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February, 2014 – Jamie Boock argued the first case before the Missouri Court of Appeals as to whether Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.715 applies to underinsured and uninsured motorist claims.  Unfortunately the Court of Appeals did not reach the merits of the case and declined to rule on the issue.  However, in doing so, the Court affirmed the verdict Mr. Boock obtain on behalf of his client against Progressive Insurance Company in a case where Progressive refused to make any offer to settle the case prior to trial.

Tim is a trial attorney in the firm with over a decade of diverse litigation experience. Tim’s passion for trial work began during the early years of his career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County. As a prosecutor, Tim gained a great deal of experience trying cases to both judges and juries. In the many years following his service for St. Louis County, Tim has tried numerous cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil matters totaling millions of dollars which include, but are not limited to, disputes concerning: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, employment discrimination, fraud, negligence, nuisance, tax sale, tortious interference with a contract/business expectancy, violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, and will/trust contest.

Tim has also briefed and argued appeals before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, and has litigated adversary proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

In addition to his trial work, Tim regularly advises businesses and individual clients to prevent legal difficulties, and, whenever possible, negotiates on their behalves to resolve disputes short of litigation.

Tim is admitted to practice in the state courts of Missouri and Illinois. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Southern District of Illinois.

After graduating from Truman State University with a B.S. in both Justice Systems and Psychology, Tim earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2001.

Tim lives in University City with his wife and four children and is an active member of the community. He currently serves as a Director and as President of the University City Swim Club, a local non-profit corporation, and has been appointed to the Industrial Development Authority for University City. Tim also serves as an adjunct professor at Lindenwood University in its graduate criminal justice program.

On January 1, 2014, Zachary R. Pancoast joined Rossiter & Boock, LLC.

In 2013 Matthew Rossiter was named one of the Top 50 Lawyers in St. Louis by Super Lawyers.

On October 4, 2013, Matthew Rossiter obtained a favorable jury verdict for their clients overturning three amendments to a trust with assets valued at approximately $1.9 million.  The plaintiffs in this case were a brother and sister from Troy, Missouri, who were completely cut out of their grandmother’s revocable trust following their own father’s death.  The grandmother’s trust assets included a substantial amount of farm acreage as well as monetary assets.  As a result of three amendments to the grandmother’s trust, all of her assets went to her one remaining son, who is the plaintiffs’ uncle.

Matthew Rossiter filed suit on behalf of the plaintiffs against their uncle seeking to have the three trust amendments thrown out and have their clients returned as one-half beneficiaries under the trust.  After a four day jury trial in Lincoln County, Missouri, the jury returned a verdict throwing out all three of the trust amendments, and returning the plaintiffs to their position as trust beneficiaries.

October, 2013 – Jamie Boock settles wrongful death nursing home case for $650,000.00 in rural Missouri.  In this case the plaintiffs asserted that their loved one died when she fell and broke her neck after being allowed to use a restroom unassisted.

On August 1, 2013 after a four day jury trial, Jamie Boock obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $525,000 for their client in a medical malpractice case filed in Franklin County, Missouri.  The plaintiff was a woman who suffered from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis as a result of an allergic reaction to the drug Lamictal.  Plaintiff suffered a severe reaction in which she lost 98% of her skin and was hospitalized for over three weeks.

Rossiter & Boock alleged that plaintiff’s primary care provider was negligent because she should have told plaintiff to stop taking Lamictal when plaintiff called in complaining of a rash.  Plaintiff was not taken off Lamictal until ten days after she first complained of the rash, and as a result, she suffered the severe drug reaction.  The defendant denied all liability and also claimed that there was no proof that the Lamictal caused plaintiff’s injuries.

After a four day trial and seven hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $525,000.

On March 15, 2013, Rossiter & Boock moved to a new location at 124 Gay Avenue, St. Louis (Clayton), Missouri 63105

On February 20, 2013, Matthew Rossiter moderated the Eighth Annual Fiduciary Litigation Seminar, and also presented “Terminating Trusts and Making Final Distribution Without Getting Sued.”

On October 19, 2012, Jamie Boock received the Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award by the Missouri Bar Foundation.