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Overview

Corey is a mass tort and product liability litigator with a passion for defending clients as national coordinating counsel in the nation's most dangerous jurisdictions.

Corey represents clients in state and federal courts across the country in all aspects of litigation. He manages clients' dockets of cases serving as national coordinating counsel and regional counsel directing and implementing strategy, working closely with local counsel firms, and efficiently managing client resources. Corey focuses his practice on defending corporate clients in complex tort cases involving product liability, premises liability, toxic tort and chemical exposure claims.

Corey's work involves defending claims arising from exposure to asbestos, benzene, silica, petroleum, diacetyl, flooring products and other chemicals. Corey has also defended pharmaceutical and medical device companies in addition to various other individual product manufacturers. His work in these fields led to an extensive knowledge of the medical and scientific issues impacting his clients' cases.

Corey manages large numbers of claims pending across the country in a coordinated and strategic manner to advance his clients' goals and minimize risk. He works directly with many of the nation's largest and most prolific plaintiffs' law firms in the most problematic jurisdictions for corporate defendants. In addition to strategically working cases up for trial, Corey negotiates cases individually and on a global basis to deliver results.

Corey has also published law review articles and contributed to amicus briefs on important topics that directly impact industry-wide liability.

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Recognition

  • Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Class Action, Rising Star, 2014-2023

Education

  • J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law
    • Certificate in Health Law
    • Saint Louis University Public Law Review, Managing Editor
  • B.S., Truman State University
    • cum laude
    • Blue Key National Honor Fraternity
    • Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Fraternity

Admissions

  • Missouri
  • Illinois
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • American Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Defense Research Institute Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, Young Lawyer Liaison, 2012-2013


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Featured Experience

A Precedent-Setting Victory

When an international manufacturer was sued by an Oklahoma resident in the City of St. Louis for premises liability, Corey and his team achieved an extremely favorable verdict that set a precedent in the state. The plaintiff alleged that he had been exposed to asbestos while working at the client’s facility in Oklahoma, but admitted that – unlike some of the other 70 defendants – the claims related to the client did not arise from any contacts with Missouri. The court agreed with Corey’s argument that this eliminated any grounds for the exercise of specific jurisdiction under Missouri's long-arm statute, despite the client’s ongoing business contact in the state. The decision was a major development for personal jurisdiction jurisprudence in Missouri and the first of its kind following Daimler AG v. Bauman. By limiting how much the client could be sued for in Missouri state courts, Corey and his team saved the client an extensive amount of money – and made ripples across plaintiffs’ bars.


Additional Experience
  • Served as national coordinating counsel, trial counsel and local counsel for defendants in asbestos, silica, diacetyl and benzene lawsuits.
  • Served as national trial counsel for leading clinical reference laboratory, responsible for all clinical and anatomic pathology-related lawsuits filed against the lab throughout the U.S.
  • Represented clients in tobacco, pharmaceutical, medical device and other complex product liability lawsuits.
  • Served as litigation counsel for a national title insurance company.
News Releases | May 28, 2020
Husch Blackwell Named CLOC's Inaugural Legal Innovation in Operations Project Award Winner

Husch Blackwell is believed to be the only law firm to date to be recognized by both the CLOC LIO Project and ACC Value Champion award series for its ability to implement legal solutions that cut spending, improve predictability and achieve better outcomes.

Outside the Office

Corey spends much of his free time with his two young children, who enjoy bike rides, parks and simply being outdoors. He and his young son also share a passion for golf.

In addition, Corey finds real estate exciting, and he often rehabs properties for sale in south St. Louis.