Parish, Lawrence W.

Morry Cole received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Baylor University, specializing in finance. Mr. Cole graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. While in law school he served as an editor of the Missouri Law Review, a research assistant for Professor Martha Dragich, and an intern to former Missouri Supreme Court (now 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge) Judge Duane Benton.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Cole worked for the Missouri Supreme Court as law clerk and research attorney for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Edward D. Robertson, Jr.

Mr. Cole has written articles for the Missouri Law Review on the subjects of discovery of medical records and recollection of witnesses. He has published articles and continuing legal education materials relating to Wrongful Death cases in the Missouri Bar Journal and the Missouri Bar CLE Black Book on Damages in Civil Cases. He has lectured for the University of Missouri, the Missouri Bar, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and many civic and scholastic organizations.

Mr. Cole has served on The Missouri Bar Young Lawyer's Section as editor of "The Young Lawyer," Secretary, Vice-Chairperson and, in 2005, Chairperson. He has served on The Missouri Bar Board of Governors and is a member of The University of Missouri Jefferson Club, Law Society, and Law School Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Cole has been appointed an Adjunct Professor of Pretrial Litigation at Washington University School of Law.

In 2003, Mr. Cole received The Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Award for "outstanding expression to the qualities of professional competence, industry, integrity and courtesy indicative of an able trial lawyer." In 2005, he was given The Missouri Bar Foundation's David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award for "outstanding achievement in appellate practice." Mr. Cole was also named the 2006 recipient of the St. Louis County Bar Association's Roy F. Essen Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. The annual award is given for excellence as a lawyer, distinguished service to the Bar, and outstanding service to the community. Mr. Cole is the only attorney ever to receive all three of these prestigious awards. Mr. Cole was also named a "2007 Up & Coming Lawyer" by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

Mr. Cole is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Aviation Law and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, and among the "Best Lawyers in St. Louis" in St. Louis Magazine. Mr. Cole has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given.

Mr. Cole has been annually selected to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers [among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas] since 2008, in the area of Personal Injury Plaintiff-General Litigation. He was also cited as a "Top 50 St. Louis Attorney" by the same publication.

He represents clients in a broad range of litigation, including wrongful death, complex personal injury, product liability and aviation law. Mr. Cole is an instrument-rated private pilot.