Greg Motil is a personal injury attorney at The Dixon Injury Firm in St. Louis, where he represents victims of car, truck, motorcycle, and rideshare crashes, slip and fall injuries, dog bite injuries, and workplace injuries across Missouri and Illinois, along with families pursuing wrongful death claims. Licensed in both states and practicing since 2014, Greg has been selected to Super Lawyers® in 2025 and 2026, following five consecutive years on the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list.
Greg grew up in the St. Louis metro as the son of a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney, with a front-row seat to what happens to families after a serious accident. He learned early that the damage from negligence runs well past medical bills and missed work: it reaches a person’s health, independence, career, relationships, and capacity to do the things that made life theirs.
That upbringing pointed him toward the same work — but early in his career, Greg did something most plaintiff’s lawyers never do. He went to work for a defense firm for a year, deliberately, to learn how the other side thinks.
What he learned there still shapes every case he handles. He watched how insurance carriers investigate claims and evaluate injuries, how defense counsel reads a medical record looking for the gap that undercuts causation, how adjusters set reserves and decide what a file is “worth,” and where they look first for the weakness in a plaintiff’s case. When Greg returned to representing injured people, he brought the defense playbook with him — and he has not looked back since.
Greg’s cases carry the full resources of The Dixon Injury Firm, which has recovered more than $60 million for injury victims and their families across Missouri and Illinois. Clients get a direct relationship with their attorney and the backing of a firm equipped to take on national carriers and the defense counsel they hire.
Greg has practiced at both large and small personal injury firms in St. Louis, and he took something different from each. Large firms taught him what real resources and disciplined case preparation make possible in complex claims. Small firms taught him what clients actually experience: whether their calls get returned, whether anyone explains what just happened in their case, whether they know their own lawyer’s name.
His practice combines both. Clients get the preparation and strategy a serious claim demands, and they get an attorney who tells them what is happening and why. Greg believes a client should always know who is handling their case, understand where it stands, and feel comfortable asking questions — including the ones they think might be dumb.
Effective representation, in his view, starts with listening. The value of an injury claim can’t be read off a stack of medical bills; it depends on what the injury actually took from the person, physically, financially, and emotionally. Most clients have never been through this process and don’t know what to expect from it. Greg’s job, as he sees it, is to make an overwhelming process manageable — keeping clients informed, explaining developments as they come, and giving straight guidance at every stage — whether the case resolves in negotiation or has to be tried.
Greg is licensed in Missouri (2014) and Illinois (2015) — a distinction that matters more in St. Louis than in most metros. A crash on the Poplar Street Bridge, a fall at a business in Belleville, or a trucking case that begins in Madison County can turn on Illinois law and Illinois venue rules, and Missouri-only counsel can’t follow a case there.
Greg lives in South City and represents individuals and families throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and across both states, from St. Louis City and County to the Metro East communities of Madison and St. Clair Counties.
Greg also handles medical malpractice, product liability, and class action matters at the firm. See all practice areas →
Greg’s connection to St. Louis is personal as well as professional. He lives in South City, and his familiarity with the region gives him a clearer sense of the people he represents and what a serious injury does to a local family. Outside the office he cooks, golfs, and spends time with family and friends — and he follows the Fighting Illini, Blues, Cardinals, and CITY SC with more optimism than any of them strictly deserve.
What kinds of cases does Greg Motil handle? Greg represents injury victims in car and motor vehicle accidents, truck and semi-truck collisions, motorcycle accidents, rideshare (Uber and Lyft) accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, dog bite injuries, slip and fall and premises liability cases, and workers’ compensation claims, and he represents families in wrongful death cases — in both Missouri and Illinois. He also handles medical malpractice, product liability, and class action matters.
Is Greg Motil licensed in Illinois? Yes. Greg is licensed in both Missouri (2014) and Illinois (2015), and represents clients on both sides of the river, including the Metro East communities of Madison and St. Clair Counties.
Will I work with Greg directly? Yes. Greg handles his cases personally and believes clients should know who is handling their case and understand what is happening at every stage — not deal solely with a paralegal or case manager.
What does it cost to hire Greg? The Dixon Injury Firm handles injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Consultations are free, and clients pay no attorney’s fee unless the firm wins their case.
If you’ve been injured in Missouri or Illinois, Greg will review your case at no cost and tell you honestly what he thinks it’s worth pursuing. Free consultations, available 24/7, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Greg has been recognized by Super Lawyers® every year since 2020 — first on the Rising Stars list, and since 2025 on the Super Lawyers list itself. Rising Stars selection ends once an attorney is named to the Super Lawyers list, so the move up in 2025 closed one run and began another.
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