Dowd Bennett has been recognized by Best Lawyers® as St. Louis’ “Best Law Firm” in a number of Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings including: Appellate Practice Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Corporate Compliance Law Corporate Governance Law Criminal Defense: White-Collar Government Relations Practice Dowd Bennett also received a Metropolitan Tier 2…
BTI Consulting Group and its columnist, the Mad Clientist, has named Dowd Bennett one of the 62 Most Feared Law Firms in Litigation. According to the Clientist’s research, legal decision makers choose these top 62 firms for several reasons including: Redefine the Rules. Top firms challenge convention. Take on…
Dowd Bennett partner Arsenio L. Mims was named to the inaugural POWER list for Top Sports and Entertainment attorneys. The recognition, bestowed by Missouri Lawyers Media, recognizes, “Attorneys practices include intellectual property, employment, contracts, real estate and constitutional law as they advise and represent athletes and artists alike.” …
Founding partners Ed Dowd and Jim Bennett have been named by Best Lawyers® as 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” in two separate categories. Dowd is being honored as Lawyer of the Year in Corporate Compliance Law in St. Louis. Ed has previously received this distinction in 2016, 2018, 2020…
Best Lawyers® has recognized three Dowd Bennett Attorneys as “Ones to Watch” in St. Louis. Ones to Watch is a peer reviewed methodology that recognizes the professional excellence of attorneys in the earlier stages of their careers. Our awardees are: Partner Phil Cantwell, Commercial Litigation Partner Arsenio Mims, Criminal…
Best Lawyers®, a peer-based evaluation of a lawyer’s skill in his or her same geographical and practice areas, has recognized the following Dowd Bennett attorneys in its 30th edition: Partner Jim Bennett, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Qui Tam Law Partner Elizabeth Carver, Appellate Practice Partner John…
Once again, Jim Bennett has been selected as one of America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators®. This selection, which is by invitation only, is “comprised of the nation’s most exceptional trial lawyers for High Stakes Business Litigation matters.” Less than ½ of one percent of active attorneys in the U.S.…
BTI Consulting Group has named Dowd Bennett partner Jim Bennett a 2023 Client Service All-Star stating, “Bennett has a national practice of cases that are not expected to settle before trial or appeal. He is lead trial and appellate counsel in high-profile cases, and has tried to verdict many…
The Chambers USA Guide recognized Dowd Bennett in Band 1 for two practice areas in Missouri: “Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations” and “Litigation: General Commercial.” Additionally, the 2023 guide individually ranked five Dowd Bennett partners in “Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations”: Jim Bennett, Ed Dowd,…
2023.05.19 Dowd Bennett statement on appointment of Gabe Gore as Circuit Attorney
Dowd Bennett is a litigation firm with extensive courtroom experience. Led by trial-seasoned lawyers, including former federal prosecutors and judicial law clerks, our team shares tenacity, a passion for seeing cases through trial and a complete commitment to client service.