For a third consecutive year, BB&D’s founding member Robert D. Blitz has been included in Missouri Lawyers Media’s Power List of Top 100 Attorneys for 2022. This exclusive group recognizes the top attorneys across practice fields, and Bob was named among the top nine in the area of Commercial and Consumer Law. Congratulations, Bob!
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BB&D Firm Included in Missouri Lawyers Media’s List of Top 20 Law Firms
On December 5, 2022, Missouri Lawyers Media published its first ever list of Missouri’s Top 20 Law Firms. BB&D was included among this elite list of law firms and received special recognition for securing the largest settlement in Missouri. Congratulations to everyone at BB&D!
Robert D. Blitz Inducted Into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
BB&D Founding Member Robert D. Blitz was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on October 23, 2022. The Missouri State Chapter recognized Bob as an Outstanding American for his tremendous contributions to the sport of wrestling. Bob’s father, Morris E. Blitz, was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978.
Eight BB&D Attorneys Selected as 2023 Best Lawyers in America
BB&D attorneys Chris Bauman, Bob Blitz, Jim Deutsch, Kevin Fleming, Bridget Nave, Rich Rothman and Rob Brandt have been selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Chris Bauman and Bob Blitz were selected for Commercial Litigation, Kevin Fleming for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law, […]
Bob Blitz Named as Special Master in Monsanto Cases
BB&D’s founding member Robert D. Blitz has been appointed by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County to serve as Special Master in the first case to go to trial in St. Louis County relating to claims that Monsanto’s Roundup-brand product causes cancer. The case is currently in week three of a scheduled five-week jury […]
Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman Secure Judgment for Concrete Strategies
Congratulations are in order for BB&D client Concrete Strategies, LLC, a subsidiary of St. Louis construction firm Clayco, Inc. BB&D attorneys Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman recently secured a judgment in excess of $850,000.00 in favor of Concrete Strategies relating to work it conducted at the Railway Exchange Building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The case […]
Robert D. Blitz Receives BAMSL’s Distinguished Lawyer Award
On May 2, 2022, at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’s (BAMSL) Law Day Celebration, BAMSL awarded its Honorable E. Richard Webber Distinguished Lawyer Award to BB&D founding member Robert D. Blitz. The Law Day Celebration featured a keynote address by former U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill. The Distinguished Lawyer Award is the highest honor […]
BB&D Attorneys Successfully Defend Business Owner In Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
BB&D member Rob Brandt represented a client who had been a salesperson at a commercial and residential contractor. Our client believed he had been underpaid and left the company. He started his own competing company, which became extremely successful. His former employer then sued him and the new company for breach of a non-compete agreement, […]
Rob Brandt Selected as 2021 “Best Attorney” in St. Louis
Robert Brandt was recognized as a 2021 “Best Attorney” by St. Louis Small Business Monthly. The publication accepts nominations and surveys its readers for the best legal services providers in St. Louis. To read the full list of attorneys receiving this acknowledgment, please check out the August 2021 St. Louis Small Business Monthly issue: https://www.pageturnpro.com/St-Louis-Small-Business-Monthly/100905-STL-SBM-August-2021/sdefault.html#page/12 […]
Congratulations to Bob Blitz
Congratulations are in order for Bob Blitz of Blitz, Bardgett, & Deutsch who earned his second consecutive selection into Missouri Lawyers Media’s “The Power List” for Commercial Law attorneys. The Power List is an exclusive group of only twenty-eight attorneys described as the “most powerful commercial and consumer attorneys in Missouri.” Congratulations Bob!
