A message from Columbia, Missouri Attorney L. G. Copeland

I know most people have preconceived ideas about attorneys. So when people come to my office, I try to spend some time explaining what the Attorney-Client relationship should be … that the Attorney should work to try to meet the client's goals, and not the other way around. While I counsel and advise, it is my client who always makes the final, substantive decision in a case. You see, it's my client's life, and I am simply trying to help them put that life back together. In other words, I try to explain to people the kinds of things that no lawyer ever explained to me when I was the client.

I am sure I am not like most attorneys. For starters, I was never "pre-law." I actually studied science in college, and never considered going into law.

After college, I built and operated my own business. It was successful and as a young man, I had over 30 employees. This is when I became a client. As a client, I was not very pleased with the legal representation I was receiving. That's when I decided to sell my business and go to law school at the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Law. At the time, about all I knew about law school was where the front door was.

While in college, I was on the wrestling team for the University of Missouri. Interestingly, the sport taught me about a lot of things beyond wrestling. I knew that it was not the biggest or the strongest man who necessarily won the match. That's not what the sport is about. And that is not what the practice of law is about, either. I believe it is about a mind set, it is about focus, and it is about preparation - just like the sport wrestling.

I concentrate my practice on helping people obtain justice for serious personal injury sustained in a wide variety of accidents, including those involving railroad crossing accidents, truck accidents, car accidents, dangerous products and wrongful death. I have helped people in some of the most serious cases involving train accidents, brain injury, and other serious injury cases.

I was a client for seven years before going to law school. This background has helped me see things from a client's perspective. I have always believed that laws are created for everyone and that people who need guidance deserve a hard-working, ethical, and principled attorney. The Copeland Law Firm has continued to grow and serve people with these basic philosophies in place. To provide strength and guidance to deserving people.

L. G. Copeland
Founder and Principal Trial Attorney

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