Paris, MO

Alan S. Mandel

Alan Mandel is a partner of Mandel & Mandel and has practiced his entire career at the firm. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington University A.B. 1975 and received his J.D. in 1978. In law school he was the winner of the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Award and was named to the Order of Barristers. He is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bars as well as the Bars of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Courts of the Eastern District of Missouri and Southern District of Illinois, and has lectured extensively in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation law. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is a fellow of the American Bar, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the American Association of Justice and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, having been President of that organization in 2009-2010 and serving on the Executive Committee for 11 years and is consistently named to the Best Lawyers of America, Super Lawyers and has the highest AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He served by Supreme Court appointment on the Region XI Disciplinary Committee of the Missouri Bar. Mr. Mandel has extensive civil trial experience and has had more than 34 cases in which he has obtained over a million dollars in damages for victims. He has argued numerous cases of great import in the Missouri Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals. Mr. Mandel served as President to the West Point Parents Club Board of Directors of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis serving as counsel for 5 years. Mr. Mandel also served for nine years on the board of Premier Charter School, the oldest and largest charter school in the City of St. Louis.

Andrew L. Mandel

Andrew Mandel is a partner of the law firm of Mandel & Mandel, LLP, an A.V. rated personal injury law firm in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Mandel focuses his practice on the prosecution of personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S. Ed. 1979, J.D. 1982). During his over thirty-years in the legal profession, Mr. Mandel has been active in the legal community in a number of roles, including as a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorney’s Board of Governors and the Region XI Disciplinary Committee of the Missouri Bar. He has been a long time member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice. In his free time, Mr. Mandel likes to support amateur soccer. Mr. Mandel has also been a great supporter of a number of local charitable organizations including The BackStoppers. In 2010, Mr. Mandel was honored for his generosity and longstanding to the goals of Kid’s Chance, Inc., an organization established to provide scholarships to children of injured workers.

Patrick Hamacher

Patrick Hamacher was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Patrick graduated from Loyola University in Chicago in 2007 and from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2011. At Mandel and Mandel, Patrick focuses his practice on personal injury and civil rights litigation. Patrick specializes in motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and products liability. Patrick is a member of the Theodore McMillian Inn of Court, the St. Louis Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Prior to joining Mandel and Mandel, Patrick spent his career with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. As a prosecutor, Patrick was a member of the office’s Armed Offender Unit where he focused on homicides, assaults, and robberies. There he also worked on complex investigations including officer-involved shootings, multiple co-defendant trials, and multiple-victim homicide cases. Patrick has tried more than 30 criminal jury trials to completion. During his tenure at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, Patrick won Teamwork and MVP awards, as well as the Neighborhood Star award for his dedication to community prosecution. He also created and managed the office-wide mentorship program. In 2016, Patrick was a candidate for St. Louis Circuit Attorney. In his spare time, Patrick plays hockey and volunteers in his community. Patrick is on the Board of Ready Readers and serves as President of Lafayette Square Bath and Tennis Club. Patrick currently lives in Lafayette Square, with his wife Catherine and son Owen.

Michael J. Sudekum

Michael Sudekum has worked at the firm since his graduation from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law (JD, 2000). Before law school, he went to Saint Louis University and received a degree in political science, Cum Laude. He is currently licensed to practice in the states of Missouri and Illinois, as well as in the United States District Courts of the Eastern District of Missouri and the Southern District of Illinois.

Michael J. Kelley

Mike joined the firm in 2016. He represents injured people in workers’ compensation and personal injury claims, including auto & trucking accidents, premises liability, Jones Act, and medical malpractice cases. Prior to joining the firm, Mike worked for one of the largest workers’ compensation defense firms in Missouri representing employers and insurance companies in workers’ compensation claims. His experience gave him keen insight to how insurance companies view injured employees and how they analyze their claims. At Mandel, Mandel, Marsh, Sudekum, and Sanger, LLP, Mike uses his insider knowledge to fight the insurance companies and help his clients get every benefit they are entitled to under the law. Mike has been the Chair of the BAMSL Workers’ Compensation Committee since 2018. He served on the Board of Trustees for Gateway Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society from 2020 until 2022 and continues to be an active fundraiser for MS. Mike lives in the city of St. Louis with his wife and two daughters. In his free time, he enjoys live music, traveling, and camping with his family and friends.

Bryan J. Sanger

Bryan Sanger is a graduate of Indiana University and Saint Louis University- School of Law. After serving as a prosecutor with the Circuit Attorney’s Office in the City of St. Louis, Bryan joined Mandel & Mandel, LLP with extensive trial experience. He tried dozens of criminal trials and took his passion to help others to Mandel & Mandel, LLP, where he now fights for those who have been injured as a result of the negligence of others. Bryan specializes helping those who are victims of motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, fire injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and products liability. Bryan is on the executive council of the Missouri Bar YLS and was a member of the inaugural class of the Theodore McMillian Inns of Court Professional Society at Saint Louis University- School of Law. In addition, he has lectured on personal injury law at Webster University and Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis. Bryan volunteers his time with Joins Hands ESL, a program which mentors disadvantaged children and with Gateway to Hope, an organization that provides treatment for underinsured and uninsured breast cancer patients.

John J. Larsen

He is a graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law (1980) and the University of Missouri - Columbia (1976). He is licensed in Missouri and Illinois. For over 33 years, Mr. Larsen was engaged in private practice, with the majority of those years spent representing injured workers in Missouri and Illinois. In June 2013, Mr. Larsen was appointed by former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon as Chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission of the State of Missouri. When his term as Chairman expired in June 2018, Mr. Larsen returned to private practice. He is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor at his alma matter, Saint Louis University School of Law, where he teaches a class on Workers’ Compensation Law. Honors include his election as a Fellow by the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers in April 2011 and the BAMSL/ Kid’s Chance Workers’ Compensation Distinguished Lawyer Award in October 2008.