Clinton R. Wright
Clinton R. Wright is a member of our firm with over seventeen years of experience.
Before joining The Roberts Law Firm, he practiced for four years in the City of St. Louis as a Special Public Defender beginning immediately in felonies and quickly advancing to trials involving the most serious felonies. At the end of his term he had the highest percentage of acquittals in the State Public Defender’s Office in the City of St. Louis. He then practiced in St. Louis County for four years, expanding his practice to civil and business litigation. In 2000 he joined Rosenblum, Schwartz and Rogers PC and was responsible for the trial preparation and co-counsel of numerous homicides and complex felonies throughout Metropolitan St. Louis. He has tried more than 15 homicide cases including Capital cases, with excellent results. He was one of a small number of attorneys with an acquittal in a Federal criminal Trial. In 1996 he ended the Circuit Attorney’s homicide winning streak with an acquittal in his first murder trial.
Family Law
Child Custody and Visitation
Divorce
Enforcement and Modification
Criminal Law
Personal Injury
Civil and Business Litigation
White Collar Crime
Areas of Practice:
State:
Murder, including death penalty cases – 15 Trials, Multiple acquittals and dismissals
Arson
DWI/Vehicular Homicide
Assault – Multiple acquittals
Robbery – Multiple acquittals
Fraud – Multiple acquittals
Stealing – Multiple acquittals
Stealing by Deceit
Burglary – Multiple acquittals
Rape/Sodomy
Possession of Child Pornography – Dismissal
Possession, Distribution and Trafficking of Drugs
Multiple White Collar Crimes
EmbezzlementFederal:
Tax Evasion
White Collar Crimes
Embezzlement
Possession of Child Pornography
Possession, Distribution and Trafficking of Drugs
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- Criminal Defense Law
- Traffic Law
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 1992
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- B.S. - 1987
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Golden Key Honor Society, Treasurer
- Honors: Alumni Association
- Major: Biochemistry
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Criminal Law Section, Chairman
- National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys NACDL
- Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys MACDL
- St. Louis County Bar Association
- Euclid Academy, President, Board of Directors
- Missouri Bar Association
- Federal Bar of the Eastern District of Missouri
- Federal Bar of the Southern District of Illinois
- Federal Bar of the Western District of Missouri
Past Employment Positions
- Rosenblum, Schwartz & Rogers, P.C., Associate, 2000 - 2006
- Clinton R. Wright, Solo Practitioner, 1996 - 2000
- City of St. Louis, Missouri, Special Public Defender, 1992 - 1996
- Federal Public Defender, 1991 - 1992
- Washington University, Southern District of IL, Clerkship Federal Judge Stihl, 1992
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Theta









