Brentwood · I-170 / Eager Road

Where I-170 meets
everything else.

Brentwood occupies one of the busiest commercial intersections in St. Louis County — I-170, Eager Road, and the Galleria all converge inside a few square miles. The accident geometry alone produces a steady stream of personal injury and traffic work. Brentwood clients also call us for estate planning, criminal defense, and the rest of the practice spectrum, but the unifying thread for most Brentwood matters is the same one running through the city: the road network.

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From Brentwood

Fifteen minutes north,
on I-170.

From the Eager Road corridor, our Florissant office is about fifteen minutes north on I-170. Brentwood is one of the closer cities we serve, and many Brentwood clients prefer to come up to Florissant for an in-person consult rather than handle everything remote. We are also happy to drive to Brentwood for signings and home visits.

The Courts

Where Brentwood
cases get decided.

Two courts decide Brentwood matters — the city's bench on South Brentwood Boulevard plus the county Circuit and Probate divisions about ten minutes north on I-170.

Municipal

Brentwood Municipal Court

2348 South Brentwood Boulevard · Brentwood, MO 63144

Ordinance violations, traffic citations from the Eager Road and I-170 frontage roads inside city limits, careless-driving and accident citations from Galleria-area collisions, and minor misdemeanors.

County Circuit

St. Louis County Circuit Court

105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105

Brentwood felony charges, dissolution, contested civil matters, and probate. About ten minutes north on I-170. Many of the Brentwood personal injury cases past the municipal small-claims limit end up here.

Probate

St. Louis County Probate Division

105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105

Estate administration, conservatorships, guardianships. Same Clayton building as the Circuit Court.

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.

What We See Most

Eight practices,
one phone number.

Brentwood work skews toward personal injury from the I-170/Eager corridor and the Galleria area, traffic and DWI from the same intersections, and the routine criminal defense and estate planning work the city generates.

The Eager Road Geometry

Why Brentwood produces
so many injury claims.

Brentwood’s residential population is around 8,000, but the daytime population — commuters, shoppers, employees of the Galleria-area retail and office complexes — is several times that. The I-170/Eager Road interchange is one of the busier interchanges in the metro by volume, and the personal injury caseload from this corridor reflects it. We see rear-end collisions on the I-170 ramps, intersection collisions at Eager and Brentwood Boulevard, parking-lot incidents at the Galleria, and the occasional truck or commercial-vehicle case from the freight that moves through the corridor.

Adjacent to Brentwood is Richmond Heights, and the line between the two cities runs through the Galleria complex itself. A collision in the Galleria parking lot may technically have happened in Richmond Heights even if everyone involved thinks of it as Brentwood. We sort that out at the first conversation because it determines which municipal court hears any related citations and which police report controls the investigation. Hablamos español when needed.

Opening questions for a Brentwood call: precisely where the collision happened (the Galleria parking lot, the I-170 ramps, the Eager Road intersections, or the Brentwood Boulevard exit complex — the exact location matters because it determines police jurisdiction), whether anyone was transported by EMS, and what insurance information was exchanged at the scene.

Brentwood is also one of the cities where we see commercial-property and tenant matters arise — the I-170 retail strips and the Eager Road office complexes generate a steady stream of slip-and-fall claims, parking-lot incidents, and the occasional landlord-tenant dispute. We carry those alongside the auto-injury and traffic work; the underlying investigative discipline transfers across.

Brentwood and Richmond Heights blur together at the Galleria. Knowing exactly where a collision happened — on which side of the line, in which jurisdiction — is the first thing we sort out.
Common Questions from Brentwood

Brentwood legal FAQ —
straight answers.

The questions Brentwood residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.

What court handles felony cases for Brentwood residents?

Felony charges originating in Brentwood 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 Brentwood’s municipal court located?

The Brentwood 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 Brentwood?

Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 20 minutes south of Florissant via I-170. Many Brentwood clients meet us in person; others handle the entire matter by phone and video, with in-home signings available for estate planning.

What is the statute of limitations for a Missouri car accident?

Five years from the date of the accident for injury to a person (RSMo §516.120). Wrongful death is three years from the date of death (RSMo §537.100). Earlier action almost always produces a better result — evidence and witness memory fade.

Do you accept Brentwood injury cases on a contingency-fee basis?

Yes. Personal injury and wrongful death cases are handled on contingency — you pay a fee only if we recover money on your behalf. The initial consultation is free.

Neighboring Communities

Nearby cities we also serve.

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