PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Ms. Bindler's practice is in civil and criminal litigation, including corporate, commercial and employment disputes, white collar criminal defense, professional liability defense, and insurance coverage defense.  Other matters have included class action litigation, environmental litigation, securities arbitration and a dispute among shareholders in a closely held corporation.  Ms. Bindler has practiced before the state and federal courts in Missouri and Illinois and has briefed and argued cases before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Missouri Court of Appeals. She is currently a member of the CJA lead Panel of Attorneys in the Eastern District of Missouri.

EDUCATION

Washington University, Juris Doctor, 1993
Order of the Coif
Primary Notes and Comments Editor, Washington University
Law Quarterly
Golden Quill Award

Duke University, Bachelor of Arts, 1989

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented pharmaceutical manufacturer in contract dispute.
• Represented directors of a large privately-held corporation in dispute regarding corporate governance.
• Represented former CFO of Fortune 500 corporation in defending criminal prosecution and related class action litigation.
• Represented municipality in securities arbitration proceeding challenging unauthorized investments of broker.
• Represented majority shareholders in breach of fiduciary duty claim filed by minority shareholders of bank holding company.
• Represented several individuals in conjunction with grand jury investigations.
• Represented defendant in criminal prosecution by State of Missouri challenging discipline used by faith-based institution.
• Represented physicians and medical institution in several different medical malpractice and wrongful death actions, as well as a claim for libel and slander.
• Represented energy company in class action litigation seeking to certify a class of property owners adjacent to a 14,000-mile pipeline.
• Represented insurance company in coverage dispute.
• Represented police officer in disciplinary proceeding filed by Missouri Department of Public Safety.
• Represented coal company and chemical company in employment litigation.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1993
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Illinois, 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Adjunct Professor, Washington University School of Law, 2001, Law, Medicine & Ethics

Adjunct Professor, Washington University School of Law, 2002, 2006-2007, Pre-Trial Procedure

PUBLICATIONS

Contributing Author, Materials for National Business Institute Seminar on White Collar Crime, 2004

"Peek and Spy:  A Proposal for Federal Regulation of Electronic Monitoring in the Work Place,"  70 Wash. U. Law Q. 853 (September 1992)

"The Effective Date of a Transfer by Check under Section 547(b) of the Bankruptcy Code,"  70 Wash. U. Law Q. 209 (May 1992)