The Brentwood Boulevard exit,
and what happens next.
Richmond Heights occupies one of the highest-traffic stretches of Highway 40 in the metro, anchored by the Galleria, the Brentwood Boulevard exit, and the high-speed split where I-64 and I-170 meet. Pedestrian and vehicle accidents along this corridor are a recurring pattern in our practice. Richmond Heights also produces criminal defense work, estate planning, and traffic matters — but the cases that most often define our Richmond Heights calendar trace to that highway split.
Fifteen minutes north,
via I-170.
From central Richmond Heights, our Florissant office is about fifteen minutes north on I-170. Most Richmond Heights clients come up to Florissant for the first meeting if it is convenient, or we handle everything by phone and video. Court appearances and accident-scene visits we make in person.
Where Richmond Heights
cases get heard.
Two courts decide Richmond Heights matters — the city's bench on South Big Bend plus the county Circuit and Probate divisions about ten minutes north on I-170.
Richmond Heights Municipal Court
1330 South Big Bend Boulevard · Richmond Heights, MO 63117
Ordinance violations, traffic citations from the Highway 40 service roads and Brentwood Boulevard inside city limits, careless-driving citations from Galleria-area collisions, and minor misdemeanors.
St. Louis County Circuit Court
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Richmond Heights felony charges, dissolution proceedings, contested civil matters, and probate. About ten minutes north on I-170. Personal injury cases past the municipal threshold land here.
St. Louis County Probate Division
105 S. Central Ave · Clayton, MO 63105
Informal administration for most Richmond Heights estates; supervised when contested.
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 firm.
Richmond Heights work skews heavily toward personal injury from Highway 40 and the Galleria area, with the rest of the practice spectrum filling out the calendar. Pedestrian-involved cases at the Brentwood Boulevard exit are a recurring pattern.
- 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.
- Traffic tickets: speeding, careless driving, CDL violations — see Missouri traffic ticket lawyer.
- DWI & DUI defense: both the criminal case and the parallel administrative license proceeding — see Missouri DWI lawyer and the 15-day rule.
- Criminal defense: felony, misdemeanor, drug offenses, assault, weapons, federal — see Missouri criminal defense.
- Estate planning: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate — see estate planning attorney Missouri.
- Workers’ compensation: work injuries, denied claims, permanent disability — see Missouri workers’ comp lawyer.
- Expungement: sealing eligible misdemeanor and felony records — see Missouri expungement attorney.
- License restoration: hardship petitions and full reinstatement — see license restoration in Missouri.
Why pedestrian cases
happen here.
Richmond Heights’s population is around 9,000, but the daytime population is many times that — the Galleria draws shoppers and employees, the SSM Health and BJC medical campuses on Clayton Road draw patients and staff, and the commercial corridors along Brentwood Boulevard and Big Bend draw both. The result is a high-density pedestrian environment crossed by interstate-speed roads. The Brentwood Boulevard exit off I-64 deposits drivers into a cluster of restaurants, retail, and pedestrian crossings within a hundred yards of the off-ramp, and the resulting pedestrian-vehicle accident pattern shows up regularly in our caseload.
On the boundary side, Richmond Heights and Brentwood share the Galleria complex, with the city line running through the property. Whether a collision is technically a Richmond Heights or Brentwood matter depends on the exact location, and that determination affects which police report controls and which municipal court handles any related citations. We sort that out early. Hablamos español when needed.
Opening questions for a Richmond Heights call: the exact location of any collision (the Galleria area straddles the Brentwood line, and that determines which police report controls), whether the case involves a pedestrian, the speed estimate at impact, and whether anyone was transported. Pedestrian-vehicle cases at the Brentwood Boulevard exit have specific evidentiary patterns we look for early.
Richmond Heights is also where many St. Louis County residents access major medical care — the SSM Health and BJC outpatient campuses on Clayton Road draw patients from across the metro. That density of medical visits matters for personal injury cases that originated elsewhere; the records are often local even when the collision was not. We coordinate the document trail accordingly.
The pedestrian environment around Brentwood Boulevard and Highway 40 produces a particular kind of injury case — high-speed traffic feeding into walkable commercial space. The investigation has to capture both sides of that geometry.
Richmond Heights legal FAQ —
straight answers.
The questions Richmond Heights residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.
What court handles felony cases for Richmond Heights residents?
Felony charges originating in Richmond Heights 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 Richmond Heights’s municipal court located?
The Richmond Heights 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 Richmond Heights?
Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 22 minutes south of Florissant via I-170. Many Richmond Heights 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 Richmond Heights 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.
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See also: St. Louis County · All locations