Hon. Gael D. Wood
Education
• USA&M Advanced Mediator Training, 2018
• University of Missouri School of Law Mediation Training, 2018
• University of Missouri – KC School of Law, J.D., 1975
• University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A., 1969
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Accomplishments
Presiding Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit 2001-2017; Special Judge, Missouri Supreme Court; Special Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Senior Circuit Judge, 2017 to present; Member of firm engaged in general practice of law including both plaintiff and defense cases 1975-2000. Judge Wood has presided over hundreds of cases, including medical malpractice, product liability, motor vehicle accidents and wrongful death. Designated an ASTAR (Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource) fellow.
Affiliations
• Missouri Bar
• 20th Judicial Circuit Bar Association
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Areas of Practice
- Banking
- Business/Commercial
- Complex Litigation
- Construction
- Contract
- Corporate Partnership Disputes
- Environmental/Toxic Tort
- Flat Fee Program
- Healthcare
- Home Foreclosure
- Insurance Policy Disputes
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Property Damage
- Real Estate
- School
- Sexual Misconduct
- Subrogation
- Uninsured Motorist
- Will/Trust/Probate
- Workers Comp
- Wrongful Death
- Banking
- Business/Commercial
- Complex Litigation
- Construction
- Contract
- Corporate Partnership Disputes
- Environmental/Toxic Tort
- Flat Fee Program
- Healthcare
- Home Foreclosure
- Insurance Policy Disputes
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Property Damage
- Real Estate
- School
- Sexual Misconduct
- Subrogation
- Uninsured Motorist
- Will/Trust/Probate
- Workers Comp
- Wrongful Death