The far western edge
of our practice area.
Wentzville is the far western anchor of St. Charles County and the most distant city we serve regularly. It is the GM Wentzville Assembly Plant town — a manufacturing workforce of several thousand, the I-70 truck corridor running past the plant, and the family-economy patterns that come with a single-employer-dominated town. Workers’ compensation for plant-floor injuries is a meaningful share of what we do here. So is the highway-speed personal injury work that comes out of the I-70 freight corridor.
Forty-five minutes east,
on a clean run of I-70.
From central Wentzville, our Florissant office is roughly forty-five minutes east on I-70 across the Missouri River. Wentzville is one of the further cities we serve, and we do not ask Wentzville clients to make that drive. Most of the work happens by phone and video, with in-person trips out to Wentzville for signings, court appearances, and home visits when those serve the case. Hablamos español.
Two courts,
plus the WC division.
Two courts decide Wentzville matters — the city's Justice Center plus the St. Charles County Circuit and Probate divisions about thirty minutes east on I-70. Workers’ comp claims run through a separate administrative tribunal.
Wentzville Municipal Court
1019 Schroeder Creek Boulevard · Wentzville, MO 63385
Ordinance violations, traffic citations from I-70 and the surrounding network inside city limits, careless-driving citations, and minor misdemeanors.
St. Charles County Circuit Court
300 N. 2nd Street · St. Charles, MO 63301
Wentzville felony charges, dissolution proceedings, contested civil suits, and probate cases. About thirty minutes east on I-70 from the city center.
St. Charles County Probate Division
300 N. 2nd Street · St. Charles, MO 63301
Informal administration for most Wentzville estates; supervised when contested.
Many of the GM plant injury cases we handle run through the Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation — not a court in the conventional sense, but the administrative tribunal where workers’ comp claims are litigated. Hearings happen at the Division's St. Louis location, from the initial report through the administrative-law-judge hearing and any appeal.
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.
Wentzville work tilts heavily toward workers’ compensation for the manufacturing workforce and personal injury from the I-70 corridor. Traffic court fills out the calendar; the rest of the practice is available but lower volume.
- Workers’ compensation: work injuries, denied claims, permanent disability — see Missouri workers’ comp 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.
- 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.
- Expungement: sealing eligible misdemeanor and felony records — see Missouri expungement attorney.
- License restoration: hardship petitions and full reinstatement — see license restoration in Missouri.
Why workers’ comp
drives the calendar.
Wentzville’s population is around 50,000 and growing, and the GM Wentzville Assembly Plant is the dominant employer — thousands of plant-floor and skilled-trades positions, plus the second-tier supplier and logistics operations that support the plant. The workers’ comp work that comes from the plant is its own pattern: lifting injuries, repetitive-stress claims, machinery accidents, fall-from-height incidents on the line, and the auto accidents that happen during shift changes. Workers’ comp interacts with the union grievance process, with employer-provided short- and long-term disability, and with the medical-treatment authorization rules in ways that require careful sequencing.
On the personal injury side, the I-70 freight corridor produces commercial-vehicle and truck-related cases more often than most other suburbs in our practice area. Federal motor carrier regulations, ELD log analysis, and the question of whether a driver was within hours-of-service limits all come up. Hablamos español for clients who prefer Spanish.
Opening questions for a Wentzville call: whether the injury happened on the plant floor or off-site (that affects which workers’ comp rules and which employer entity applies), whether the union has been notified, whether the employer-paid disability benefits have started, and whether you have already been to the company doctor. Early sequencing of those steps matters.
Most Wentzville cases trace back to the plant or the highway. Both have rules of their own — collective bargaining and federal motor carrier regulation — that the routine personal injury or workers’ comp lawyer does not always know to look at first.
Wentzville legal FAQ —
straight answers.
The questions Wentzville residents and businesses ask most often. General information; specific facts always change the analysis.
What court handles felony cases for Wentzville residents?
Felony charges originating in Wentzville are filed in the St. Charles County Circuit Court at 300 North Second Street, St. Charles. Initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and bond review are heard there before the case is assigned to a trial division. We appear in St. Charles County regularly.
Where is Wentzville’s municipal court located?
The Wentzville 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. Charles County Circuit Court.
How far is your office from Wentzville?
Our office at 580 N. U.S. Highway 67, Suite 4 in Florissant is about 45 minutes northwest of Florissant via I-70. Many Wentzville clients meet us in person; others handle the entire matter by phone and video, with in-home signings available for estate planning.
How long do I have to file a workers’ comp claim in Missouri?
You must notify your employer within 30 days of the injury and file a claim within two years (three if the employer fails to file a Report of Injury) under RSMo §287.430. Late notice can defeat an otherwise strong claim.
Can my employer pick my workers’ comp doctor?
Yes — under Missouri workers’ comp the employer / insurer chooses the authorized treating physician (RSMo §287.140). If treatment is unreasonable or denied, the Division of Workers’ Compensation can order a change.
Nearby cities we also serve.
Lake Saint Louis · O'Fallon · Dardenne Prairie · St. Peters
See also: St. Charles County · All locations