Beth C. Boggs

Beth C. Boggs is the managing partner of Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs, LLC. She founded the firm in 1999. Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs is a certified woman owned business. It is the largest WBENC certified law firm in the State of Missouri. Beth has tried cases, in the southern and central Federal Districts in Illinois, the Eastern and Western federal districts in Missouri and in jurisdictions throughout Missouri and southern Illinois. She has also tried cases in a variety of jurisdictions on a pro hac vice basis.

Beth concentrates her practice in civil litigation involving employment law, construction defect, insurance coverage, premises liability, transportation, defense of pharmacy cases, civil rights defense, professional negligence, toxic tort defense, asbestos exposure defense and insurance defense.

Beth has been named an Illinois SuperLawyer in Insurance Defense. She was named one of the “Most Distinguished Alumni” of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2008. She maintains a close relationship with her alma mater. She and her husband, Darin, sponsor an annual scholarship, which is awarded to the law school’s best ping pong player. She is also one of the sponsors of the Class of 1991 Scholarship, which is awarded annually. She is the Law School Chair of the Forever SIU Campaign for 2018. She and her husband have also formed scholarship funds for students who publish in local law journals and for female law students at SIU. The Clemens Scholarship, which is named in Beth’s honor is given annually to a deserving female student at SIU Carbondale.

She was named one of the “Lawyers of the Year” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2005. She received the “President’s Award” from the Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis in 2014. She received the Trailblazer award in 2021 for service to the community during the Covid pandemic. She received the Volunteer Award from SIU School of Law in 2020 for her charitable service.

Ms. Boggs is honored to have been selected to be a Senior Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, an honorary society honoring the top one-half of one percent of American Lawyers. She is recognized as a member of the Order of Centurions for having tried more that one hundred cases to verdict. She is also a member of  the American Bar Foundation.

Beth is a frequent author on a variety of insurance and trial topics and is the newsletter editor and the Chair of the Member Communications Committee for the National Restaurant & Retail Defense Association. She is also a highly sought after speaker, speaking frequently at national conferences on trial related topics.