J. Thaddeus Eckenrode
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Member of CLM Since: 2011
Nominated By Terry Wilkes
CLM Committees
- Professional Liability
- Committee Conference
- Medical Legal
- Medical Legal Summit
- Medical/HealthCare (Medical Malpractice)
- Cyber, Management & Professional Liability
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
- Speaker - 2014 Professional Liability and eDiscovery Conference
- Speaker - 2015 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2017 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 CLM Management and Professional Liability Conference
- Speaker - 2019 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2019 CLM Midwest Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2024 Annual Conference
Articles
Practice Areas
- ADR
- Appellate
- Bad Faith
- Claims Management
- Cyber Liability
- Employment Liability/Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation Management
- Medical Malpractice
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Property
- Transportation
- Workers' Compensation
Biography
Tad Eckenrode is the founder, managing officer and lead trial attorney for Eckenrode-Maupin, a boutique 8 attorney defense-oriented trial and appellate practice. He has tried almost 100 cases to verdict in both Missouri and Illinois state courts, and in Federal court. Several were listed as among the year's "Top Defense Verdicts" by Missouri Lawyer's Weekly. The firm's practice areas include all aspects of general insurance defense and civil litigation, while Tad's own personal focus is on complex and high-stakes death and injury claims, including medical malpractice, product liability and general / auto liability matters. Tad has been a frequently requested speaker at bar and professional seminars on topics related to trial practice, professional liability and general negligence matters, and he has authored several articles published both locally and nationally. He is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell, listed in "Best Lawyers in America" (for Personal Injury Litigation -- Defense and Medical Malpractice -- Defense), and has been selected as a Missouri-Kansas "Superlawyer" for six straight years. He received the 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" award for the area of "Medical Malpractice - Defense" in St. Louis by Best Lawyers.
Tad graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1983, and served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for three years before transitioning to a general civil insurance defense practice, which has been his primary litigation focus for the past 35+ years.
Education
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Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: MO, IL, KS