Lawyer serving
Berkeley, MO.
Berkeley sits between Hazelwood and Ferguson, eight minutes south of our Florissant office. The city is small (under 9,000 residents) but generates a meaningful caseload because it sits adjacent to Lambert International Airport and along the I-170 corridor.
8 minutes
south on Lindbergh.
Berkeley clients are essentially next-door neighbors. Most meet us at the Florissant office; we travel to Berkeley for in-home estate signings or for clients with mobility limitations.
The courthouses
that decide your case.
Three courts handle Berkeley matters — the city's own bench plus the county Circuit and Probate divisions in Clayton. Berkeley's adjacency to Lambert means some matters cross the county line.
Berkeley Municipal Court
Berkeley City Hall · Berkeley, MO
Traffic, ordinance, and minor misdemeanor cases arising within Berkeley city limits. We appear there regularly.
St. Louis County Circuit Court
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Berkeley felony charges, divorce, significant civil matters, and probate. About fifteen minutes south of Berkeley.
St. Louis County Probate Division
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Estate administration, conservatorships, guardianships. Same Clayton building as the Circuit Court.
Berkeley's adjacency to Lambert International means some cases (those arising on airport property) end up in St. Louis City court rather than St. Louis County. We handle both jurisdictions.
Verify Before Relying Court addresses, hours, and procedural information above are believed accurate but may change. Verify current details with the court directly — addresses, dockets, filing windows, and clerk hours can change without notice. Statute citations and procedural references on this page were believed accurate at the time of writing; Missouri law changes regularly.
Eight focused practices.
One firm to call.
Every category of case we handle elsewhere in the St. Louis metro, we handle in Berkeley. The deeper practice pages are linked below.
Personal injury: car wrecks, truck collisions, slip-and-fall, wrongful death — see Personal Injury Lawyer Missouri, car accidents, truck accidents, and wrongful death. No fee unless we recover.
Criminal defense: felony, misdemeanor, drug offenses, assault, weapons, federal — see Missouri criminal defense.
DWI & DUI defense: both the criminal case and the parallel administrative license proceeding — see Missouri DWI lawyer and the 15-day rule.
Workers' compensation: work injuries, denied claims, permanent disability — see Missouri workers' comp lawyer.
Traffic tickets: speeding, careless driving, CDL violations — see Missouri traffic ticket lawyer.
Expungement: sealing eligible misdemeanor and felony records — see Missouri expungement attorney.
License restoration: hardship petitions and full reinstatement — see license restoration in Missouri.
Estate planning: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate — see estate planning attorney Missouri.
The town,
in context.
Berkeley is one of St. Louis County's smaller and older municipalities, incorporated in 1937. The city has a high concentration of long-tenured homeowners — many of whom have lived in Berkeley for 30+ years — and a smaller-than-average new-construction footprint. That demographic produces a higher-than-average estate planning caseload as homeowners think about transferring property and protecting beneficiary deeds.
For day-to-day matters, Berkeley generates the typical mix of traffic citations from Lindbergh and surrounding routes, occasional DWIs, and a steady stream of personal injury claims along the surrounding interstate corridors.
Berkeley is a tight community with a stable population. We have represented multiple generations of some of the same families. That continuity matters for the kind of work we do.
Berkeley legal FAQ —
straight answers.
The questions Berkeley residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.
What court handles felony cases for Berkeley residents?
Felony charges originating in Berkeley are filed in the St. Louis County Circuit Court at 105 South Central Avenue, Clayton. Initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and bond review are heard there before the case is assigned to a trial division. We appear in St. Louis County regularly.
Where is Berkeley’s municipal court located?
The Berkeley Municipal Court at City Hall handles ordinance violations. Speeding citations, careless-and-imprudent tickets, accident citations, and minor ordinance matters are heard there rather than at the St. Louis County Circuit Court.
How far is your office from Berkeley?
Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 8 minutes south of Florissant via Lindbergh. Many Berkeley clients meet us in person; others handle the entire matter by phone and video, with in-home signings available for estate planning.
Can my Berkeley criminal case be expunged?
Many Missouri misdemeanors and a meaningful list of felonies are now expungeable under RSMo §610.140, with waiting periods that begin after sentence completion. We screen eligibility on the first call.
What is a suspended imposition of sentence in Missouri?
An SIS under RSMo §557.011 means the court accepts a guilty plea but does not enter a conviction if probation is completed. Done properly it preserves the record from showing a conviction for most purposes.
Nearby cities we also serve.
Ferguson · Hazelwood · St. Ann · Bridgeton
See also: St. Louis County · All locations