Office:
St. Louis, Missouri 
Phone: 314-621-7700 Ext. 216
Fax: 314-621-1088
E-mail: wbrasher@boylebrasher.com
Bill Brasher is the managing partner of Boyle Brasher LLC and a co-founder of the firm. Bill is nationally recognized as a trial lawyer, innovator, and counselor on the cutting edge of transportation law and litigation. Bill has an unparalleled depth of understanding of the statutes, regulations, and common law relating to the railroad industry. He also has a significant practice in the area of health law representing numerous major hospitals throughout the country. Bill has been recognized as a go-to attorney in the gaming industry for his representation of the Missouri Gaming Association as well as several gaming companies. He has prepared and defended many civil jury cases in trials in both federal and state courts in over twenty states.
Bill has represented or consulted for his clients in a significant number of appellate matters at both the federal and state level. He has appeared in appeals before the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court and in the intermediate and supreme courts in several states.
Prior to entering private practice Bill was General Counsel - Litigation for a Fortune 500 transportation company.
Bill has been recognized for over a decade and a half as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by Woodward & White. He has also been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in Missouri and Kansas and by St. Louis Magazine as one of St. Louis' Best Lawyers. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and is a past President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel where he serves on the Executive Committee. Bill is the originating author and current co-editor of the "Railroad Litigator's Notebook", a trial notebook for lawyers who defend railroads. He is also one of the principal authors of the "Federal Preemption" Notebook. For several years Bill has been a faculty member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel's annual Trial College. He is also a frequent speaker on a wide range of topics involving the trial of civil actions.
As the son of a career military father, Bill grew up on military bases in several different states finally settling in Texas where he went to college and law school. Bill's college studies were interrupted with his service in the Army where he became a distinguished graduate of the Army's Officer Training School at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He served as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam. After his service in the Army, Bill completed his college and law school education. Bill enjoys reading, traveling with his wife, following the exploits of his children and the St. Louis Cardinals. For the past decade he has been actively involved as a volunteer at the John Burroughs School in suburban St. Louis.
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Areas of Practice
- Railroad Defense
- Insurance Defense
- Health Care Law
- Gaming Law
- Trucking Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law
- Products Liability
- Class Action Defense
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Litigation and Appeals
- Toxic Tort Defense
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- Illinois
- Texas
- Montana
- Washington
- Numerous Federal District Courts and Courts of Appeal
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law
- Juris Doctorate
- Midwestern University
- Bachelor of Arts
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Past President
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Past Chair, Executive Committee
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Chair, Preemption Committee
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Executive Committee Member
- Defense Research Institute
- The Missouri Bar Association
- The Illinois Bar Association
- The Texas Bar Association
- The Montana Bar Association
- The Washington Bar Association
- The Litigation Counsel of America
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys
