Law Firm Overview
At The Glassman Law Firm, P.C., we are committed to providing first class personal service because we believe that the case is about the client, not the lawyers.
Convenient Free Consultations
We provide free initial consultations to confidentially discuss and evaluate your case. These meetings usually take a minimum of one hour, during which time you will meet the people who will prepare and, if necessary, try your case. If meetings during normal working hours are not possible, we will meet with you in the evening or on a weekend. If your injury prevents you from coming to our office, we will come to you. We will do whatever it takes to meet your needs.
Highest Legal and Ethical Standards
At The Glassman Law Firm, P.C., we are proud of our AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell which recognizes us as preeminent lawyers in terms of both legal ability and ethical standards. Only about 15% of all licensed attorneys hold this designation.
We promise to thoroughly investigate, research and prepare your case for settlement and trial. During this process, our staff will be accessible to you at all times and will keep you advised of the status of your case. All of our efforts will be directed toward obtaining the best possible result for you.
Many law firms seek business by making unverified claims in large Yellow Page ads, on billboards, in newspapers, and even in television and radio commercials. While we have given television interviews to provide information on important legal cases and topics (see video links to Channel 4 News and ABC's "Legal Minds"), our most effective advertising comes from satisfied clients who refer approximately 90% of our cases to us. We invite you to check us out by speaking with our former clients or any of the judges in the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area before whom we have tried cases.
Other Legal Services
Although we specialize in handling a variety of personal injury cases, we keep our clients updated on current developments in the law. We publish a firm Newsletter to pass along tips and information that our clients find useful. We also provide our clients with a referral service in other areas of the law in which we do not specialize.
We want to be your law firm. If you have any legal problem involving an area of law in which we do not specialize, we will be happy to refer you to a lawyer who specializes in that field who will competently handle your case.
We consider it our duty to help our injured clients hold responsible:
- Companies that manufacture and sell dangerous and defective products
- Nursing homes that disregard the needs of our dependent and elderly
- Big-rig operators and trucking companies who break federal driving regulations
- Companies and individuals who fail to repair their dangerous stores, workplaces and premises
- Hospitals, physicians and medical providers who fail to uphold proper medical standards of care
- Owners of dangerous animals
- Reckless and negligent operators of motor vehicles
Honors and Awards
Stephen M. Glassman
Stephen M. Glassman grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a 1965 graduate of University City High School. He worked his way through college at the University of Missouri - Columbia, graduating in 1970.
While attending law school at St. Louis University School of Law, Steve was employed by the State Farm and Maryland Casualty insurance companies where he learned the insurance claim business.
In 1975, he graduated St. Louis University School of Law where he received the Wall Street Journal Award as the school’s top student in corporate law. Rather than pursuing a corporate legal career, Steve accepted the position of Claims Attorney for the Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange, where he supervised all litigation involving Auto Club policyholders, as well as policy coverage cases filed against the Auto Club.
Eager to pursue a career as a trial lawyer, in 1977 Mr. Glassman joined the law firm of Amelung, Wulff & Willenbrock, where he spent the next seven years defending personal injury suits in all the federal and state courthouses throughout eastern Missouri.
In 1984, Mr. Glassman left the insurance defense practice to start his own firm representing the victims of medical negligence, defective products, dangerous premises and auto accidents. Assisted by capable nurse paralegals and legal assistants, Glassman personally handles every case with a staff committed to the relentless pursuit of the best settlement or trial result for every client. Mr. Glassman's firm has been blessed with a loyal clientele which has been the firm's chief source of business for over 20 years.
In recent years, The Glassman Law Firm has been fortunate to have achieved several unique and record-setting results for its clients.
Mr. Glassman is recognized as a preeminent lawyer who holds the prestigious A.V. designation awarded by the Martindale-Hubbell peer rated survey to only the top 15% of all lawyers in the country. (The “A” is awarded to lawyers who possess the highest legal ability, the “V” is awarded to lawyers who demonstrate the highest ethical standards.) In 2005, he was voted by a survey of Missouri lawyers as a Personal Injury “Super Lawyer,” a designation that is only awarded to 5% of all licensed active attorneys in each state. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association), the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and the Association of Interstate Plaintiff Trucking Lawyers of America, as well as several bar-related associations. Steve and his wife are the parents of four children and eight grandchildren.
Rosemary R. Rifkin
Rosemary R. Rifkin began her academic career at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing in 1982. After working for several major hospitals, Ms. Rifkin commenced her anesthesia training at Washington University and in 1986 became licensed as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.
Following several years of practice as a CRNA, Ms. Rifkin took time off to raise her family. She later resumed her career as the compliance director at the St. Louis branch of Call A Nurse, Inc., acting as a liaison with the Missouri Department of Health and representing the department in administrative hearing disputes relating to Medicare services.
It was a natural fit for Rose to next attend law school at St. Louis University from where she graduated in 2002, receiving her Juris Doctor. Following graduation, Ms. Rifkin worked for two firms involved in the defense of medical malpractice cases before leaving to join The Glassman Law Firm and concentrate her skills on representing the victims of medical negligence and personal injury.
We are pleased and honored to have Ms. Rifkin as a valuable member of our staff. Her dedication to our clients is best explained by her favorite quote, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” (Aristotle)