Amy Collignon Gunn

Amy Collignon Gunn
800 Market Street, Suite 1700
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
314-241-2929 telephone
314-241-2029 fax
agunn@simonlawpc.com

EDUCATIONSaint Louis University School of Law
J.D. cum laude, 1996
Managing Editor, ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY LAW JOURNAL, 1995-96

Transylvania University
B.A. Political Science, 1993
Lexington, Kentucky

LEGALThe Simon Law Firm, P.C.
EMPLOYMENTSt. Louis, Missouri, June, 2002 – Present
Member

Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank & True
Edwardsville, Illinois, Summer, 1995 and September, 1996-June, 2002
Partner

Magistrate Judge Clifford J. Proud
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
East St. Louis, Illinois, Spring, 1995
Judicial Intern

APPOINTMENTSMissouri Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee, 2017-present

TEACHINGAdjunct Professor of Pretrial Litigation at Washington University POSITIONSSchool of Law, Fall, 2001- 2015 (recipient of 10 years of service recognition, 2011)

American Association of Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Coach for Saint Louis University School of Law Team, 2009

Guest Lecturer at Washington University School of Law, Product Liability Class, Spring Semester, 2010, 2012

Missouri Association of Defense Lawyers (MODL) Trial Academy, Faculty Member and Presenter, 2013-2015

Guest Lecturer at Saint Louis University School of Law, Law and the Regulation of Science, Spring, 2016
Attorneys Information Exchange Group, (AIEG) Trucking Seminar, Faculty Member, November, 2017, 2018

AWARDSAmerican Jurisprudence Award- Commercial Transactions, 1996
and HONORSJohn C. Shepherd Professionalism Award, 2006
Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award, 2007
Up and Coming Lawyers, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2007
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 2007- present
Kentucky Colonel, 2007- present
40 Under 40, St. Louis Business Journal, 2008
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, 2008-present
The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury, 2009-present
Womens Justice Rising Star Award, 2009
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, Top 50 Women Missouri &
Kansas, 2010-present
American Trial Lawyers Assoc., Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2011-present
Member of the Inns of Court, 2011-2013
Presidents Award, BAMSL, 2013
Thomas A. Strong Award, MATA, 2013
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, Top 50 St. Louis, 2013-present
Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, Top 100, 2013-present
Inaugural Speaker for The Honorable Donald J. Gunn, Sr. Professionalism and Justice Address to the incoming class of Saint Louis University School of Law, August 11, 2014
The Best Lawyers Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions- Plaintiffs, 2014-present
The Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Law- Plaintiffs, 2014-present
The Best Lawyers Product Liability Litigation- Plaintiffs, 2014-present
The Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions- Plaintiffs- St. Louis, 2017
The Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Medical Malpractice Law- Plaintiffs- St. Louis, 2018
Eileen H. Searls Service Award, Womens Law Student Association at the Saint Louis University School of Law, 2018
American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), 2019-present
Womens Justice Litigation Practitioner Award, 2019

LICENSESIllinois
Missouri
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

REPORTEDBlock v. Toyota Motor Corp., 665 F.3d 944, (8th Cir. 2011)
CASES
Jefferson ex rel. Jefferson v. Missouri Baptist Medical Center,
447 S.W.3d 701, (Mo. App. E.D. 2014)

Shallow, et al v. Follwell, et al, ED No. 103811 (Mo. App. E.D. 2017)

PUBLICATIONSSearching for an Acceptable Reasonable Doubt Jury Instruction in
Light of Victor v. Nebraska, 40 ST. LOUIS U. L.J 145 (1996)
Structural Work Act Repeal Retroactive?, 4 IDC QUARTERLY 50
(1996)
Tort Immunity for Public Service Not-For-Profit Corporations,
4 IDC QUARTERLY 6 (1997)
Since When Is Too Nice A Fault?, XLV ST. LOUIS LAWYER 12
(2007)
Lets Thank the Role Models, ST. LOUIS LAWYER (Jan. 2008)
Life is a Spinning Plate, and I Want to Balance It!, WLA Newsletter
(Spring 2008)
The Rewards of Giving Back, SAINT LOUIS BRIEF, Spring 2009
Medical Device Preemption: Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. and Its
Aftermath, THE MISSOURI TRIAL ATTORNEY (Summer 2009)
The Value of Medical Bills? The Wait is Over, THE MISSOURI TRIAL ATTORNEY (Fall 2009)
Presidents Message, Women Lawyers Association of Greater St.
Louis Newsletter, Fall, 2017, Spring, 2018, Summer, 2018
Daubert: Yes! No! Maybe?, THE ST. LOUIS BAR JOURNAL, Vol. 65,
No. 1 (Summer 2018) (co-written with Elizabeth Washam-Lenivy)
On Women Lawyers, ST. LOUIS LAWYER, Vol. 69, Nov. 2018

