Niki Miller Stilwell formed her own firm in 2022 after 30 years working for her father, continuing to focus on workers compensation and personal injury cases in Missouri and Illinois. Niki has lectured at numerous conferences and presents at high schools on the importance of law and legal profession. She lives in St. Louis with… read more

Ryan Murphy began his legal career in 2004 under the guidance of a particularly talented and compassionate attorney, who took the time to share his knowledge and passion for representing injured employees in Missouri Workers’ Compensation claims. Ryan founded The Ryan E. Murphy Law Firm in 2010, and for the last sixteen years, has continued… read more

Raised on a farm near Advance, Missouri, Michael earned his JD from Southern Illinois University and his LLM from University of Missouri – Columbia. Before practicing law, he farmed and packed meat. He has practiced workers’ compensation law since 1989 as an attorney, Associate ALJ, and law professor. He is a partner in Rice Spaeth… read more

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln,… read more

Ann Dalton is a partner in the law firm of Hammond and Shinners, PC. She practices in the area of workers’ compensation, representing individuals in Missouri and in Illinois. Ms. Dalton has lectured on workers’ compensation benefits at legal education seminars, union meetings and on behalf of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys for the… read more

Karla Ogrodnik Boresi has proudly served as an administrative law judge for the Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation since 2000. Prior to her appointment, she was an assistant attorney general, defending the Missouri Second Injury Fund, a prosecutor, and an associate in the smallest office of the largest law in Indiana. In her spare time,… read more

Randy Charles Alberhasky has been representing injured workers and their families in Missouri for thirty years. He has tried several hundred workers’ compensation claims, handled over thirty appeals and successfully litigated two claims before the Missouri Supreme Court. He is President-Elect of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and graduated from the University Missouri School… read more

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, David graduated from Ripon College and Hamline University School of Law. He moved to St. Louis and worked for Evans and Dixon. Later he joined Keefe and Griffiths. David has presented CLE programs for many organizations over the years, and was presented with the Distinguished Lawyer Award in 2014 by the… read more

Michael C. Duff is Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law. He is a member of the American Law Institute, a scholar-member of the Center for Progressive Reform, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an academic fellow at… read more