Joseph Ott

Joseph Ott

Business / Contracts, Personal Injury (Litigation)

St. Louis, Missouri

Personal Introduction

Joseph Ott is the leading trial attorney and founding member of Ott Law Firm, which began in 2017. Ott is also the Chief Solutions Architect of Samu Consulting, a programming venture Ott started to develop machine learning and augmented intelligence solutions for legal applications. Ott’s patent-pending machine learning algorithm extracts information from legal cases and makes predictions about how to maximize value. Ott has recovered millions of dollars for deserving clients using an innovative litigation methodology that emphasizes explicit and beneficial decision-making. He has litigated cases in state and federal court nationwide and won verdicts in cases for personal injury and workers compensation in addition to under ERISA, the National Banking Act, and numerous state statutes. Prior to starting his own firm, Ott began his litigation career at Burger Law in (2015-16) and later at Brown & Crouppen (2016-17), where he handled a variety of personal injury disputes. From 2019 to 2023, Ott has been selected to Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars. Ott graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 2013, where he was a moot court semi-finalist lecturer on First Amendment Law. During law school he served as a summer extern for Mid-Missouri Legal Services in (2012) and as research assistant (2012-13), where he conducted thorough legal analysis on issues pertaining to free speech.

Practice Composition

Litigation

Education

University of Missouri School of Law
University of Missouri School of Law Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) (2013)

Practice Summary

trial attorney and founding member of Ott Law Firm with focus on personal injury and workers compensation in addition to under ERISA, the National Banking Act, and numerous state statutes.

Response Time

4 hours

Awards

Superlawyers Rising Stars

Superlawyers Rising Stars

Affiliations

Allegheny County Bar Association

Allegheny County Bar Association

American Association for Justice

American Association for Justice

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

National Lawyers Guild

National Lawyers Guild

Personal Interests & Charitable Work

During his spare time, he is producing his own music and learning to speak Russian.

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Client Reviews

4.90/5.0 Aggregate Score (32 reviews)

Peer Recommendations 1

Maxwell Groswald, Esq.
Maxwell Groswald, Esq.
Joe personally represented me in a serious legal matter. I can speak from first hand...

Bar Admissions

Missouri