Christian L. Faiella 110 North Fifth Street Moberly, Missouri 65270
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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. |
- Managing Member
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- 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
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Law,
- Columbia, Missouri, 1995
- J.D.
- State University of New York, 1989
- B.A.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Network Attorney: Patient Advocate Foundation
- Board Member and Volunteer: St. Pius X School Foundation
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