After graduating from St. Louis University School of Law, Mr. Schaeffer was admitted to the Missouri and Illinois bars in 1990.  He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri, the Southern District of Illinois, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, and the Second Circuit.

In addition to mass torts and class action litigation, Mr. Schaeffer's areas of practice include complex commercial and tort litigation and general civil litigation.  Mr. Schaeffer is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Illinois Bar, the Alton-Wood River Bar Association, the Madison County Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).

Mr. Schaeffer's publications include the book Deposition Checklists and Strategies, as well as articles in many newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mr. Schaeffer also publishes two weblogs, The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog and Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground, which together have received notice in many print publications, including the New York Times, The Economist, and the Illinois Bar Journal.

EDUCATION:
St. Louis University - B.A., English, Magna Cum Laude, 1985; St. Louis University School of Law - Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 1990.