The jury in a St. Louis County trial returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Kathleen Hamilton and Thomas Magee’s client in a legal malpractice case.

The case had its roots in a complicated family business dispute dating back to 2014. Hamilton and Magee’s client was retained in February 2015 to explore reorganization and a possible filing for bankruptcy. The plaintiff later filed a legal malpractice claim against HeplerBroom’s client, and summary judgment was granted but later reversed on appeal. At the subsequent trial, the jury took less than an hour to find in favor of HeplerBroom’s client.

Hamilton and Magee, partners in the firm’s St. Louis office, defend professional liability and appellate matters. Hamilton has been named to the list of Best Lawyers in America and has been nominated four times to potentially fill judicial vacancies on the Missouri Court of Appeals. She speaks and writes regularly on numerous legal topics, and in 2021 she was appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to the Joint Commission on Women in the Profession. Magee has been chosen as a Fellow in the highly selective American College of Trial Lawyers and is a past recipient of the annual Missouri Lawyer Award from Missouri Lawyers Weekly for being the defense attorney with the most reported verdicts/judgments. His numerous other honors include being named an AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, a multi-year recipient of St. Louis Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America, a Best Lawyer in St. Louis by St. Louis Magazine, and a Top 50 and Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer.