David M. Slaby

David Slaby is an experienced trial attorney, having previously practiced law in southwest Missouri. In his first nine years of practice he handled cases in all areas including family, juvenile, and criminal law, representing victims of personal injury and negligence, probate matters, guardianships of children and adults, worker's compensation, general civil litigation, and appellate work. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas and has represented clients in both state and federal court.

Mr. Slaby received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1998. He was a member of the national trial team and served as articles editor for the Urban Lawyer Law Journal.

He was a partner at McCaffree, Landoll & Slaby in Nevada, Missouri until moving to St. Louis in 2008. He now practices law with the Family Law group at Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, and, in addition, handles personal injury cases for victims and their families as well as general litigation.

In addition to trying many family law cases to judges including divorce, child custody, and support modifications, paternity cases, contested adoptions, contested guardianships, termination of parental rights, child abuse and neglect cases, and adult abuse and child order of protection cases, Mr. Slaby has obtained successful jury verdicts in civil, criminal, and probate cases. He has also served as guardian ad litem in many contested family law and probate cases.

This diverse experience has given Mr. Slaby a tremendous ability to assess all issues in the most complex cases. His easy but firm manner has quickly earned him the respect of judges and opposing counsel in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Mr. Slaby's trial skills are superb. He has an intuitive sense of what evidence to present to the court and how to present it and is a persuasive advocate for his clients. He also has the special talent of being able to negotiate and settle the most complex cases often involved noted opposing counsel and difficult adverse parties.

Mr. Slaby is a member of the Missouri Bar, Kansas Bar, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He was one of only 11 lawyers selected across the state as a member of the 2006-2007 Missouri Bar Leadership Academy.

Mr. Slaby is a past president of the Vernon County United Way and the Vernon County Library Board. He served as a board member on the Vernon County Literacy Council and Community Outreach. David served two years as the legal mentor for the YMCA Youth in Government Program. Mr. Slaby is a generous person and this shines through not only in the community but with each client he represents.

Mr. Slaby is married and lives in Eureka, Jefferson County, Missouri. He has two young boys who occupy his remaining free time. His love for family and children gives him the sensitivity and zeal for helping clients and their children in difficult times.