Patrick J. Hagerty

About Patrick Hagerty Pat has over thirty-five years of experience as a trial lawyer in state and federal courts across the country, concentrating in railroad, automobile and trucking accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and commercial litigation. Pat has secured numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has been regularly recognized for excellence as a lawyer and for service to the legal community. After a successful college soccer career, Pat attended law school at St. Louis University. Thereafter, he had the great pleasure and distinction of serving as a law clerk for an esteemed judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Carl R. Gaertner. He then worked at a large defense firm in St. Louis before joining Gray Ritter Graham in 1992. He has been with the firm ever since. Pat is a recipient of the Presidents Award from the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Board of Governors, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. On three occasions, he has been elected President of the Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter of ABOTA. He has been named Best Lawyers Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year in St. Louis and is among Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in areas of transportation, maritime, litigation, and personal injury. Pat is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. He has practiced in State and Federal Courts in Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas and Idaho. He has argued appeals in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeal.