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Brown & Crouppen is a full service law firm that provides high-quality digital resources for individuals and business entities seeking information in the area of personal injury law.
Progressive Legal Expertise
The Brown & Crouppen Law Firm has made a name for itself as the premium personal injury law firm in the Midwest. The attorneys at Brown & Crouppen have collectively advocated on behalf of clients who have endured nearly every form of physical injury stemming from an accident in which a third-party entity bears all or some liability.
These consolidated experiences support the core content themes spread throughout the Brown & Crouppen website. The legal team has advocated on behalf of clients for more than 40 years. During this time. they won over $1 billion dollars on behalf of their clients.
The firm has attracted a team of top legal talent serving clients in Missouri and Illinois. The attorneys at Brown & Crouppen have earned honors and awards throughout their careers, which has helped to position the firm as the most sought-after personal injury legal team in the Midwest. Most of the individual attorneys within Brown & Crouppen have received recognition in their specialty practice areas. Many of them have been honored as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters and been named to prestigious attorney rankings across the nation. In addition, the legal team’s involvement with Brown & Crouppen TV (BCTV), various podcasts, and a weekly show called Legal Lens have been paramount to building our firm’s digital presence. Legal Lens has become a local hit with news outlets that feature our attorneys to help break down legal scenarios.
Brown & Crouppen has the resources, knowledge, and legal expertise required to guide individuals through the personal injury litigation process. The legal team strives to contrive effective and innovative solutions that push beyond the traditional approaches practiced by firms of comparable size and reach.
All of the content on this website is routinely examined by one of our Founding Partners, Terry Crouppen. Terry has made a name for himself as an empathetic client advocate. He is an accomplished attorney who is highly regarded by his peers as a thought leader and legal writer in the personal injury space. As a key player in the firm, his legal expertise is often relied upon to provide incomparable insight into complex cases.
A prominent presence in the personal injury scene, Terry is actively engaged in the everyday operations at Brown & Crouppen. This involves constructing the firm’s digital presence, particularly when it comes to strengthening our website. Terry, along with the executive team, write the greater part of the Brown & Crouppen website content and make efforts to meticulously research and authenticate information shared on the website.
Integrity is one of Brown & Crouppen’s core values, and as such our content is highly principled. To validate the veracity of our written content, Terry refers to his own litigation and legal research experience. He also relies upon the vast expertise and knowledge supplied by his esteemed colleagues at Brown & Crouppen. Outside archives and tools used for supporting evidence are LexisNexis and both national and international media outlets.
Contributor Credentials
Attorney Terry Crouppen leads the content review for BrownAndCrouppen.com. Terry earned his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri in 1971. He is admitted to the Missouri State Bar and has permission to practice across the state. Terry is a determined, steadfast advocate representing victims in the Midwest. His direct personal experience, which influences the topics on this site, includes various personal injury lawsuits, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, and more.
Terry has achieved national recognition for his decades of dedicated work as a personal injury lawyer. He has been named to prestigious lists such as The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyers”, Terry has received national recognition as a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an invitation-only group, and has been ranked as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer, and a Super Lawyer.
His dedication to supporting people in need expands outside of the courtroom. He enthusiastically supports dozens of local non-profit organizations including Sista Strut, Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure, Annie Malone, Ronald McDonald House Charities, and Habitat for Humanity.
He is driven by empathy over all, as he brings vision and conviction to every case he handles.
Website’s Purpose
The purpose of this website is to educate the public about personal injury law. Brown & Crouppen wants to provide readers with essential information that is accurate, relevant, and helpful when it comes to understanding and making decisions after they have been injured.
Any injury caused by someone else’s negligence falls under personal injury law. Personal injury claims can happen anywhere and to anyone, and every situation is unique. Our content is written based upon the strongest principles. We conform to ethical journalism practices. The entire website and its separate articles have been objectively verified. Brown & Crouppen cites only trustworthy, identifiable sources of nonpartisan, open-minded information which readers will find linked to within the content.
Objective
The objective of BrownAndCrouppen.com is to decipher and explain the sophisticated processes involved in personal injury law. The legal industry is known for its confusing methods for presenting facts, and Brown & Crouppen wants to simplify these complex structures for its various audiences.
