Lawyer serving
Ferguson, MO.
Ferguson is ten minutes south of our Florissant office on West Florissant Road. We have represented Ferguson families in personal injury claims, criminal matters in Ferguson Municipal Court, work injuries, and estate planning for decades — across every change the city has been through.
10 minutes
south on West Florissant.
Most Ferguson clients meet us in our Florissant office. For clients who prefer it, we travel to Ferguson for in-home estate planning signings or first-meeting consultations.
The courthouses
that decide your case.
Three courts handle Ferguson cases — the local municipal bench (substantially reformed after 2014) plus St. Louis County Circuit and Probate in Clayton, about fifteen minutes south.
Ferguson Municipal Court
Ferguson City Hall · Ferguson, MO
Ordinance violations, traffic citations, and minor misdemeanors arising within Ferguson. After the post-2014 reforms, practices and fee structures have changed substantially.
St. Louis County Circuit Court
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Ferguson felony cases, divorce, significant civil matters, and probate. About fifteen minutes south of Ferguson.
St. Louis County Probate Division
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Estate administration, conservatorships, guardianships. Same Clayton building as the Circuit Court.
St. Louis City Circuit Court in downtown St. Louis hears matters arising in the City of St. Louis when jurisdiction reaches across the county line. We handle both.
Verify Before Relying Court addresses, hours, and procedural information above are believed accurate but may change. Verify current details with the court directly — addresses, dockets, filing windows, and clerk hours can change without notice. Statute citations and procedural references on this page were believed accurate at the time of writing; Missouri law changes regularly.
Eight focused practices.
One firm to call.
Every category of case we handle elsewhere in the St. Louis metro, we handle in Ferguson. The deeper practice pages are linked below.
Personal injury: car wrecks, truck collisions, slip-and-fall, wrongful death — see Personal Injury Lawyer Missouri, car accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death. No fee unless we recover.
Criminal defense: felony, misdemeanor, drug offenses, assault, weapons, federal — see Missouri criminal defense.
DWI & DUI defense: both the criminal case and the parallel administrative license proceeding — see Missouri DWI lawyer and the 15-day rule.
Workers' compensation: work injuries, denied claims, permanent disability — see Missouri workers' comp lawyer.
Traffic tickets: speeding, careless driving, CDL violations — see Missouri traffic ticket lawyer.
Expungement: sealing eligible misdemeanor and felony records — see Missouri expungement attorney.
License restoration: hardship petitions and full reinstatement — see license restoration in Missouri.
Estate planning: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate — see estate planning attorney Missouri.
The town,
in context.
Ferguson is a residential St. Louis County city of about 18,000. The 2014 events and the consent decree that followed have shaped how municipal court operates and how police interact with residents. We pay attention to that institutional context — it affects how cases get charged, how plea offers are made, and what defenses work.
For Ferguson clients, three case types come up most often: traffic and DWI matters along the West Florissant and Natural Bridge corridors, work injury claims (Ferguson's workforce includes significant industrial and service employment), and estate planning as a generation of long-tenured homeowners transitions property to children.
Ten minutes between Ferguson and our office. Forty-nine years of representing clients who happen to live in Ferguson — through every change the city has been through.
Ferguson legal FAQ —
straight answers.
The questions Ferguson residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.
What court handles felony cases for Ferguson residents?
Felony charges originating in Ferguson are filed in the St. Louis County Circuit Court at 105 South Central Avenue, Clayton. Initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and bond review are heard there before the case is assigned to a trial division. We appear in St. Louis County regularly.
Where is Ferguson’s municipal court located?
The Ferguson Municipal Court at City Hall handles ordinance violations. Speeding citations, careless-and-imprudent tickets, accident citations, and minor ordinance matters are heard there rather than at the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
How far is your office from Ferguson?
Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 10 minutes south of Florissant via West Florissant. Many Ferguson clients meet us in person; others handle the entire matter by phone and video, with in-home signings available for estate planning.
Can my Ferguson criminal case be expunged?
Many Missouri misdemeanors and a meaningful list of felonies are now expungeable under RSMo §610.140, with waiting periods that begin after sentence completion. We screen eligibility on the first call.
What is a suspended imposition of sentence in Missouri?
An SIS under RSMo §557.011 means the court accepts a guilty plea but does not enter a conviction if probation is completed. Done properly it preserves the record from showing a conviction for most purposes.
Nearby cities we also serve.
Florissant · Dellwood · Jennings · Berkeley
See also: St. Louis County · All locations