missouri injury attorney

christopher a. wright

Christopher A. Wright grew up in St. Louis in unincorporated Oakville.  Chris attended Christian Brothers College (CBC) High School from 1986 through 1990.  Chris graduated from William Jewell College located in Liberty, Missouri with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in both Political Science and Communication.  Chris went on to attend law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law, where he graduated in 1998.  While at UMKC, he served on the UMKC Law Review as Managing Editor from 1997 through 1998; he was also a member of the Ellison Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Board; and was a recipient of the Max Foust Scholarship.

Chris has dedicated his professional career to exclusively and aggressively representing victims and their families in the most complex medical negligence, nursing home negligence, serious personal injury and wrongful death actions.  In September 2005, Chris was selected by Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly magazine as an Up & Coming Missouri Lawyer.  And in 2009, Chris was named a Missouri & Kansas Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine.

Chris is actively involved in supporting, or has served on the Boards of, the following charitable/consumer advocacy organizations:  The United Way; The Brain Injury Association of Missouri (BIA-MO); The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA); and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA). 

Chris and his wife, Shannon, live in Webster Groves with their 3 boys – Ben, Will and Sammy.