Todd Nissenholtz
Managing Partner | Cofman Townsley
Todd Nissenholtz is a personal injury, product liability and wrongful death trial lawyer and managing partner at Cofman Townsley in St. Louis, Missouri. Admitted in Missouri; J.D., Emory University School of Law (2003).
Meet Todd
Todd R. Nissenholtz is the managing partner of Cofman Townsley in St. Louis, Missouri. He represents people with serious injuries, including brain and spinal cord injuries, burns and electrical injuries, in product liability, wrongful death and personal injury cases arising from car and truck crashes, explosions and workplace accidents.
Nissenholtz graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 2003. At Emory he was research editor of the Emory International Law Review and clerked for Justice P. Harris Hines of the Georgia Supreme Court. He is admitted in Missouri and Illinois and has argued before the 11th Circuit, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District and the Missouri Supreme Court.
His trial results include a $237 million verdict in St. Charles County in a sexual assault case and a $15 million dog bite verdict in St. Louis County. He has received Top Plaintiff’s Verdicts recognition for 2024 and Largest Reported Verdict for 2014, and has been named a Super Lawyer for personal injury. His father, David Nissenholtz, is also a partner at the firm. He is raising two sons in St. Louis County.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2003
- B.A., with honors, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
- Missouri bar
- Illinois bar
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
Practice Areas
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
- The Missouri Bar
- Illinois State Bar Association
- St. Louis County Bar Association
- American Inns of Court (Barrister)
- Top Plaintiff's Verdicts, 2024
- Largest Reported Verdict, 2014
- Up and Coming Lawyer, Missouri Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, Personal Injury
- $237 Million Verdict: Verdicts in St. Charles County in a sexual assault case; defendants offered $1 million before trial.
- $15 Million Verdict: Dog bite verdict in St. Louis County; defendants offered nothing before trial.
- $1,878,000 Verdict: Commercial vehicle crash verdict in St. Louis City; defendants offered $10,000 before trial.
- $1,705,000 Verdict: Motor vehicle crash verdict in Jefferson County; defendants offered $100,000 before trial.
- $1.2 Million Verdict: Verdict in St. Louis City for an injury at an arena; defendants offered $100,000 before trial.
- $875,000 Arbitration Award: Product liability arbitration award; defendants offered $100,000 before arbitration.
- $750,000 Verdict: Motor vehicle crash verdict in St. Louis County; defendants offered $150,000 before trial.
- $750,000 Verdict: Motor vehicle crash verdict in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; defendants offered $25,000 before trial.
- $625,000 Verdict: Dog bite verdict in Jefferson County; defendants offered $250,000 before trial.
- $450,000 Verdict: Verdict in St. Charles County for an injury at a gym; defendants offered $10,000 before trial.
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