Patrick Bousquet

Firm: Knight Nicastro MacKay, LLC
Location: St. Louis - MO

319 N 4th Street Suite 300
St. Louis, MO 63102
USA

Tel : (314) 690-4757
Fax : N/A
Email : bousquet@knightnicastro.com

Patrick is a St. Louis litigation, insurance, and appellate attorney with over 15 years’ experience. He was named as a “Best Lawyer” by “The Best Lawyers in America” in 2019 and 2020 and a “Rising Star” by the Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers publication for 2012-2020. Patrick is a former Law Clerk to Hon. Mary Russell of the Missouri Supreme Court.

Patrick handles insurance/bad faith matters and commercial litigation at the trial and appellate level, with extensive experience throughout the Midwest and nationwide, including before the Supreme Court of Missouri and the Supreme Court of Illinois, all Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas federal courts, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Circuit.

Bar Admissions

Missouri
Illinois
Federal District Court District of Kansas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

Honors

Staff Member, Missouri Law Review
Staff Member, Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review
CALI Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure

Pro-Bono Activities

Heavily involved with the Missouri Botanical Garden and Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts;
Certified Master Gardener and Master Naturalist

Published Works

Supreme Court Decision Allows the EPA to Flex its Muscle and Trump State Permitting Authorities, 11 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 268, 2004
Court Report: Advanta USA, Inc. v. Chao, 11 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 228, 2004
Recent Environmental Law News: NEPA Task Force Recommends More Categorical Exclusions, 11 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 115, 2003
“Missouri Supreme Court Adopts Progressive Loss Doctrine as Trigger for Cause of Loss,”, The Firm Inquiry, Summer, 2010
Missouri High Court Adopts Progressive Loss Doctrine

Professional Associations

Corporate Council of the Missouri Botanical Gardens
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
DRI
American Bar Association
Missouri Association of Defense Lawyers
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

Knight Nicastro MacKay, LLC

Our team of trial lawyers has successfully represented a wide range of complex business and insurance disputes in multiple jurisdictions across the nation. Our approach is unique in that no matter the location of the client, Knight Nicastro MacKay, LLC, lawyers collaborate across offices to tap into the collective expertise within the firm. This allows a creative and coordinated working of a case at no additional cost.

Our clients include governmental bodies and large and small corporations. We confidently battle aggressive litigators and other people and entities that pose formidable challenges to our clients. Our collective experience leads to a quick and thorough understanding of all angles in a dispute from intake to trial, which has proven to give us a competitive edge.

We have represented railroad and trucking companies along with other large players in commerce and industry. Whatever obstacles your company faces, we are confident that we can provide the right combination of lawyers to position your side to prevail.