Eight BB&D Attorneys Selected as 2022 Best Lawyers in America
BB&D attorneys Chris Bauman, Bob Blitz, Jim Deutsch, Kevin Fleming, Bridget Nave, and Rich Rothman have been selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Chris Bauman and Bob Blitz were selected for Commercial Litigation, Kevin Fleming for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law, Rich Rothman […]
BB&D Achieves Victory Before 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
BB&D attorney Robert Blitz succeeded in defending BB&D client Kansas City-St. Louis Regional Carpenters Regional Council on appeal before the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The District Court previously dismissed a Union member’s attempt to bring action against a union official for breach of statutory duties. The appeal involved complex issues of law under […]
BB&D Secures $1.7 Million Judgment In Industrial Contractor Dispute
BB&D attorney Bob Blitz successfully defended an arbitration award in federal court in St. Louis. The Court entered a $1.7 million judgment for BB&D’s client, a design-build contractor, confirming an arbitration award that Blitz recently won for his client. The judgment is against a subcontractor on an estimated $1 billion industrial project for a customer […]
BB&D Caps off 2020 with Third Straight Appellate Victory
BB&D attorneys Robert Blitz and Chris Bauman recently secured an appellate victory from the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals. The lawsuit involved claims brought by a BB&D client against an insurance carrier for failing to provide a defense to previous litigation. The trial court dismissed the claims, finding the insurance policy did not provide coverage. On […]
BB&D Represents Gold Block Ventures in Acquisition and Financing of Parkville, Missouri Multi-Family Development
BB&D recently represented Gold Block Ventures (Denver, CO) in its acquisition and financing of a multi-family residential development in Parkville, Missouri, a newly constructed project that will eventually include 36 separate residential buildings containing 264 apartment units and 100 townhomes with many shared amenities. BB&D is proud to assist Gold Block Ventures in its entrance […]
Three BB&D Attorneys Named 2020 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch is honored to announce three of our outstanding attorneys have been recognized by their peers as Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers – 2020. The annual Super Lawyers’ list consists of exceptional attorneys who are handpicked from a multitude of practice areas, having attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional […]
Bob Blitz Named to Missouri Lawyers Media “POWER 30” in Commercial and Consumer Law
BB&D member Bob Blitz has been selected to Missouri Lawyers Media’s “POWER 30” for Commercial and Consumer Law. Per Missouri Lawyers Media: “We look at practitioners who have won notable jury trials, achieved significant settlements in both class action suits and individual claims, and helped to set important precedents that shape the law. Our editorial […]
BB&D Congratulates Veterans Community Project (VCP) on St. Louis Land Dedication
BB&D is proud to be a partner of Veterans Community Project (VCP), and congratulates VCP on its land dedication for VCP Village in St. Louis held on October 16, 2020, a milestone event attended by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, and other elected officials from St. Louis and Kansas City . […]
BB&D Represents Minority Owner In Sale of 40% Ownership Interest Back To Company (Summer 2020)
BB&D attorneys Robert Brandt, Bridget Nave and Brett Sayers represented a minority owner in selling his shares back to the corporation for $7 million after the shareholder was terminated as a director, officer and employee of the Company. BB&D was able to obtain for the client: full payment at closing of the purchase price (instead of […]
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Quickly Confirms Arbitration Award in Federal Court
BB&D attorney Robert D. Blitz obtained an order from the federal court in St. Louis confirming their client’s arbitration award of more than $1.3 million. The court confirmed the award despite opposition from the opposing party, which filed objections and a motion to modify the award. The court quickly overruled all objections and granted all […]
Seven BB&D Attorneys Selected as 2021 Best Lawyers in America
BB&D attorneys Chris Bauman, Bob Blitz, Jim Deutsch, Kevin Fleming, Bridget Nave and Rich Rothman have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Chris Bauman and Bob Blitz were selected for Commercial Litigation, Kevin Fleming and Rich Rothman for Real Estate, Jim Deutsch for Gaming Law, and Bridget […]
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Wins $1.7 Million Arbitration Award For Construction Client
BB&D attorney Robert D. Blitz represented a design-build company in its breach of contract action against a subcontractor. Our client brought the action after the subcontractor did not provide the workers or materials to complete its scope of work in compliance with the project’s schedule. Our client had to supplement the subcontractor’s work with additional […]
BB&D Successfully Defends the Dismissal of Petition Against Carpenters Union
BB&D attorney Robert Blitz successfully defended the Kansas City-St. Louis Regional Carpenters Council on appeal from the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former business agent. The lawsuit centered around allegations of wrongful termination implicating a complex area of federal law governing unions under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The plaintiff attempted to […]
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Wins $1.3 Million Arbitration Award For Construction Client
BB&D attorney Robert D. Blitz represented a design-build company in its breach of contract action against a subcontractor. Our client brought the action after the subcontractor did not provide the workers or materials to complete its scope of work in compliance with the project’s schedule. Our client had to supplement the subcontractor’s work with its […]
BB&D Welcomes Thomas Limbrick
Thomas Limbrick has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an associate and represents clients in a range of civil litigation, including business torts, class actions, employment disputes, and personal injury. Prior to joining the firm, Tom served as a law clerk to Judge Ronnie L. White of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern […]
BB&D Welcomes Mark Sanders
Mark Sanders has joined the firm as an attorney in the firm’s St. Louis office. After clerking for the Honorable Judge Duane Benton at the Missouri Supreme Court, Mark has been in private practice in St. Louis for more than twenty years, concentrating his practice in commercial, real estate, and fiduciary litigation. Mark is also […]
The Impact of Coronavirus on Contractual Obligations
As the world continues grappling with the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, you may be left wondering about the legal obligations stemming from cancelled events and business in St. Louis and across the country. As experienced commercial litigation attorneys, our law firm has already been involved in addressing clients’ anxious concerns over COVID-19’s effect on existing […]
BB&D Attorneys Quickly Terminate Labor Investigation Without Penalty
The U.S. Department of Labor audited a growing company with a nationwide network of salespeople and service technicians who were paid primarily by commission. The DOL believed that our client unlawfully failed to pay its employees overtime and demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and penalties be paid to the employees.
