Attorney Profiles

James R. Keller is a 1980 graduate of Washington University School of Law where he was the managing editor of the Urban Law Annual. Licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois, he has extensive bench and jury trial experience in both state and federal courts. He also is an arbitrator and mediator. He concentrates his trial practice on civil litigation and appeals with an emphasis on complex business disputes, construction law, ADR and real estate. He has tried to conclusion more than 90 cases involving construction, breach of contract, real estate, condemnation, intellectual property, employment, environmental, health care, personal injury, trusts and estates, sale of business, consumer, computer and insurance fraud, admiralty, franchise and distributor rights, and criminal matters. He has briefed and argued more than fifteen appeals and tried more than 15 cases in arbitration. He also counsels clients on a wide range of matters.

Mr. Keller is a panelist with the American Arbitration Association "AAA" (Commercial and Construction Law Sections). He is a member of AAA's Construction Arbitrator Master Panel and the Large Complex Case Panel. He has been an arbitrator in more than 50 cases and a mediator in many cases involving commercial and construction disputes. He also writes the legal column for the St. Louis Construction News & Review. Mr. Keller is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Listed as a Super Lawyer in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2006 for Construction Litigation.

Mr. Keller has written more than 45 articles since 1999 related to his practice areas. One of his recent articles is the Annual Survey of the Law for ADR, which he presented at the Missouri Bar's ADR Conference on October 15, 2004 in Columbia, MO. To view this article as well as others, click on Herzog Crebs LLP. Articles