Spencer E. Farris: Personal Injury Attorney & Trial Advocate

Attorney at Law
farris@farrislaw.net
314-252-9937

About Spencer

For more than three decades, Spencer E. Farris has dedicated his career to helping injured people stand up to insurance companies, large corporations, and powerful institutions. As the founder of The S.E. Farris Law Firm, he has built a reputation throughout Missouri and Illinois for thoughtful advocacy, courtroom skill, and an unwavering commitment to justice.

Spencer believes the law is more than a profession. It is a public trust. That belief has guided every stage of his career, from his education at Washington University School of Law to his decades representing individuals and families whose lives have been changed by serious injuries, unsafe products, workplace accidents, medical negligence, denied insurance claims, and wrongful conduct.

A nationally recognized trial attorney, Spencer is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a distinction earned by only a small percentage of practicing attorneys. He is also a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College and has been selected to Super Lawyers year after year for his work on behalf of injury victims.

Beyond the courtroom, Spencer has helped shape the legal profession itself. He has served on the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Board of Governors and held leadership roles as both associate editor and editor of the organization’s magazine. Throughout his career, he has remained actively involved in advancing trial advocacy and protecting access to justice for everyday people.

What clients often appreciate most about Spencer is his approachability. He understands that most people contact a lawyer during one of the most difficult periods of their lives. They are facing uncertainty, mounting bills, physical pain, and pressure from insurance companies. Spencer’s goal is not simply to win cases. It is to help clients regain stability, confidence, and control over their futures.

Unlike firms that measure success by volume, Spencer intentionally maintains a practice focused on personal attention and meaningful client relationships. Every case receives the preparation, strategy, and advocacy it deserves. Because when someone’s future is on the line, they should never feel like just another file on a desk.

Today, Spencer continues to represent individuals and families throughout Missouri and Illinois in complex personal injury, car accident, trucking accident, workplace injury, and catastrophic injury matters. His mission remains the same as it was when he opened his firm: to provide skilled legal representation, honest counsel, and relentless advocacy for those who need it most.

Spencer’s Practice Focus

Throughout his career, Spencer has represented clients in cases involving:

• Serious motor vehicle collisions
• Commercial trucking accidents
• Catastrophic and life-altering injuries
• Wrongful death claims
• Dangerous and defective products
• Workplace and construction site injuries
• Insurance disputes and bad faith claims
• Complex personal injury litigation

Serving Clients Throughout Missouri and Illinois

Based in St. Louis, Spencer represents injury victims and their families throughout Missouri and Illinois, including clients facing serious injuries from automobile accidents, trucking collisions, workplace incidents, defective products, and other acts of negligence.

Education

• Washington University School of Law
• Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers’ College
• Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates

Accomplishments

• Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. The National Board of Trial Advocacy is a professional organization, recognized by the American Bar Association and in opinions by the United States Supreme Court for their rigorous certification procedures.
• Adjunct Professor in the Trial Advocacy Program at St. Louis University School of Law.
• Trial section chairman, Bar Association of St. Louis, 2010-2012
• A member of The Justice Roundtable, a prestigious and exclusive invitation-only group limited to 100 of the top personal injury attorneys in the nation. Each member has achieved the significant milestone of at least one verdict or settlement above $1,000,000 and has the proven ability to successfully handle serious injury accident and wrongful death cases while maintaining a spotless ethical record.
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Barrister, Order of Centurions
• Member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute

Best Case Lawyer Case Examples

LeSage vs. Dirt Cheap Cigarettes and Beer, Inc. – An unborn child was killed during the robbery of his mother. Farris successfully argued, to the Missouri Supreme Court, that the child’s father should be allowed to prove his paternity of the unborn child, and sue for the child’s wrongful death.

Grose vs. Nissan – A young man was paralyzed after he flew out of the hatchback of the car he was in during an otherwise minor crash. After the trial court improperly admitted a videotape of a misleading crash test, Farris appealed the case to the Missouri Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals agreed with Farris and held that the trial court should not have admitted the videotape. A new trial was ordered.

Farris has been the lead or supporting injury attorney in cases involving defective baby seats; dangerous drugs; defectively designed automobiles and airplanes; medical mistakes; nursing home neglect; discrimination; motor vehicle crashes involving motorcycles; semi-trucks and passenger vehicles; falls and work-related injuries. He is currently helping clients with injuries due to exposure to dangerous drugs such as Vioxx and asbestos-related injuries.