Brown & James announces the election of Justin Hardin, Agota Peterfy and Edward Zeidler as shareholders in the firm. They all practice in the firm’s St. Louis office.
Justin Hardin focuses his practice on the defense of lawsuits involving death, serious injury and professional liability. He defends physicians, medical schools, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers in medical negligence and health care lawsuits.
Justin earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2005 and his B.A. from the University of Missouri – Columbia in 2002. Super Lawyers has recognized Justin as a Rising Star since 2014. He is also the Publications Chair for the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee.
Agota Peterfy focuses her practice on premises and professional liability and toxic tort. She also serves as the chair of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee and is on the board of directors for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Agota received her J.D. from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1996 and her B.S. from Brigham Young University in 1993. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in the areas of Insurance Law and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants.
Edward Zeidler practices primarily in the areas of public entity defense, premises liability, security, transportation, product liability, and insurance law. In addition to traditional insurance defense matters, Mr. Zeidler has successfully represented clients in proceedings before the the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.
Ed received his J.D. from Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Law in 2004 and his B.S. from SLU in 2001. is recognized by Best Lawyers in the areas of Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. He received the Up & Coming Law Firm Leader Award from Missouri Lawyers Media in 2018.