Between Ferguson
and the city line.
Jennings is a city of about 14,500 residents packed into roughly four square miles between Ferguson, Pine Lawn, and the City of St. Louis. The arithmetic of that density — combined with the I-70 frontage and West Florissant Avenue as the primary commercial spine — produces a steady stream of traffic citations, suspended-license cases, and the routine misdemeanor and DWI work that a dense urban-edge municipal court handles.
Ten minutes north,
up Lindbergh.
Jennings sits along West Florissant and the I-70 frontage between Ferguson and the City of St. Louis. Our Florissant office is about ten minutes north up U.S. Highway 67 / Lindbergh.
Where Jennings
cases get decided.
Three courts decide Jennings matters — the city’s municipal bench, the county Circuit in Clayton, and the Probate Division in the same building.
Jennings Municipal Court
City Hall · Jennings, MO 63136
Ordinance violations, the substantial traffic citation volume from West Florissant Avenue and the I-70 frontage, and the routine misdemeanors that come with the population density inside city limits.
St. Louis County Circuit Court
105 South Central Avenue · Clayton, MO 63105
Felony charges, dissolution, contested civil matters, and probate. About fifteen minutes south. Jennings felony filings and injury cases past the municipal limit route here.
St. Louis County Probate Division
105 South Central Avenue · 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.
Eight practices,
one phone number.
Jennings work leans toward criminal defense, DWI, and traffic — the city’s population density and proximity to the I-70 corridor produce a heavy municipal-court docket — with steady personal-injury and workers’ comp matters alongside.
- 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.
- Traffic tickets: speeding, careless driving, CDL violations — see Missouri traffic ticket lawyer.
- 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.
- Expungement: sealing eligible misdemeanor and felony records — see Missouri expungement attorney.
- License restoration: hardship petitions and full reinstatement — see license restoration in Missouri.
- Workers’ compensation: work injuries, denied claims, permanent disability — see Missouri workers’ comp lawyer.
- Estate planning: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate — see estate planning attorney Missouri.
Why Jennings calls
come in fast.
Jennings is a city of about 14,500 residents packed into roughly four square miles between Ferguson, Pine Lawn, and the City of St. Louis. The arithmetic of that density — combined with the I-70 frontage and West Florissant Avenue as the primary commercial spine — produces a steady stream of traffic citations, suspended-license cases, and the routine misdemeanor and DWI work that a dense urban-edge municipal court handles.
Many of the calls we field from Jennings are about a court date that is days away rather than weeks. We are used to that timeline. The first phone call usually establishes the citation type, the court date, the prior driving history, and whether the client’s license is currently valid; the answer determines whether the priority is a continuance, an entry of appearance, or an immediate hardship petition.
The injury work from Jennings is what one would expect of a city threaded by the I-70 corridor: rear-end collisions on the frontage, intersection cases on West Florissant and Jennings Station Road, and the occasional pedestrian case. Hablamos español — the population is diverse and a meaningful share of Jennings residents are more comfortable in Spanish for the first conversation.
Estate planning and probate also come up, especially for families with a long-standing Jennings home and out-of-state heirs. We treat that the same way we treat the Bellefontaine Neighbors estate work: keep the plan as small as it can be, use the beneficiary-deed statute (RSMo §461.025) where appropriate, and avoid the trust pitch when a trust is not actually needed.
Most Jennings calls are about a court date that is days away, not weeks. We know how to triage that — continuance, appearance, or hardship petition — on the first call.
Jennings legal FAQ —
straight answers.
The questions Jennings residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.
What court handles felony cases for Jennings residents?
Felony charges originating in Jennings 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 Jennings’s municipal court located?
The Jennings 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 Jennings?
Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 10 minutes south of Florissant via Lindbergh. Many Jennings clients meet us in person; others handle the entire matter by phone and video, with in-home signings available for estate planning.
Can my Jennings 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 · Dellwood · Pine Lawn · Country Club Hills
See also: St. Louis County · All locations