Steven J. Hughes
Education
• University of Missouri – Civil Mediator Training, 2024
• Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado, 1992
• Southern University of Illinois; J.D., 1988
• University of Northern Iowa; B.A., Business Administration, 1985
• USA&M Advanced Mediator Training, 2024
Accomplishments
Steve’s trial experience is extensive representing plaintiffs and defendants and has involved truck accident cases in both Missouri and Illinois State and Federal Courts, automobile cases, premises liability cases, product liability cases, employment discrimination cases, contract disputes and various employment practice matters. Steve has mediated hundreds of cases as client counsel and has been a partner at Hughes Lawyers, LLC since 2016.
Steve has been a frequent speaker on numerous areas of the law including employment issues, trucking liability, dram shop liability trying the soft tissue injury case, accounting malpractice defense and federal court practice and procedure.
Affiliations
• Missouri
• Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals Eight Circuit
• United States District Court – Eastern District of Missouri
• United States District Court – Western District of Missouri
• United States District Court – Southern District of Illinois
• United States District Court – District Court of Kansas
• The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis
• American Bar Association
• Transportation Section and Mega-Conference Planning
Committee
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Trucking Industry Association