West Plains Lawyers

Wendell L. Hoskins II practices primarily in the fields of agricultural law and civil litigation, crop insurance claims law and criminal defense for crop insurance fraud. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is licensed in the state courts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, in eight federal district courts and in the federal Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits. His reported cases include Pelzer v. ARMtech (E.D. Ark. 2013); Fullerton v Fullerton (Mo. App. S.D. 2012); Hensley v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company (Mo. App. S.D. 2007); and Morrison v....

Mary K. Walker practices primarily in the fields of agricultural law and civil litigation, including real estate and probate law. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law and is licensed in the state courts of Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee, in four United States District Courts and in the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She is also a returned Peace Corps volunteer, y habla español.

Tim Pudlowski was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Fenton. He attended Saint Louis University from 2003 to 2006, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and graduated magna cum laude. He received his Juris Doctorate in 2010 from Capital University Law School after participating in Moot Court and serving as Managing Editor of the Capital University Law Review. Tim, one of our Jefferson County attorneys, became a member of the Missouri Bar and began representing clients shortly thereafter. He has represented clients with a variety of legal issues in Missouri courts. In March...

In college, Mr. Pupillo worked as an investigator with the Missouri Attorney General's Office in the Division of Consumer Protection. During law school, B.J. was granted a Rule 13 Certification from the Missouri Supreme Court allowing him to litigate cases in open court prior to graduation. B.J. clerked as a prosecutor at the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and went on to clerk as a defense attorney for the Missouri Public Defender Office. Additionally, Mr. Pupillo was a member of the ABA Mock Trial Team at Saint Louis University and the ABA Moot Court Team at Southern Illinois...

Susan Cho Figenshau is an AV™ rated attorney practicing solely in the field of immigration law more than 20 years. Ms. Figenshau represents employers in fields including: Construction Educational Energy Healthcare Manufacturing Medical R&D Religious Technology Telecommunications Ms. Figenshau’s expertise includes benefits under the NAFTA (USA, Canada, Mexico), and Adjustment of Status and Naturalization matters involving possible...

Jack graduated from St. Louis University School of Law and began his law career handling Personal Injury cases. From there, Jack worked at the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, where he received invaluable experience prosecuting complex criminal cases. After leaving the Prosecutor's Office, Jack opened up his own law practice. Over the years, Jack has handled a wide variety of cases in the areas of Criminal Law, Traffic, Family Law, Business Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. With 50 years of legal experience and a lifetime spent in the courtroom, Jack has...

Dirk Hennessey has spent the last 10 years aggressively representing those injured in Missouri and Illinois. Since graduating law school, he has helped the injured recover over $13,000,000.00 from America's Largest Insurance Companies. Dirk has successfully litigated catastrophic work injuries, car accidents, motorcycle wrecks, truck and semi-trailer accidents and is committed to ensuring that each client receives the utmost care and is treated like family.

Connie S. Haden is the founding attorney of The Law Firm of Haden & Haden. She practices in the areas of estate and business planning, trust and probate administration, elder law and tax-exempt and non-profit organizations. Prior to starting her own firm, she practiced with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP, specializing in complex estate, business, gift and tax planning issues. She then served as independent counsel for Graves Bartle Marcus & Garrett LLC in Kansas City where she continued her practice in estate planning and trust and estate administration and expanded her practice into the areas of non-profit...

Sander Sowers is experienced in representing people in a variety of types of litigation. His practice includes representing individuals in serious personal injury, workers’ compensation, mass torts cases, wage and hour (overtime) cases, and other collective and class action cases. Sander is a part of many professional associations and community activities. Sander was elected by his peers to serve on the Missouri Bar Association Board of Governors as the District 15 representative. Prior to serving on the Board of Governors, Sander was likewise elected by his peers to serve on the Missouri Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Section Council as the District...

Education: Washington University Law School J.D. 1965 Harvard Graduate Business School MBA. 1967 Arbitration: Qualified as Chairperson for FINRA Mediation: Styles: Facilitative and Transformative

AJ Bruning is a top-rated St. Louis personal injury attorney and managing partner of The Bruning Law Firm, where he represents victims of catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and complex accident cases across Missouri and Illinois. With over 15 years of experience and multiple Super Lawyers selections, AJ is known for his aggressive litigation style, sharp case strategy, and relentless pursuit of justice. From major verdicts to meaningful settlements, he’s helped families move forward after life-changing events—always with a client-first approach. “Clients come to us when everything’s on the line. We fight like it’s our family—because it is.” Based in downtown St. Louis. Offices...

After years of hard work and contributing to the workforce, you should not be forced to fight for the benefits you deserve. With 28 years experience practicing workers' compensation and labor law in St. Louis, Missouri, and thousands of cases under my belt, I have the knowledge and skill required to help resolve your workers' compensation case.