Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Christopher Blaesing’s practice focuses on banking, real estate, zoning, and fiduciary litigation in venues across the country with particular experience in the St. Louis area and the Southern Illinois region. This focus encompasses collection actions, foreclosure suits, easement disputes, landlord-tenants cases, defense of lender liability claims, subdivision/homeowners association lawsuits, probate matters, disputes involving trusts, trustees and beneficiaries, and a host of other banking, real estate, zoning and fiduciary litigation matters. Chris’s litigation practice also includes mass toxic tort, employment, franchise law, appeals, class actions and a variety of other general commercial cases.

Additionally, Chris has substantial experience representing clients with respect to wireless communications (“cell”) towers – from zoning to litigation. Chris has appeared before municipalities to seek governmental approval and has litigated several cases arising from the zoning/approval process.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Quincy University Legal Hall of Fame Committee, Chairman Best Lawyers' (Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, 2023)