Christopher R. Dixon is the founder and managing attorney of The Dixon Injury Firm, a St. Louis personal injury law firm that has recovered more than $60 million for injury victims and their families through verdicts, judgments, and settlements. Practicing since 2007 and licensed in both Missouri and Illinois, Chris has been selected to Super Lawyers®, recognized among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers, and holds a Lifetime Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum — a distinction reserved for attorneys who have won million-dollar and multi-million-dollar results for their clients.
At many high-volume injury firms, the attorney you see advertised is not the person you deal with — clients spend months talking to case managers and paralegals and rarely speak with a lawyer at all. Chris built The Dixon Injury Firm on a different model: every client works directly with the attorney handling their case. Not a case number, not a queue, not a call center — an attorney who knows the file, answers questions, and explains the strategy.
That’s a structural choice, and it’s why the firm stays deliberately selective about the cases it takes. It’s also why Chris hires the way he does: every attorney at The Dixon Injury Firm has been independently recognized by Super Lawyers® — so clients are in the hands of a recognized trial lawyer whether Chris is handling it personally or one of the firm’s other attorneys is handling the case.
“It is my goal to fight to get you reimbursed for all your harms and losses following an injury or the loss of a loved one. I strive to make sure this is accomplished through aggressive and compassionate representation — all provided with extremely clear communication.” — Chris Dixon
The Dixon Injury Firm has recovered more than $60 million for injured clients and their families. Some of the results Chris has obtained include:
Chris grew up in St. Louis and graduated from Lindbergh High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2004, double majoring in Finance & Banking and Real Estate — a financial background that still shapes how he builds cases. Serious injuries carry economic consequences that unfold over decades: lost earning capacity, future medical care, the cost of a life changed permanently. Chris learned to model those numbers before he learned to try a case, and insurance companies are rarely prepared for a plaintiff’s lawyer who argues economics as fluently as liability.
He earned his J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2007. During law school, he gained courtroom experience working with the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney’s Office — hands-on trial work in service of the city he grew up in. That experience decided his career: Chris wanted to be a trial lawyer.
It still shapes how the firm operates. The overwhelming majority of injury cases settle, but insurance companies keep track of which lawyers actually prepare for trial and which ones fold at the courthouse steps — and they price their offers accordingly. Chris prepares every case as though a St. Louis jury will decide it. Sometimes one should: a trial is where a community enforces its own safety standards, and the credible willingness to get there is what keeps settlement offers honest.
As managing attorney, Chris leads the firm’s practice across its core case types:
Chris also handles medical malpractice, product liability, and class action matters. See all practice areas →
Licensed in Missouri and Illinois, Chris represents the injured on both sides of the river — from the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County to the Metro East communities of Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois.
Chris’s practice isn’t limited to Missouri and Illinois. The Dixon Injury Firm is brought into serious injury cases across the country — most often catastrophic tractor-trailer collisions and mass tort cases — where Chris is admitted pro hac vice to work alongside local counsel. Commercial trucking litigation runs on the same federal rules and the same national insurers regardless of which state the crash happened in, and when a case demands a lawyer who knows how those carriers and adjusters operate, other attorneys call Chris.
Chris is a source reporters call when an injury story needs a lawyer who can explain how the law actually works for the people involved.
KSDK 5 On Your Side — Verify: Could you be liable for others injured after you shovel your sidewalk? Chris was one of the sources KSDK’s Verify team consulted on how Missouri and Illinois treat homeowner liability for snow and ice. He explained Missouri’s “unnatural accumulation” rule — where clearing snow carelessly can create liability that leaving it alone would not — and how Illinois’s Snow and Ice Removal Act sets a different standard for residential property owners.
Chris lives in St. Louis with his wife, Megan, and their two sons, Elliot and Fletcher.
He is the co-founder of The St. Louis Suit Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides quality new and used business attire to individuals in need. The organization has one requirement of every applicant: perform one verifiable random act of kindness. The idea is simple — a person walking into a job interview in a suit that fits carries something that’s hard to manufacture, and the kindness requirement means the help travels further than the person who received it.
What kinds of cases does Chris Dixon handle? Chris handles personal injury cases including car accidents, truck and tractor-trailer collisions, motorcycle accidents, rideshare accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, dog bites, slip and fall and premises liability claims, workers’ compensation claims, and wrongful death cases. He also handles medical malpractice, mass tort, product liability, and class action matters.
Where is Chris Dixon licensed to practice? Chris is licensed in Missouri (2007) and Illinois (2013), and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is also admitted pro hac vice in courts nationwide on a case-by-case basis, most often for tractor-trailer accident cases.
How much does it cost to hire Chris Dixon? The Dixon Injury Firm handles injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Consultations are free, available 24/7, and clients pay no attorney’s fee unless the firm wins their case.
Will I work with an attorney, or with a case manager? Every client of The Dixon Injury Firm works directly with the attorney handling their case — not solely with a paralegal or case manager. Depending on the case, that attorney may be Chris or another of the firm’s attorneys, each of whom has been recognized by Super Lawyers®.
If you or someone you love has been seriously injured — in Missouri, Illinois, or anywhere in the country — talk with an attorney at The Dixon Injury Firm about your options. Free consultations, available 24 hours a day, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Chris has been recognized by his peers and by independent evaluators for most of his career. He was named to The National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 every year from 2010 through 2021, and to the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list every year from 2014 through 2021 — both lists carry age-based eligibility limits that Chris has since passed. He has been selected to the Super Lawyers list itself every year since 2024.
Many personal injury law factories get as many clients in the door as possible, hoping one will be the jackpot. Not us. At The Dixon Injury Firm, we’re highly selective about our cases because we devote considerable time and attention to each client.
