JoAnn has a passion for furthering clients’ objectives, whether that means defeating challenges to a real estate project, defending key aspects of a client’s business or favorably resolving a dispute.
Thirty years into her practice, JoAnn still loves seeing clients’ projects and goals come together. She focuses on real estate, commercial and appellate litigation. Although she works on cases nationwide, JoAnn is especially fond of working on cases that advance civic projects in her own community, such as St. Louis’ Loop Trolley project and renovation of the Scottrade Center.
Clients often look to JoAnn to handle precedent-setting cases that protect their business plans and goals. For example, she has represented developers and municipal bodies in constitutional and statutory challenges to their development plans, creating seminal law on behalf of her clients. Similarly, she has represented a national mortgage registry company in multiple challenges to key aspects of its business, obtaining favorable decisions that validated the company’s business model.