Steve Garner
Shareholder | Strong Law, P.C.
Steve Garner is a personal injury, product liability and wrongful death trial lawyer and shareholder at Strong Law, P.C. in Springfield, Missouri. Admitted in Missouri and Arkansas; J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law (1986).
Meet Steve
Steve Garner is a Springfield, Missouri, trial lawyer and shareholder at Strong Law, P.C. He has tried personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases on behalf of injured people since joining the firm in 1986.
Garner became a shareholder of Strong Law in 1990 and is an officer of the firm. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University in 1983 and graduated first in his class from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1986. He is admitted to practice in Missouri and Arkansas and holds the National Board of Trial Advocacy’s Civil Trial Advocate certification.
He served as president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys in 2013-14 and as president of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association in 2007. His memberships include the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Inner Circle of Advocates. He has also spoken and written on trial advocacy, personal injury law and insurance bad faith.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Baylor University, B.A., high honors (1983)
- University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., high honors, first in class (1986)
- Admitted to the Missouri Bar (1986)
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri (1986)
- Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit (1987)
- Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (2012)
- Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Practice Areas
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (President, 2013-14)
- Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 2007)
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Inner Circle of Advocates
- International Academy of Trial Attorneys
- American Association for Justice
- Missouri Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Trial Masters
- Best Lawyers in America (2003-present)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Springfield (2011, 2012, 2015, 2022)
- Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers (2005-present)
- Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers Top 10 (2012-present)
- Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers Top 100 (2005-present)
- Lon O. Hocker Award, Missouri Bar Foundation (1996)
- Best Litigator, Missouri Lawyers Weekly poll (2007)
- Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Association (2014-present)
- Number One Graduate, University of Arkansas Law School (1986)
- Oral Advocacy Award (1986)
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