis firms

Gray Ritter Graham
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$4.69 billion · St. Louis Jury Awards $4.69 Billion to 22 Women Over Asbestos-Laced Talcum Powder
Schultz & Myers Personal Injury Lawyers
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$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
Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law
Cofman Townsley Attorneys at Law
$247.3 million · St. Charles County Jury Awards $247.3 Million to Six Women Sexually Assaulted at Oasis Foot Spa

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