Kari S. Peterson

Email Address: peterson@onderlaw.com

Kari was raised in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kari earned her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 1997. She attended law school at the University of Missouri - Kansas City and graduated in 2000. While in school she was an Editor for The Urban Lawyer Law Journal and authored an article for the publication. She also received the American Jurisprudence Award for Conflicts of Laws and was on the Dean's List. Kari practiced law in Kansas City for a year before returning to her hometown of St. Louis.

Kari is a founding partner of the firm. Kari's practice includes all aspects of personal injury litigation, including catastrophic injuries and wrongful death claims, products and premise liability, auto accidents, trucking accidents, rollovers, forklift injuries, construction and workplace accidents, medical malpractice and workers' compensation. She has successfully tried numerous cases in multiple jurisdictions, including St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and The Division of Workers' Compensation.

Kari also engages in a national practice representing people injured as a result of pharmaceutical and drug products in mass tort litigation.

In 2004 Kari was appointed to the Missouri Bar's Workers' Compensation Committee which is made up of Judges and attorneys across the state. The Committee's purpose is to study the law and develop legislative proposals, as well as publish educational materials and present programs about current trends in the law. Kari has also lectured on the effects of the 2005 legislative changes in the Missouri Workers Compensation system.

Kari also serves on the Board of Kids' Chance, Inc. of Missouri. Kids' Chance is a not-for-profit organization which provides post-high school scholarships to children of Missouri workers killed or disabled on the job. In addition to being on the Board, Kari is a member of the Scholarship Committee, where applications for scholarships are reviewed for approval.

Kari is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas and is admitted to the Eastern and Western District of the Missouri Federal Courts. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Kari lives in St. Louis with her husband, who is also an attorney, and their one son.