Missouri Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch’s Rams Phone Records Subpoena
Fox 2 News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch attorneys Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman’s subpoena to make four phone companies turn over the last eight years of phone records of the NFL and team owners, including Stan Kroenke, in St. […]
ESPN Spotlights Bob Blitz & Chris Bauman in Rams, NFL Case
In an almost 8,000-word article posted on ESPN’s website today, writers Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. recapped the expert legal maneuvering by Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch litigation attorney Chris Bauman in 2018 when he successfully argued to keep the complex and highly-charged Rams and NFL case out of arbitration—possibly a more favorable venue […]
Three BB&D Attorneys Named 2019 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch is honored to announce three of our outstanding attorneys have been recognized by their peers as Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers – 2019. The annual Super Lawyers’ list consists of exceptional attorneys who are handpicked from a multitude of practice areas, having attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional […]
Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman Spearhead Flurry of New Rulings Against the NFL, Rams
Two appellate rulings in two days have found against the NFL, the Rams, Stan Kroenke, and other defendants in a lawsuit against them for wrongfully relocating the Rams away from St. Louis. Recently the trial court allowed the plaintiffs to obtain the phone and text records of various defendants, and the defendants appealed that decision […]
Three BB&D Attorneys Selected as 2020 Best Lawyers in America
BB&D attorneys Chris Bauman, Bob Blitz and Jim Deutsch have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Chris Bauman and Bob Blitz were selected for Commercial Litigation, and Jim Deutsch for Gaming Law. Contact us for a Consultation Have a legal issue or question? We invite you to contact us […]
BB&D Attorneys Achieve Millions In Tax Savings for Property Owners
BB&D attorneys Bob Blitz and Chris Bauman represent hundreds of property owners in appealing the valuations of their commercial real estate by taxing authorities. The Missouri State Tax Commission recently issued more than 180 decisions in our clients’ tax appeals. Our efforts reduced taxable values more than $250 million. The results included: $16.2 million reduction for […]
BB&D Successfully Represents Family Limited Partnership in Dispute with Life Insurance Company
BB&D attorney Bob Blitz successfully represented a family limited partnership that was the beneficiary of a $2 million life insurance policy. The partnership purchased the policy as part of the family’s estate plan and sued the life insurance company after it refused to reinstate the policy and pay the death benefit. BB&D also brought suit against […]
BB&D Secures Regulatory Relief for St. Louis Home Builders Association
BB&D’s representation of the Home Builders Association of St. Louis and Eastern Missouri (“STL HBA”) resulted in a regulatory victory that will provide significant savings for homebuilders and homebuyers. With more than 600-member companies, STL HBA members annually invest millions of dollars in water infrastructure donated to water utilities after the completion of a development. […]
Glenn Norton Sworn in as President Elect of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
BB&D attorney Glenn Norton was sworn in as President-Elect of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (“BAMSL”) on May 2, 2019. He will serve a one-year term as President-Elect and will become President of BAMSL in 2020. Glenn was elected by BAMSL’s more than 7,500 members consisting of lawyers throughout the St. Louis region. […]
Bob Blitz Selected as 2019 “Icon Award” Honoree by the Missouri Lawyers Weekly
BB&D Member Bob Blitz has been selected by the Missouri Lawyers Weekly as a recipient of the Icon Award. This award honors 27 distinguished men and women over the age of 60 for their notable sustained success and strong leadership within and outside the field of law within the State of Missouri. The event honoring […]
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch Law Firm Win Breach of Contract Arbitration
BB&D obtains award in favor of the law firm’s client in an arbitration which was conducted in Connecticut. The firm’s client, a Connecticut based manufacturer, brought breach of contract claims against a Canadian based company. The arbitrator found in favor of the firm’s client awarding it damages and all its attorney’s fees and costs incurred […]
