Dowd Bennett focuses on high-stakes litigation and trials, internal and governmental investigations, and appellate representation. We assist our clients in all jurisdictions and in all phases of their cases, including trial and appeal. We also represent individual and corporate clients in white collar criminal/regulatory matters and internal investigations. Our members include a former Missouri Governor, a former United States Senator from Missouri, two former United States Attorneys, two former United States Supreme Court clerks, seven former clerks to United States Courts of Appeals, six former clerks to United States District Court judges, two former State Supreme Court clerks, three former Assistant United States Attorneys, and a former Missouri State prosecutor. The firm represents some of the most recognized names in business in their important cases across the country, including Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, Valero Energy, Emerson Electric, Anheuser-Busch, Fresenius Medical Care, Ernst & Young and others. While most of our engagements in this area are confidential, Dowd Bennett recently produced highly publicized investigation reports for the University of Missouri and the Missouri History Museum. Dowd Bennett also defends individuals under criminal investigation, including government officials and other senior corporate and government executives and agents.