Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Partner Ben Thames will join Washington University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor for the Fall 2025 semester, where he will teach the course “Pretrial Practice and Settlement.”
This course develops essential skills for effective client representation during the pretrial stage of litigation, including legal research, drafting, and negotiation, through hands-on experience litigating two civil cases. Students engage in weekly readings, written assignments, and in-class simulations to master lawyering skills and apply substantive laws.
Thames has more than 20 years of legal experience, focusing his practice on product and general liability, environmental and toxic tort, employment law, and commercial litigation. Skilled in all phases of litigation, including trial, Thames is dedicated to meeting client needs and achieving positive outcomes nationwide. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Missouri and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® in the Product Liability Litigation – Defendants category. He is an active member of the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), The Missouri Bar, and other professional organizations.
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