BB&D Assist Commercial Landlord with Quick Eviction
BB&D successfully pursued a rent and possession case against a large commercial tenant (52,000 sq. ft.) in St. Charles County, Missouri. The law firm brought a rent and possession action against the tenant and obtained a judgment in favor of the landlord for possession and rent totaling nearly $300,000.00. The Court ordered the tenant to […]
BB&D Obtains Swift Arbitration Award Against Subcontractor
On behalf of a national design builder, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, LC recently obtained an arbitration award against a subcontractor for breach of contract. The award, totaling over $700,000.00, took only six months to obtain from filing to final decision despite significant delaying tactics from the subcontractor. Contact us for a Consultation Have a legal […]
BB&D Welcomes Brett Sayers
Brett Sayers has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an associate, providing advice to businesses and individuals in a variety of transactional and estate planning matters. Brett has experience assisting clients in all stages of the business life cycle, including entity selection, formation, ongoing operational matters, restructuring, acquisitions, divestitures, dissolution, and taxation. Before transitioning […]
BB&D Attorneys Named to Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers Lists
Blitz, Bardgett and Deutsch members Robert Blitz, Christopher Bauman and Robert Brandt, were selected for inclusion in the 2018 edition of Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and personal achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that […]
BB&D Prevails in Complex Trust Litigation
Three years after being honored by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for securing one of the largest defense wins in a multi-million dollar trust case, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch’s impressive team of litigators is at it again, proving their skill navigating trust and estate law extends beyond drafting estate planning documents and defense work. BB&D recently secured […]
BB&D Represents Quaker Window Products in $65 mil Expansion
Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch represented Quaker Window Products Co. (Freeburg, MO), a leader in the window and door industry since 1949, in closing real estate transactions and helping coordinate state and local incentives related to its $65 million planned expansion in Eldon, Missouri. The initial phase of the project includes the acquisition of more than […]
BB&D Represents PermaSeal USA with Acquisition of Corporate Headquarters
BB&D represented PermaSeal USA and its affiliated entities with the acquisition and leasing of its new corporate headquarters facility in Chesterfield, Missouri. BB&D attorneys Kevin Fleming, and Rob Brandt handled all aspects of the transaction including acquisition, corporate formation, affiliated leases and lease modifications with existing tenants. BB&D congratulates PermaSeal USA on its continued growth and […]
BB&D Represents Gold Block Ventures in Acquisition and Financing of St. Charles, Missouri Multi-Family Development
BB&D recently represented Gold Block Ventures (Denver, CO) in its acquisition and financing of a multi-family apartment development in St. Charles, Missouri that includes over 150 current units and over 60 planned additional future units. BB&D is proud to assist Gold Block Ventures in its continued expansion in the St. Louis market. Kevin Fleming led the […]
BB&D Represents Healthcare Revenue Analytics Company in Sale
Blitz, Bardett & Deutsch represented the owners of a national revenue analytics firm operating in the healthcare space in the sale of all of their membership interests in the firm to a strategic buyer for aggregate consideration anticipated to exceed $14 million. BB&D attorneys Rob Brandt and Bridget Nave handled all aspects of the transaction. Contact us for […]
St. Louis Law Firm BB&D Attorneys Secure Millions In Tax Savings For Property Owners
St. Louis law firm BB&D attorney Chris Bauman represented hundreds of property owners before the Missouri State Tax Commission. In 2018, our attorneys have successfully secured reductions in the taxable values of more than 140 commercial properties in decisions issued by the STC. The STC decisions have reduced the properties’ taxable values by more than […]
James Deutsch Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
BB&D congratulates member James Deutsch for being presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles.