Carl Kessinger
Holland Law Firm
Carl Kessinger is a railroad accidents (FELA), personal injury and workers' compensation trial lawyer with Holland Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. Admitted in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Florida; J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law (1988).
Meet Carl
Carl Kessinger is an attorney with the Holland Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri, where most of his work involves representing injured railroad workers in FELA cases. He has handled railroad cases in more than 15 states, from southern Florida to Washington State, and has more than 25 years of litigation experience, including mediations and jury trials.
Over his career Kessinger has also handled workers’ compensation, personal injury and property damage matters, including vehicle crashes, wrongful death claims involving trucks, defective product injuries and asbestos claims. He is admitted in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Florida and in several federal district courts, and he has spoken at Missouri Bar seminars.
A native of Guthrie, Oklahoma, Kessinger earned a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and his law degree there in 1988. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Law degree, University of Oklahoma, 1988
- B.S., Medical Technology, University of Oklahoma, 1985
- Admitted in Missouri
- Admitted in Illinois
- Admitted in Oklahoma
- Admitted in Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Practice Areas
- Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys
- Missouri Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- American Association for Justice
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyer
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