Why Us?

Understand. Innovate. Solve.

Understand. Innovate. Solve. These three values have inspired our work for clients since our founding in 1895. Likewise, they have helped fuel our growth from a local firm to one serving clients on a regional, national and international scale.

Our law firm of approximately 150 attorneys in St. Louis, Chicago and Southern Illinois focuses on comprehensively addressing the legal needs of business organizations, whether private or public, in all sizes and industries. Our attorneys bring practice skills and experience to support business operations across the full range of legal needs. To read about our experience, please visit our Practices and Industries pages.

To protect and affirm our clients’ legal rights, we provide business litigation services, ranging from general commercial litigation to complex tort, product liability and medical malpractice defense.

Just as our clients focus on building the best team, we also concentrate on recruiting and retaining lawyers with the broad base of legal and other professional skills required to meet our clients’ business objectives. We work as partners in spirit with our clients, and measure our success by the degree to which we surpass client satisfaction.

In every endeavor, we are known for our ability to understand, innovate and solve in ways that earn long-term relationships and new opportunities. We welcome the invitation to explore how we may help you.

Our Philosophy

Without a precise understanding of a client’s needs, no law firm can exceed a client’s expectations...

Greensfelder’s first priority is to listen to our clients to ensure complete understanding of the complexity of their legal issues and business goals. By focusing our advice and counsel on specific needs, we can offer solutions that make business sense. Greensfelder’s expertise lies in recognizing the intricacies of our clients’ legal and business issues. This ensures each client receives legal advice and counsel specific to each one's needs. We focus on individual circumstances, culture and business objectives. The result is a uniquely tailored and comprehensive array of options for resolving any business or legal problem.

"If the idea of innovation in a law firm sounds out of place, you don’t know Greensfelder..."

We have a rich history representing clients who have an entrepreneurial spirit – we have fashioned our law firm in the same entrepreneurial spirit. It’s in this spirit we utilize innovative solutions to meet our clients’ needs. This not only applies to our legal advice, but it is the foundation of our relationships with our clients, use of technology, and knowledge of our ever-evolving global marketplace. Greensfelder’s culture of innovation is not limited to the capabilities of our attorneys but is embraced by the entire law firm to ensure the delivery of our legal services exceeds the expectations of everyone we represent.

"When we ask our clients to sign on the dotted line, there is nothing more important than their satisfaction with the solution..."

At Greensfelder, our clients’ satisfaction defines our success. Clients are the ones signing on the dotted line and must be comfortable with the advice and solutions we present to them. To ensure satisfaction, we focus our efforts on providing timely, precise and practical advice and solutions. We know that the legal advice we provide to our clients must promote their business objectives. Greensfelder’s business objective is to provide each client with advice and solutions that deliver complete satisfaction.

Read more about our client service philosophy here.

Our Core Values

Greensfelder prioritizes the following core values to reflect our commitment to our clients, colleagues and communities:

Quality: We provide exceptional legal services and value to our clients which surpass expectations and advance their objectives.
People-Focused: We invest in our clients, colleagues and community partners and keep them at the center of how we conduct business.
Ownership: All are accountable for their contributions and accept responsibility for the outcomes of their actions.
Equity: All are treated fairly; we intentionally remove barriers and cultivate our employees so that their outcomes match their potential.
Collaboration: We strive to create a culture that encourages success driven by the team, not only the individual.
Determination: We are committed to achieving successful results for those we serve.