Thomas M. Lang

Tom is married to Jill Lang. They have five children and five grandchildren. Jill is the executive director of the St. Louis County Bar Association. Tom is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Tom has tried and/or appeared before all levels of trial courts in Missouri and Illinois, and federal district courts in Missouri and California. He has briefed and argued before the Supreme Court of Missouri and Eastern District Court of Appeals. Tom has successfully handled multimillion dollars of personal injury and wrongful death claims. He has mediated over 350 cases, served as an arbitrator, elected member of the 21st Circuit judicial commission, condemnation commissioner, Court appointed special master, receiver, and hearing officer for employment and discipline disputes, special investigator for a school district, and as a court judgments and designated family mediator in Parenting Plans. Awards and Honors Honors Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 1979 President's Award of Merit, The Missouri Bar, 2002 Distinguished Service Award, St. Louis County Bar Association, 1998 Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Volunteer Lawyers Program, 1994 President's Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1991 Outstanding Leadership Service Award, St. Louis University School of Law, 1991 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, St. Louis County Bar Association, 1979 Outstanding Youth Assistance Project in Nation, Jaycees Marianist Award, St. John Vianney High School, 2003 Hall of Fame, St. John Vianney High School, 1999 Griffin of the Year, St. John Vianney High School, 1964

• Solo Practitioner
• Panel Member, Clayton Mediation & Arbitration Services
• Panel Member, Aequitas Arbitration & Mediation Services

• Love, Lacks, McMahan & Paule, 1976 - 1982
• Raymond & Lang, Inc., 1972 - 1976

• Adjunct Professor, Clinical Trial Practice, St. Louis University School of Law, 1987
• Lecturer to 3rd Year Law Students on Ethics and Professionalism, The Missouri Bar, 1993 - 1997
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Programs, The Missouri Bar
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Programs, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Programs, St. Louis County Bar Association

• Elected member Judicial Commissioner, 21st Judicial Circuit, 2000 - 2006
• Founder, "Justice for All Ball," Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Board of Directors, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, 1997 - 2007
• Volunteer Lawyers Program, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Past-President and Board Member, West County Workshop, Inc. (a Sheltered Workshop)
• Ascension Parish School of Religion Teacher, 2001 - Present
• Coach, CYC Soccer, Baseball and Basketball
• Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, Cubmaster
• Chairman of the Board, St. John Vianney High School, 1992 - 1998
• Chairman, Citizens for Safe Courts and Kids
• Ancillary Businesses
• Clayton Mediation & Arbitration Services

• Missouri, 1971
• Illinois, 1971
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1971
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1971
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

• The Missouri Bar (Member)
• The Missouri Bar, 2002 (Vice President)
• The Missouri Bar, 1992 - 2008 (Board of Governors)
• The Missouri Bar, 1996 - 1997 (Executive Committee)
• The Missouri Bar, 1997 - 2002 (Chairman, Finance Committee)
• The Missouri Bar, 1995 - 2008 (Board Liaison to Professionalism Committee)
• The Missouri Bar (Young Lawyers' Section Council)
• The Missouri Bar Foundation (Member)
• The Missouri Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• St. Louis County Bar Association (Served in many capacities including President (1990 and 2011))
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Long-Range Planning Committee)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Trial Section Committee Litigation Reform Task Force)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Co-Chair, Professional Ethics and Methods of Practice Committee)
• St. Louis County Fire District Attorneys' Association
• The Lawyers Association
• St. Thomas Moore Society
• Collaborative Family Law Association
• St. John Vianney High School (Chairman of the Board 1992-1998)