Local Attorney Selected as Member of the Nation's Top One Percent for 2015 by the National Association of Distinguished Council

    ST. LOUIS, MO, April 11, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Daniel P. Finney, Jr., a local attorney and owner of Finney Law Office, has recently been chosen to be listed as a member of America's Top One Percent in 2015 by the National Association of Distinguished Council (NADC).

Those who are inducted in this prestigious list are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected by a blue ribbon panel of attorneys with podium status from independently neutral organizations, and approved by a judicial review board as exhibiting virtue in the practice of law. Because the appointment process is incredibly selective, only the top one percent of attorneys in the United States is awarded membership in the NADC, making this the elite class of the finest legal professionals nationwide.

The NADC is an organization that is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize attorneys like Finney who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Finney is no stranger to awards. So far, he has received numerous awards including Super Lawyers, which gives membership to the top 5% of Missouri attorneys, National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Lawyers, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, American Society of Legal Advocates, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, and AVVO Clients' Choice Award.

Finney specializes in serious litigation matters, especially complex personal injury claims. With over 30 years of experience as a litigator, he has successfully completed over 100 jury trials and has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts or settlements in claims arising from truck accidents, product defects, medical negligence, fraud, auto accidents, accidental shootings, and inverse condemnation. Many of his trials resulted in attracting national media attention and changing the way defective products are tracked and recalled.

A native and lifelong resident of St. Louis, Finney graduated from St. Louis University Law School in 1978. Before entering private practice in 1981, he worked as an assistant circuit attorney in the City of St. Louis in which he tried to completion and won more jury trials than any other attorney on staff. He is admitted to practice law in Missouri, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Southern District of New York. He is also a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the American Association of Justice, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the St. Louis Bar Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Lawyers Association, and the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.

Finney is married and has seven children, three of whom are lawyers, along with five grandchildren.

Finney Law Office is dedicated to helping people whose lives have been changed by acts of negligence. The team includes Daniel P. Finney, Jr., and his sons, Daniel P. Finney III and Christopher Finney. They proudly serve accident victims throughout the St. Louis region, Illinois, and Missouri.

Finney Law Office has earned its reputation as one of the top litigation firms in the St. Louis area through painstaking case analysis, preparation, and dedication. As a result, the firm has had repeated success against large corporations, often defended by multiple law firms.

For more information, please call 314-646-0300 or visit the firm's website at http://www.finneylawoffice.com.

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