Benjamin Borengasser – CV
2004 – Present
Borengasser & Marler
Partner in litigation, estate planning and business law practice emphasizing divorce, child support and family law, criminal law, personal injuries, wrongful death, insurance claims, business law and business litigation, construction law, and wills and estate planning.
2001 – 2004
Brown & James, P.C.
Attorney at large civil litigation law firm – practice areas included personal injuries and wrongful death, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, business law and business litigation, and construction law.
1999 – 2000
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
Rule 13 Certified law student practitioner in family law, divorce, and landlord – tenant litigation.
1999
Rodney Sippel, Federal District Court Judge, Eastern District of Missouri
Law Student Intern
EDUCATION
Washington University School of Law,
St. Louis, Missouri
Juris Doctorate: May 2001:
Class Rank: Top 15%
Honors and Activities
Honor Scholar Award (Top 10%, 2000-01 academic year
Scholar in Law
Class rank in Top 5% during 1998-99 academic year
Top 1% in legal writing seminar
Dean’s list
Phi Alpha Delta
ABA, Law Student Division
University of Missouri – Columbia
B.A., Political Science: May 1998
Honors and Activities
Golden Key National Honor Society
Dean’s List
Intramural Sports
ARTICLES AND PUBLISHED WORKS
Missouri Evidence Deskbook (5th ed.),
Supplement to Chapter One – Introduction
The Missouri Bar CLE Publications – 2010
Missouri Evidence Deskbook (5th ed.),
Chapter One – Introduction
The Missouri Bar CLE Publications – 2006
Missouri’s Statute of Repose Amended to
Clarify Inclusion of Claims for Economic Loss
Fault Line, Spring 2003
The Influence of U.S. – Japan Bilateral Trade
Negotiations on Trade, Competition and
Competition Law in Japan: The Structural
Impediments Initiative and the Enhanced
Initiative
Spring, 2001
BAR ADMISSIONS
The Missouri Bar – 2001
Federal District Court for the Eastern
District of Missouri – 2001
The Illinois Bar – 2003 (currently inactive
status)
ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Judge, Wiley Rutledge Moot Court
Competition
Judge, Washington University School of
Law Environmental Moot Court Competition
City of Lake St. Louis Board of Adjustment
Missouri Bar Association
Professionalism Committee
Civil Procedure Committee
Criminal Law Committee
Youth Soccer, Baseball and Basketball coach
