Gray Ritter Graham

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Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Biography

M. Graham Dobbs graduated with honors from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000, where he served as a Student Editor of the Journal of Health and Hospital Law, was a member of the Health Law Association, and completed the school’s nationally recognized Health Law Certificate program. Mr. Dobbs also received an Academic Achievement Award in Evidence, and served as an intern at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

He obtained his BSN, nursing undergraduate degree, from Barnes College in St. Louis, graduating with highest honors. During nursing school, he was a member of the Nursing Honor Society, and was Vice President and President of the Student Government Association at Barnes College.

During Mr. Dobbs’ nursing career, he principally worked in cardiac acute care and intensive care areas at Barnes Hospital. He brings his knowledge of the nursing field to bear in the complex medical cases handled by Gray Ritter Graham.

Mr. Dobbs has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, and since 2014 he has been annually selected to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers magazine.

In 2015, he was elected to the Executive Committee of The Lawyers Association of St. Louis. He has been a member of the Membership Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis since 2014.

Mr. Dobbs is a member of The Missouri Bar and The Illinois Bar. He is also admitted to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, and has appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and a Fellow of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Foundation.

Mr. Dobbs is an accomplished musician who has played professionally and still enjoys performing with local groups of musicians.

Gray Ritter Graham

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Overview

  • Saint Louis University, J.D. cum laude, graduated 2000
  • Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, B.S.N. magna cum laude, graduated 1994

  • Missouri, 2000
  • Illinois, 2001

  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member, Membership Committee
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Foudation - Fellow
  • Missouri Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member
  • National Association of Distinguished Counsel - Member
  • The Health Law Association - Member
  • The Illinois Bar - Member
  • The Lawyers Association of St. Louis - Executive Committee Member
  • The Missouri Bar - Member

  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
  • Missouri, 2000
  • Illinois, 2001
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member, Membership Committee
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Foudation - Fellow
  • Missouri Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member
  • National Association of Distinguished Counsel - Member
  • The Health Law Association - Member
  • The Illinois Bar - Member
  • The Lawyers Association of St. Louis - Executive Committee Member
  • The Missouri Bar - Member
  • Saint Louis University, J.D. cum laude, graduated 2000
  • Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, B.S.N. magna cum laude, graduated 1994
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, St. Louis (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Medical Malpractice Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Academic Achievement Award in Evidence- Recipient
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Foundation-Fellow

Case History

Cases
  • $6.4 MILLION MEDICAL MALPRACTICE VERDICT IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C. attorneys Graham Dobbs and Pat Hagerty obtained a $6.4 million verdict in St. Louis County, in a medical malpractice case where the primary care physician failed to recognize a developing, serious infection. The patient suffered a devastating stroke and serious neurological injury because the infection, endocarditis, had set up on a heart valve and migrated to the man’s brain.
  • $7 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN TRAIN CROSSING COLLISION
Global settlement in excess of $7 million in two cases brought on behalf of a college student who suffered serious physical and neurologic injuries while a passenger in a vehicle that was hit by a train at an unguarded railroad crossing. She underwent multiple surgeries and extensive medical care.

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