Personal Quote
“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
Biography
Natalie Kussart joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard in September of 2007 as an associate. Previously, she worked for the firm as a summer associate in 2006 and as a law clerk during her second and third years of law school from 2005 to 2007. In addition, she was named as a Rising Star by the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers publication in 2009.
Practice Groups -
Business Litigation -
Products Liability -
Health Law Industries/Areas of Practice - Physicians
- Insurance Companies
- Manufacturing
- Consumer Products
Professional Activities Natalie is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Illinois.
Natalie is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. She also serves as a member on Sandberg Phoenix's Associate and Charitable Efforts Committees.
Publications Paid Bills v. Charged Bills: Insurance and the Collateral Source Rule, 31 SIU L. J. 151 (2006).
Reporting Medical Errors: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 31 SIU L. J. 385 (2007).
Education Natalie earned her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2007. While in law school, Natalie was a staff writer for the Southern Illinois University Law Journal and served as Comment/Casenote Editor during her final year of law school. She also received the Award for Academic Excellence and Phi Kappa Phi Award.
She received her Masters of Arts in Communication from Illinois State University in 2004 and her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Millikin University in 2002, where she graduated summa cum laude.