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Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan, LLC
110 North Fifth Street
Moberly, Missouri 65270
Toll Free: (800) 264-3455
Phone: (660) 263-3100
Fax: (660) 263-0660
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Christian L. Faiella
110 North Fifth Street
Moberly, Missouri 65270


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Phone: 800-264-3455
660-263-3100
Email: Email
Fax: 660-263-0660
Web site: www.tgflaw.com


Position Education Honors
Published Works Affiliations

Mr. Faiella is a Managing Member in the law firm of Tatlow, Gump, Faiella & Wheelan. The firm represents injured people in negligence and insurance matters in Missouri and surrounding states. Mr. Faiella's practice focuses on cases involving injuries and insurance coverage including automobile and truck accidents, insurance coverage litigation, agent negligence, bad faith cases and other complex injury cases. He is a member of the board of the Missouri Trial Lawyer's Association (MATA), an advocate and sustaining member of the American Association of Justice (AJA). Mr. Faiella is also the author of numerous articles on trial practice, and is author of The Missouri Bar CLE Black Book Chapters of Automobile Torts, Evidence - Competency of Witness, Insurance - Bad Faith, Settlement - Mary Carter Agreements (supplement) and Civil Trial Practice - Pleadings (supplement).

Mr. Faiella earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science in 1989, and his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1995. During law school he served as a research assistant to Professor Robert Lawless and received the American Jurisprudence Award for torts and the Federal Court's Award both for the highest grades in his class.

Mr. Faiella has a AV pier view rating from Martindale Hubble Law Directory, which is the highest given. He was also recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly Newspaper as 1 of 5 attorneys in the publications 2001 "Up and Coming Lawyers" feature. Mr. Faiella was a member of The Missouri Bar's 2002 Leadership Academy. He is licensed to practice in all Missouri courts as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. The firm represents clients in a broad range of litigation focused on personal injury and their tragic consequences including wrongful death, insurance, bad faith and product liability.


Current Employment Position(s):
Managing Member
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Missouri, 1995
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1995
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
Education:
University of Missouri Columbia School of Law,
Columbia, Missouri, 1995
J.D.


State University of New York, 1989
B.A.


Published Works:
Christian Faiella, "Chapter 13, Insurance Law - Bad Faith"
MO Bar CLE Publications, 2010


Christian Faiella, "Chapter 3, Litigation Settlements
Mary Carter Agreements (supplement)",
MO Bar CLE Publications, 2009


Christian Faiella, "Chapter 4, Civil Trial Practice,
Pleadings (supplement)"
MO Bar CLE Publications, 2008


Christian Faiella, "Chapter 8, Evidence 5th Edition
Competency of Witnesses"
MO Bar CLE Publications, 2006


Combat Tactics: How to Turn an Insurance Coverage Denial
Into A Successful Recovery For Your Client, Co Author
CLE presentation at Solo & Small Firm Bar Conference
June, 2004


Visual Persuasion and the Preparation of Exhibits
for Mediation, Author
CLE presentation at Solo & Small Firm Bar Conference
June, 2004


Proving Damages in Mild Brain Injury Cases
A Thumbnail Sketch, the Missouri Trial Attorney,
Volume XXI, Number 3, Fall, 2003


Chapter 13 Automobile Torts, Tort Law 2003
MO Bar CLE Publications (2006 Update)


Christian Faiella, Featured Case-Devin West v. Standard
Life Insurance Company of New York, the Missouri Trial
Attorney,Volume XIX, Number 4, Winter, 2001


Mark J. Evans and Christian Faiella, the Effective Use of
a Claim Based Upon "Negligence Per Se"
The Missouri Trial Attorney, Volume XVII, Number 1,
Spring, 1999


Christian Faiella, "Partial Settlement in Multi-Party
Injury Cases"
Missouri Lawyers Weekly, July, 1998


Christian Faiella, "Article of The Year"
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Editorial Board, January, 1999


Christian Faiella, "Hunters, Landowners & The Law"
Rural Missourian, Fall, 1995


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Insurance Law Update, Automobile Insurance Law
MO Bar 2009


Kansas 8+4 Review of the Law, UMKC-CLE, Overland Park,
Kansas, 2003


"Expert Witness Depositions", Missouri Association of
Trial Attorneys, 2000


Getting & Handling Success Early in your Career,
University of Missouri Student Chapter of Missouri
Association of Trial Attorneys, Columbia, Missouri,
October 19, 1999


Effective Exhibits for Mediation and Trial, Speaker/Author,
MO Bar CLE-Randolph County Bar, October 1, 2003


Sanctions & Discovery Enforcement in State & Federal
Courts, Author/Presenter, Missouri Bar CLE-Ethics in
Personal Injury Litigation, December 2, 1999


Honors and Awards:
Research Fellow, Political Science Department, State
University of New York, 1988 - 1989


Feinburg Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Political
Science, 1988 - 1989


New York Assembly Intern Program, Intern to
Representative William R. Sears, 1989


President's Letter Certificate, State University of
New York, 1989


American Jurisprudence Award in Torts, 1992


Legal Research Clerk to Professor Robert Lawless at
University of Missouri School of Law, 1994 - 1995


American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Courts, 1995


Certified as an Advocate, American Trial Lawyers
Association, 1999


Insurance Law Update, Automobile Insurance, 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Missouri Bar, 1995 - Present
Member


American Bar Association, 1995 - 2000
Member


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 1995 - Present
Member


American Association of Justice, 1995- Present
Member


Randolph County Bar Association, 1995 - Present
Member


Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, 1991 - 2001
Member


Boone County Bar Association, 2002 - 2006
Member


Randolph County YMCA Board, 2002 - 2004
Member


Missouri Bar Leadership Academy, 2001 - 2002
Member


Rotary International & Moberly Rotary Club, 1999 - 2008
Member


Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 2004 - Present
Board of Governors


MATA Young Lawyers, 2005 - 2006
Co-Chair


MATA Public Awareness Committee, 2005 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar Tort Law Committee, 2003 - 2005
Vice Chair


YMCA Board of Directors, 2002 - 2003
Legal Counsel


Randolph County Bar Association, 1999 - 2000
President


Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, 2000 - 2002
Board of Directors


Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, 2001
Treasurer


Moberly Rotary Vice-President, 2000 - 2001


Social Co-Chair Moberly Rotary, 2002 - 2004


AAJ Sub-Group Interstate Trucking Litigation, 1999 - Present
Member


AAJ Sub-Group Carbon Monoxide Litigation, 1999 - Present
Member


Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2000 - Present


Missouri Bar Tort Law Committee, 1997 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar Civil Practice and Procedure Committee,
1997 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar Insurance Law Committee, 2003 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar Technology Committee, 2003 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Practice Committee,
2003 - Present
Member


AAJ Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability
Section, 1996 - Present
Member


AAJ Insurance Section, 2003 - Present
Member


AAJ Products Liability Section, 2003 - Present
Member


AAJ Professional Negligence Section, 2003 - Present
Member


Missouri Bar, February 1, 2001


Pro Bono Activities:
Network Attorney: Patient Advocate Foundation
Board Member and Volunteer: St. Pius X School Foundation

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