Dorothy L. White-Coleman

Principal Areas Of Practice: Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Business Law, Tort Litigation, Municipal Law and Municipal Finance, particularly: Administrative Contracts Corporate and Business Business and Commercial Litigation Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation Labor and Employment Law and Related Litigation Municipal Finance and Related Securities Law Municipal Government Law Real Estate School and Educational Law Trade Secrets, Trademark and Copyright Infringement Admitted To Bar: Missouri and Illinois. Preparatory Education: University of Missouri-St. Louis (B. A. Political Science). Legal Education: St. Louis University School of Law (J. D., Cum Laude). Prior Legal Experience: White, Ovletrea & Watson, L. C./White & Watson, L. C., St. Louis, Missouri, Member/Manager; Peoples, Hale & Coleman, St. Louis, Missouri, Partner; Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, Associate; United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Staff Law Clerk to the late Honorable Floyd R. Gibson; Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, Summer Intern. Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association, Delegate; The Missouri Bar, Special Committee on Women and Minorities, Chair; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Board of Governors-Presidential Liaison, and Co-Chair, Family Law Committee; Illinois Bar Association; Mound City Bar Association, President; National Bar Association; Missouri Commission on Continuing Legal Education, Commissioner; Bar Committee of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Division Special Representative; Industrial Development Authority, City of St. Louis, Board of Directors; Adjunct Professor, Civil Practice, St. Louis University School of Law; Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group of the U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; St. Louis City Private Industry Council, Board of Directors; Downtown St. Louis Management Corporation, Board of Directors,; Downtown St. Louis Community Improvement District, Board of Directors, Chair; St. Louis Housing Authority, Chair, Board of Commissioners; Missouri Supreme Court Rules Committee; St. Louis Internship Program, Board of Directors; African Heritage Association of St. Louis, Inc., Board of Directors (2000 to present); Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority of the City of St. Louis, Board of Commissioners; The Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri, Member, Chair (2016 to present); The Missouri Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2008 to present); Missouri Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, Member (2018-present);The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, Board of Directors; Womens Justice Award-Litigation Practitioner; National Bar Association Esquire Award-Outstanding Leadership in the Profession and the Community; Mound City Bar Association Legal Legends Award; Missouri Lawyers Weekly ICON Award.