Lashly & Baer, P.C.

United States 2025

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Year founded: 1912

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Overview

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Lashly & Baer is a mid-size Missouri law firm with deep roots in St. Louis and surrounding areas including Belleville, Illinois. As a full-service firm, we’ve been fortunate to develop a very diversified and extremely loyal base of local, regional and national clients. Our clients have learned to expect a high level of service and a great degree of satisfaction, regardless of their size.

Whether it’s a private business, a government institution, a hospital or an individual - to each client, there is no more important legal matter than theirs. We know this and work hard to achieve results and help our clients reach their goals.

Given the complexities of today's business environment, lawyers develop experience in specific practice areas, such as; bankruptcy, corporate, education, estate planning, government, health care, labor and employment, litigation, medical malpractice defense, personal injury, product liability and toxic tort, professional liability, real estate and transportation. Our practice area groups allow these attorneys to team up with trusted partners with a similar passion.

Since 1912 we’ve added attorneys and developed practices; but our simple philosophy has never changed: at the core of every case is the client. We worry about only two things; the client’s best interest – and the law. The client’s goals become our goals, and the firm works tirelessly to find the most efficient and cost-effective solution to each legal issue.

Lashly & Baer, P.C. attorneys have served in Bar leadership positions at all levels; seven have been honored with listings in Best Lawyers in America® 2018, and several have been selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. In addition, the firm received top ranks by U.S. News & World Report in 2018 and continues to be Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV®.

Rankings

Lashly & Baer, P.C. is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 8 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Health Care Law

Metro Rankings

St. Louis

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Corporate Law

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Select Clients

ARCH Air Medical Service, Inc.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Bi-State Development Agency d/b/a Metro
City of Glendale, Missouri
City of Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri United School Insurance Council (MUSIC)
Vanliner Insurance Company
Wilson Manufacturing
American Multispecialty Group, Inc.
Bethesda Foundation
Costco Wholesale, Inc.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
General Baptist Nursing Home Board, Inc.
General Motors Corp.
Gershman Investment Corporation
Healthcare Management, Inc.
Healthcare Services Group
HealthSouth Corporation
Hospital Services Group
Intermed Insurance Company
Mercy Health
Missouri Foundation for Health
Missouri Hospital Plan
Missouri Nurses Association
Permalok Corporation
Rate Commission of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Regions Bank
Rockwood School District
Saint Francis Medical Center
Saint Louis University
St. Louis Bank
St. Louis County Library
St. Louis Housing Authority
St. Louis Public Library
Stanbury Uniforms, Inc.
Sunrise Senior Living
Tenet HealthSystem
The Bar Plan
U.S. Cellular
UniGroup, Inc.
Zurich, N.A.

Highlighted Client Comments

All client comments represent the opinions of the people who provided them. All potential clients are urged to remember that no two cases are ever completely alike and that the result in one case does not guarantee a similar result in another case.

Health Care Law

I have rarely had the opportunity to work with such competent, professional lawyers in my career and highly recommend Lashly & Baer to anyone in need of the industry's best. Joshua Gilmore, CEO ICMC

Joshua Gilmore – Iron County Medical Center

Employment Law - Management

The attorneys at Lashly & Baer remain partners in our endeavor to provide high-quality educational services for our children and the exceptional services we provide to our community. They know our high expectations and deliver extraordinary legal services! Our team benefits greatly from their expertise and knowledge.

Mark Miles – Rockwood School District

Health Care Law

First class law firm, very knowledgeable and very responsive. We looking forward to working with Rich Hill again in the future.

Bill Morton – Leo Brown Group

Corporate Law

Patrick Foppe and his colleagues are very responsive. As an owner of a manufacturing company, I'm involved in complicated contracts and agreements. I can always count on Lashly & Baer to have the expertise.

John Murphy – Neff Press, Inc.

Corporate Law

In my 42 years in business Lashly & Baer is one of the finest law firms I have worked with, they can handle a wide range of business issues that involve running an international company.

Matt Wilson – Wilson Manufacturing

Employment Law - Management

Anytime I call the office with questions, Lashly & Baer are always very knowledgeable and quick with responses.

Corporate Law

Lashly & Baer has provided expert counsel and guidance in the many different matters that arise for a non-profit that is also a government subdivision. We depend on the firm for a wide range of services, which have been consistently provided quickly, clearly, and at reasonable cost.

Waller McGuire, Executive Director – The City of St. Louis Municipal Library District

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 3

Tier 3 for Health Care Law

Regional Rankings

St. Louis

Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation

Tier 1 for Corporate Law

Tier 1 for Health Care Law

Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Tier 2 for Employment Law - Management

Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance

Tier 3 for Copyright Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.

Corporate Law
Employment Law - Management
Health Care Law
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^®

Lashly & Baer, P.C. has 13 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Lashly & Baer, P.C. eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.

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