Top Law Firms 2025: Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch

Largest Settlement in Missouri

St. Louis’ loss of the Rams football team remains a trauma for that city, but the $790 million settlement won in the wake of its departure has helped.

The law firm of Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch led a breach-of-contract lawsuit by the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, which operated the team’s arena prior to the Rams move to Los Angeles in 2016.

The suit, which was litigated for years largely behind closed doors, was nearing trial when the parties reached the settlement in late 2021 with the team, Rams owner Stan Kroenke and the National Football League. It is the largest settlement achieved in a Missouri court, according to Missouri Lawyers Media’s Verdicts & Settlements database.

Under that settlement, finalized in 2022, the city of St. Louis received $280 million and St. Louis County’s $169 million, with $70 million to the Regional Sports Authority.

Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch name partner Bob Blitz has a long history with the Rams. He helped bring the team to St. Louis in 1995, and in 2014 he co-led the ultimately unsuccessful effort to keep St. Louis as an NFL city with a proposal to build a stadium.