PRESENTATIONSKeys to Litigating Missouri Bad Faith Cases, March 30, 2004
State Civil Litigation in Missouri, May 19, 2004
Misconceptions in Medical Malpractice Reform, October 22, 2004
Ethics in Litigation, December 9, 2004
Advanced Trial Advocacy in Missouri, January 19, 2005
Keys to Litigating Missouri Bad Faith Cases, June 3, 2005
Simon Passanante Trial Practice Seminar (moderator), 2005-2011
Plaintiffs Personal Injury From Start to Finish, June 29, 2006
Medical-Legal Implications of Placental Pathology, January 29, 2007
Guest Speaker at Washington University School of Law Health Law Association Luncheon, March 21, 2007
Successful Medical Malpractice Suits, April 27, 2007
How to Successfully Resolve Automobile Injury Cases, June 13, 2007
Litigation Case Management: Best Practices for Paralegals,
October 8, 2007
Tips for Handling The Personal Injury Case, December 14, 2007 (substitute for John Simon)
Gaining The Best Settlement in Auto Injury Cases, March 26, 2007
Successful Medical Malpractice Suits, April 22, 2008
How to Successfully Resolve Automobile Injury Cases, June 13, 2008
Document Management in the Trenches: How Paralegals Can Get & Stay Organized, January 29, 2009
Case Evaluation and Venue, BAMSL Bench, Bar and Professional Development Conference, May 29, 2009
The Value of Medical Bills, The Simon Law Firm Trial Practice Seminar, June 23, 2009
Pharmaceutical Litigation- Avoiding Preemption Pitfalls,
June 26, 2009
Trial Practice II, Masters Program: Split Decisions- Admissibility of Medical Bill Evidence in Missouri, September 25, 2009
Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, January 14, 2010
Getting the Most Out of Your Evidence, November 10, 2010
Where Does the Buck Stop? Dealing with Medical Bills, MATA Conference, June 26, 2011
The Mechanics of Illinois Civil Procedure, June 29, 2011
Medical Malpractice From A-Z, December 2, 2011
Medicare Set Asides in Personal Injury Litigation, February 24, 2012
Tips on Deposing Lay Witnesses, BAMSL-Bench and Bar Conf.,
June 1, 2012
Medical Malpractice from A-Z, NBI, December 7, 2012
Saint Louis University School of Law Deline Ethics and Professionalism Program for First Year Law Students,
April 5, 2013
Pre-Trial Motions, The Simon Law Firm Annual Seminar to Benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, June 18, 2013
Applying Medical Knowledge of Injuries to Your Case, NBI,
December 9, 2013
Introduction of Medical Records and Bills into Evidence, The Best Practice Series, April 4, 2014
Saint Louis University School of Law Deline Ethics and Professionalism Program for First Year Law Students,
April 4, 2014
Product Liability 101, St. Louis County Bar Association,
May 16, 2014
Product Liability 101, BAMSL, Bench and Bar Conference,
May 29, 2014
Anatomy of a Product Liability Case, The Simon Law Firm Seminar to Benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, June 17, 2014
Stacked Deck: Dealing (Still) with Billed v. Paid, MATA Conference, June 21, 2014
How to Avoid $1,000/day Penalties- Statutory Compliance with the Requirements of Liens, MODL/IDC, September 18, 2014
Take Control: Proving Doctors are Employees of Hospitals, Webinar, December 9, 2014
Auto Injuries: Advanced Plaintiff Strategies, NBI, September 25, 2015
Telling Your Clients Story With TechnologyDavid or Goliath? (Panel Discussion), Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, October 8, 2015
Expert Witnesses: Using Court Rules to Your Advantage, NBI Video Webcast, October 22, 2015
First Chair Society, Guest Speaker, Saint Louis University School of Law, February 23, 2016
Advanced Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Law, NBI, April 21, 2016
Plaintiffs Auto Injury Litigation, NBI Video Webcast, May 13, 2016
5th Annual E-Discovery Symposium, Ethical Collection (Panel Discussion), October 21, 2016
Saint Louis University School of Law Deline Ethics and Professionalism Program for First Year Law Students,
March 27, 2017
Legislative & Mass Tort Changes in Missouri, The Simon Law Firm Annual Seminar to Benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, June 20, 2017
Personal Injury from A to Z, NBI, June 30, 2017
Making Objections at Trial, Missouri Bar Webinar, July 25, 2017
Local Government Law From Start to Finish, Government Attorney Ethics: Protect Your Client and Yourself, September 19, 2017
Saint Louis University School of Law Outlaws Panel on Implicit Bias, October 17, 2017
Missouri Adopts Daubert: What you need to know, BAMSL Friday Fundamentals, November 3, 2017
What Judges Think: Real-World Scenarios in Civil Court-An Interactive Workshop, NBI (moderator), April 6, 2018
Closing Arguments, BAMSL, Bench and Bar Conference,
May 31, 2018
Plaintiffs Auto Injury Litigation, NBI Video Webcast, September 17, 2018
Legislation Impacting Litigators, Missouri Bar Annual Conference, Moderator, September 27, 2018
Advanced Mediator Training, USA&M, Negotiation & Mediation of Medical Malpractice Cases, September 29, 2018
ASSOCIATIONSAmerican Bar Association; American Bar Foundation Fellow, (State Co-Chair 2016-2018); Missouri Bar Association; Illinois Bar Association; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Treasurer, 2013-15, Women in the Legal Profession Committee, Bench and Bar CLE Planning Committee and John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award Committee; American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member of the Womens Caucus; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA), Board of Governors, Executive Committee and former Co-Chair of the Womens Caucus; Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis (WLA), Board Member-At-Large (2008-2013), President-Elect (2016), President (2017), Past-President (2018); American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (2017-present); Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), Board of Governors, (2018-present)

MARTINDALE-
HUBBELL AV Peer Review Rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability
Womens AV Preeminent Rating

PERSONALBorn and raised in Owensboro, Kentucky
Currently lives in Ladue, Missouri with husband, Kevin and sons, Connor and Nathan