Our Audience
Brown & Crouppen website’s audience includes, but is not limited to…
- People who are interested in retaining an attorney for their personal injury case
- People who have suffered due to another person’s (or persons) neglect or oversight
- People who have been in an automobile accident that involved a car, truck, bus, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian, or rideshare
- People who have highly impactful side effects tied to prescription drugs
- People who are experiencing negative physical effects which may be linked to a product defect
- People whose loved ones may have been neglected or abused while in a nursing home
- People who have had a slip and fall accident
- People who would like to understand wrongful death claims
- People who suspect they have fallen victim to medical malpractice
- People who are questioning a loved one’s causes of death or situations that potentially impacted death and would like guidance
- People who have been hurt on another person’s property
- People who have a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- People who have been injured at work and would like information about worker’s compensation laws
- People who want to know more about the system of personal injury claims
- People who want detailed, impartial, and educational information about the legal landscape
- People who are currently practicing attorneys exploring personal injury cases
- People who are engaged in an ongoing personal injury case and have questions
- People who want to stay up-to-date with national news regarding personal injury law
- Members of the media, researchers and legal experts
Topical Coverage
The lawyers of Brown & Crouppen have fought for their injured clients to receive over one billion dollars in settlements. Accordingly, the content themes across this website spotlight informative articles within the area of personal injury law, inclusive of the following: automobile accidents, worker’s compensation, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, premises liability, product liability, dangerous drugs, disability claims, mesothelioma, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, water contamination at Camp Lejeune, and more.
Readers will find regularly updated information throughout the Brown & Crouppen website. State and local news that is relevant to personal injury law, descriptive articles, testimonials, results from past cases, and so much more.
Editorial Control
As the in-house expert legal writer and researcher, Terry Crouppen maintains editorial control of the content published on Brown & Crouppen’s website. There are efforts made behind the scenes to ensure the website operates completely independently of external influences; for example, the website does not accept money for advertising. We do not allow for the website to admit content from outside sources as an effort for the website to remain an unbiased resource for its readers. The internal teams at Brown & Crouppen are welcome to submit information, articles, and feedback to Terry and the executive team. This internal influence may then impact the content across the website.
Brown & Crouppen may review information and relevant articles provided by outside sources but the website publishes only original content. BrownAndCrouppen.com will authorize very few, if any, opinion pieces from outside influences that achieve a set quality standard.
Reader Engagement
Readers are encouraged to contact Brown & Crouppen with feedback and questions about any of the content found on our website. The dedicated attorneys behind BrownAndCrouppen.com seek justice for people regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and economic status. Brown & Crouppen is dedicated to helping people just like you, and we are here to support anyone who reaches out.
Integrity
Brown & Crouppen declare the below guiding principles to be indispensable to ensuring responsible legal journalism.
Precise
There is no room in the law for misinformation or intentional inaccuracy. Accordingly, there is no room on this website for content that has not been affirmed by legal experts. Terry Crouppen and the executive team voraciously researches all alleged facts and items of interest in order to validate that which is offered to readers of the Brown & Crouppen website.
Transparent
Brown & Crouppen makes a concerted effort to clearly identify sources when used for research and reference. Links are provided to grant readers access to more information, which they may use to come to their own conclusions. Brown & Crouppen only cites reputable sources, including peer-reviewed journals, government reports, court records, academic organizations, and other trusted publications by qualified experts.
Authentic
Our law firm has grown as large as it has through putting clients’ needs first. As a counselor, you need to know when it’s best for the client to push through negotiations or to settle outside of court. Our attorneys are encouraged to share their expert opinions and our web content reflects this approach. By relaying such information in an open, honest manner we manage client expectations for each unique area.
Content Types
Brown & Crouppen produces a volume of relevant content for our readers.
Evergreen Pages
These pages are written for the purpose of sharing materials reviewing Brown & Crouppen Law Firm’s history, practice areas, past cases, attorneys, paralegals, awards, and qualifications.
Community Involvement
The Brown & Crouppen team makes an effort to build relationships within the communities we serve.
Detailed Practice Areas
Brown & Crouppen is a personal injury law firm, which encompasses a wide range of situations. These are detailed throughout the site so there is no question as to how we can best support you.
Careers
Explore career opportunities with a highly prestigious personal injury law firm.
Blog
The passages found in our Blog are regularly updated with the goal of teaching the public about the inner mechanics of personal injury law.
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Locations We Serve
Brown & Crouppen has multiple locations in Missouri and Illinois. Find your closest legal representative in this section to get the support you deserve.
Case Results & Settlements
This section shares case results and client feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Browse our frequently asked questions (FAQs) for quick answers to common questions about personal injury cases.
Linking Policy
Brown & Crouppen does not endorse outside parties to exercise directly pasting select pieces of website content; instead, we request articles be shared in full and hyper-linked to the original source content, in order to fully represent the accurate and valuable information contained therein. Brown & Crouppen encourages external organizations, individuals, nonprofits and other law firms to link to the BrownAndCrouppen.com website if they share our vision of educating the public on personal injury law.
Corrections
Brown & Crouppen seeks to correct any imprecise information in a timely manner. If you see a mistake anywhere on the site, please get in touch.
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