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Debbie S. Champion
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Education: Murray State University, 2 Years of Graduate Training in Clinical Psychology, 1983-1985 Murray State University, B.S., 1983
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Debbie Champion is a founding partner in the firm of Rynearson Suess Schnurbusch and Champion. Ms. Champion is actively practices in Missouri and Southern Illinois, in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She has tried cases in eastern and southeastern Missouri and in southern Illinois. She has orally argued before the Missouri Supreme Court and the Eastern, Western and Southern District Courts of Appeals. Ms. Champion won the Lawyer’s Lawyer Award at the 2008 Women’s Justice Awards. She is a recipient of an Outstanding Volunteer Award from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Missouri Pro Bono Publico Award from the Missouri Bar Association. She was recently honored by the Women’s Law Caucus of Washington University for her commitment to the advancement of women in the law. She has been selected as one of Ten Outstanding Young St. Louisans by the St. Louis Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Champion is on the Board of Lift for Life Academy. She served on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of Shelter the Children. She was a founding member of Kids’ Inc, a charitable organization for underprivileged children of East St. Louis, Illinois. Ms. Champion co-authored the Missouri Practice Worker’s Compensation Subrogation Chapter. She often presents educational seminars to clients and to the legal community on topic a variety of topics, most recently including voir dire, depositions, dealing with the difficult client, premises liability, workers’ compensation subrogation, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, and Missouri and federal liens. Ms. Champion is founder and president of Tools for Schools, a not for profit corporation which distributes school supplies to needy schools and children. Ms. Champion is a Fellow and charter member of the Litigation Counsel of America and she is a member of the Council for Ethical Billing/Council for Litigation Management. Currently, Ms. Champion served on the 21st Judicial Circuit Judicial Commission as part of Missouri’s non partisan court plan.
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