David W. Terry

David W. Terry is the founder and lead attorney at Terry Law Firm in Chesterfield, Missouri. His practice focuses exclusively on nursing home abuse and neglect cases, including serious injuries and wrongful death. He has spent more than two decades representing people harmed in nursing facilities and now concentrates his practice in Missouri and Illinois. His work addresses failures involving resident safety, care practices, preventable injuries, and other forms of neglect that can cause severe harm to vulnerable adults.

David earned a B.A. from Wheaton College in 1987 and a J.D. from Drake University Law School in 1994. His legal education led into a career centered on injury litigation and nursing home cases. He is admitted in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas, and his formal training supports work involving medical records, facility practices, witness testimony, damages, and the legal standards used to evaluate responsibility when neglect or abuse causes injury or death.

David has handled nursing home abuse and neglect matters across the United States, although his current practice focuses on Missouri and Illinois. He represents clients in cases involving falls, fractures, bedsores, medication errors, infections, poor hygiene, understaffing, wandering or elopement, and wrongful death. He is a frequent speaker on nursing home litigation and has presented to lawyers and community groups, sharing practical experience concerning resident rights, injury claims, and accountability within long-term care facilities.

David W. Terry holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and belongs to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has received recognition from organizations focused on nursing home and trial litigation. His practice combines long-term injury experience with a narrow concentration on nursing home abuse and neglect, helping residents and families investigate care failures, document serious harm, and pursue legal remedies when facility conduct causes preventable injury or death.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, The Terry Law Firm
• Member, The Missouri Bar (1994 – Present)
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association (1998 – Present)
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association (2010 – Present)
• Member, American Association for Justice (1994 – Present)
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Recognized – Nursing Home Trial Lawyers “Top 10”, National Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Nursing Home Litigation Group (2001 – Present)

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Illinois
• Arkansas

Education

• Drake University Law School
  JD – Juris Doctor
• Wheaton College
  BA – Bachelor of Arts

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