Louis Joseph Basso

Louis Joseph Basso is an attorney handling products liability, design liability defense, toxic tort defense, employment law, and civil litigation matters. His work supports clients facing product defect claims, alleged design problems, workplace disputes, and exposure-related allegations. He helps evaluate facts, assess risk, prepare defenses, and address legal issues through practical analysis. His practice reflects decades of experience across Missouri and Illinois civil matters, including defense-focused litigation concerns and claims.

Louis earned a J.D. from Washington University. He also earned a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. His education supports legal research, written advocacy, case analysis, and client counseling in litigation. He uses that background to review pleadings, evaluate evidence, prepare arguments, and guide clients through products liability, toxic tort, design liability, employment, and civil defense matters.

Louis has practiced since his first admission in 1984 and is admitted in Missouri and Illinois. He also has an inactive Colorado admission. His background includes defense work in products liability, design liability, toxic tort matters, and employment law litigation. That experience helps him address claims involving technical evidence, workplace issues, corporate risk, expert opinions, discovery disputes, and litigation strategy in state and federal court proceedings and in client matters.

Louis Joseph Basso helps clients respond to complex legal disputes with preparation, legal judgment, and a clear defense strategy. His work supports businesses, insurers, employers, and other clients facing liability claims, exposure allegations, product-related disputes, or employment concerns in litigation. Through case review, motion practice, negotiation, and litigation planning, he helps clients understand their position. He also helps manage risk and pursue practical outcomes in contested civil matters involving complex defense issues and claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Basso & Myers, P.C.
• Member, Missouri Bar Association
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Colorado (Inactive)
• Illinois

Education

• Washington University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Notre Dame
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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