About:

Joseph Ott is the leading trial attorney and founding member of Ott Law Firm, which began in 2017. He has recovered millions of dollars for deserving client using an innovative litigation methodology that emphasizes explicit decision making that benefits clients. Ott Law Firm 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. From 2019 to 2022, Ott has been selected to Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars.

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.

Prior to starting his own firm, Ott began his litigation career at Burger Law in (2015-16), and Brown & Crouppen (2016-17).

Ott graduated from 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 was a summer extern for Mid-Missouri Legal Services in (2012) and a research assistant (2012-13).

His wife Kadriya works as a secretary at Ott Law Firm. During his spare time, he is producing his own music and learning to speak Russian.

Publications:

• Laid to Rust: Proposing Strict Liability in Tort for Prop Firearm Injuries Following the Alec Baldwin Shooting, 7 Nev. L.J. Forum 76 (2023).

Press:

• Medical Malpractice Suit Filed Against Aviary Recovery Center, Summit BHC Saint Louis, St. Louis Rec. (Sept. 4, 2018).

Affiliations:

• Solo and Small Firm Section Chair-Elect, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (2023-2024).
• American Association for Justice (2017-Current)
• Member, National Lawyers Guild (2015-Current)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (2015-Current)