Rodney Loomer

Turner Reid Duncan Loomer & Patton, P.C.

Rodney E. Loomer was admitted to the Missouri Bar Association in 1974. He received his law degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1974. Mr. Loomer's undergraduate degree was completed at Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, in 1971.

Mr. Loomer joined the firm of Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton, P.C., in 1974. His practice is concentrated on products liability, insurance defense, and medical malpractice. He has been lead trial lawyer in cases tried in state and federal courts in Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Illinois, and St. Croix and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is admitted to practice in the following courts: United States District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Loomer's legal career has been distinguished by awards and honors, including: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Products Liability Advisory Council; Missouri Bar President's Award in 1995; named one of the Best Lawyers in America from 1996-2019; and named Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year for Products Liability-Defense in 2013 and 2014. He is also a recognized Missouri SuperLawyer and is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Loomer is also an approved mediator for the 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Representative clients include: General Motors LLC, Ford Motor Company, Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc., Kawasaki Motors Corp., Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Cox Health Systems, and Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.

Mr. Loomer is a member of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (President, 2001); The Missouri Bar Association (Representative, Young Lawyers Section, 1979 - 1985; Member, Board of Governors, 1985 - 1993); Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Counsel Association; American Bar Association; and the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers