Armstrong Teasdale is a partner-owned law firm headquartered in
St. Louis, Missouri
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.
The firm has about 800 employees in 18 offices
and is one of the largest law firms in the St. Louis area.
It was founded in 1901.
History
Armstrong Teasdale was founded in 1901.
In 1989, it merged with Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands, Schmitt & Gorman, which became the firm's Kansas City office.
In 1995, it created a consulting arm called A-T International Consultants to practice Chinese law out of
Shanghai
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.
By 1996, Armstrong Teasdale had 168 lawyers and was the third largest law firm in the St. Louis area.
It merged with a D.C. firm, Tighe Patton & Babbin, in 2000.
It also later merged with Pellegrini & O'Keefe. The firm established its first east coast office in Philadelphia in 2018.
Shortly afterward, Armstrong Teasdale expanded its east coast operations with new offices in
Utah
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,
New York
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, New Jersey, Illinois, and
.
In 2021, the firm expanded to the Delaware and the United Kingdom by merging with Kerman & Co.
In 2022, the firm opened offices in Miami, Washington, D.C., and Dublin, Ireland. In 2023, the firm expanded to Orange County and Chicago.
Legal work
Armstrong Teasdale's legal work has included supporting the financing of the St. Louis
Cardinals Stadium and the St. Louis Mills Mall.
It also helped
Victoria's Secret
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sue
The May Department Stores Company
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regarding a non-compete agreement that would have prohibited an executive from working at Victoria's Secret.
Armstrong Teasdale has also done several high-profile personal injury and product liability cases on both the defense and plaintiff side. In 2017, it helped
Johnson & Johnson
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overturn a $72 million verdict in litigation over
talcum powder
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. In 2019, it represented
Payless in its bankruptcy filing. And in 2020, it earned a $386 million contract for biotech intellectual property work for the National Institutes of Health.
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Law firms established in 1901
Law firms based in St. Louis
1901 establishments in Missouri
Companies based in St. Louis County, Missouri