Jeff Hunt is a member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and has practiced law for 34 years in the St. Louis area. Jeff’s practice includes complex and general commercial and real estate litigation. Jeff’s representation of both large and small companies has involved shareholder disputes, fraud claims, appointment of a receiver and breach of fiduciary duty claims. His experience includes such varying matters as zoning appeals, products liability defense, insurance coverage claims, maritime issues, trademark infringement, and non-competition agreements. Additionally, Jeff has acted as insured’s counsel in numerous trials, including defending engineers and architects, physicians, health care providers and hospitals and attorneys against liability claims. Jeff acted as national litigation counsel for a products manufacturer in a multi-state and multi-district insurance subrogation case. Jeff has also obtained verdicts for companies in trademark infringement disputes.
Prior to practicing law, Jeff was a disc jockey and broadcast journalist for several radio stations in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky region. His experience includes marketing, advertising, and public relations for private businesses and public entities.
Jeff has taught research and writing and pretrial practice at Washington University in St. Louis. Jeff remains an active speaker and presenter to legal groups, risk management departments, and businesses.
Education
- J.D. (with highest distinction), University of Kentucky College Of Law, 1983 (Order of the Coif, Law Journal Associate Editor)
- B.A. (cum laude), Political Science and Broadcast Journalism, Marshall University, 1980
Practice Areas
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1983
- Illinois, 1984