David "Dave" Grebel - Lawyer in St. Louis, MO

A lifelong resident of St.Louis, Dave began practicing personal injury law in 2003. Since that time, he has been repeatedlyrecognized as one of the top personal injury attorneys in Missouri. Since 2015,he has been honored in Best Lawyers inAmerica for Plaintiffs Personal Injury. Daveis one of only 21 Plaintiffs Personal Injury lawyers listed in Best Lawyers for the City of St. Louis. Best Lawyers has become universallyregarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer review survey in whichalmost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly 5 million votes on legal abilitiesof other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not allowedto pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in BestLawyers is considered a singular honor.

Daveshonors and awards have been the result of his efforts in obtaining numerousfavorable results for his clients. In2019, he was successful in obtaining a $16,000,000.00 settlement, whichrepresented all of the available insurance coverage, for a client that wasrendered a quadriplegic by a falling tree branch. He was recognized by the Missouri LawyersWeekly magazine with an award for the highest individual plaintiff settlementin the State of Missouri for the result in this case. He also obtained a $6,000,000.00 settlement in Knott v. Shepherd,Inc. for a woman seriously injured in a truck accident. He resolved another truck accident case for$1,087,000.00 on behalf of a family that suffered various injuries when theywere rear ended by a tractor trailer, as well as a dump truck collision casefor $1,300,000.00 involving a client that suffered a back injury. Additionally, he recovered $3,490,000.00against a confidential utility company in a rural county for three power lineworkers that were electrically shocked by 69,000 volts when a defectively builtwire reel stand malfunctioned. He hasresolved multiple other product liability cases, including one for $1,175,000.00involving the death of a client.

Dave has also been instrumental in obtaining millions of dollarsin settlements for clients injured by defective pharmaceutical products andmedical devices, for clients injured by negligent nursing homes, and forclients injured in auto accidents, premises liability accidents, and workerscompensation cases. Due to such favorable results, Dave receivesreferrals on pharmaceutical and medical device cases from around the country.As a result of his manysuccess in resolving cases, he was asked to author the introduction to theMissouri Bars CLE desk book entitled Settling Cases. This desk book, which is used by attorneysaround the state, gives advice from experienced personal injury attorneys onthe best ways to settle cases and obtain the best results for clients.

Dave lives in St. Louis with his wife, son, and daughter. He is a proud graduate of the University ofMissouri and the University of Missouri School of Law. While in law school, Dave was a member of theOrder of the Coif, which is awarded to law students in the top 10% of theclass, and the Missouri Law Review.