Michael B. Marker

Of Council

Bio

Michael Marker has been practicing law for nearly twenty years, primarily in Missouri and Illinois courts. Originally from Memphis Tennessee, Michael graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1989. Michael clerked on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the late Judge Harold L. Satz from 1989 to 1990. Michael has handled appeals throughout his career, including criminal, products liability, wrongful death, FELA (railroad injury), Jones Act (injuries to seamen), medical malpractice, legal malpractice, asbestos and other toxic substance exposure, workers’ compensation, intestate succession (will contests), insurance coverage, and civil rights cases. In recent years, Michael has concentrated his practice on class and other collective actions, including representing workers seeking overtime pay, consumers defrauded by deceptive practices or injured by defective products, residents exposed to toxic substances, and consumers victimized by other allegedly unfair practices in the tobacco, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries, among other matters.

Michael, a former partner in Marker Armstrong, LLP, and a former principal member of The Rex Carr Law Firm, is pleased to maintain an Of Counsel relationship with both The Rex Carr Law Firm and Walton Telken, LLC. Michael is also proud of his relationship with two 2-year olds: Jack, Michael’s nephew, and Hobbes, Michael’s full-blooded English Bulldog. Michael also has abiding affections for poetry (where his tastes run from William Butler Yates to Langston Hughes), public policy-making, and foreign languages (a continuation of his college major in German, French, and Spanish).

Areas of Practice: 

Criminal

Products Liability

Wrongful Death

FELA (Railroad Injury)

Jones Act (Injuries to Seamen)

Medical Malpractice

Legal Malpractice

Asbestos

Other Toxic Substance Exposure

Workers’ Compensation

Intestate Succession (Will Contests)

Insurance Coverage

Civil Rights Cases

Collective Actions

Defective Products

Toxic Substances

Consumers Victimized

Tobacco

Telecommunications

Pharmaceutical Industries

Bar Admissions:

Missouri

Illinois

Education:

Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1989

Past Employment Positions:

Missouri Court of Appeals for the Judge Harold L. Satz (Late), Clerk, 1989 – 1990

Marker Armstrong, LLP, Partner

The Rex Carr Law Firm, Principal Member

The Rex Carr Law Firm, Of Counsel

Languages:

German

French

Spanish