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also known as Charlie Sticklen
Charlie has over thirty years of experience handling personal injury cases, and in that time has secured over $100,000,000 for injured persons throughout Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended the University of Florida where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 1988. He earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from the School of Law at the University of Missouri in 1991. His law practice has always been focused in the area of personal injury law, helping injured persons in Joplin, Columbia, and throughout Missouri secure their rights and gain just compensation.
While at the University of Florida, Charlie was an active member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and served in several leadership positions as a member of the fraternity. He also enjoyed participating in intramural sports and volunteering at Gainesville's Ronald McDonald House. During law school at the University of Missouri, Charlie continued his passion for intramural sports by creating the law school intramural team, The Big Subpoenas. He was also a member of the Board of Advocates, Phi Alpha Delta professional fraternity, and the Moot Court Team.
Charlie has served as a guest lecturer in the University of Missouri School of Law's Advanced Torts class as well as in Mizzou's undergraduate honors program classes.
Charlie is the proud father of four Mizzou students: his oldest daughter, Sarah, is a 2018 graduate of Mizzou's School of Law - where she served as president of the Women's Law Association; his oldest son, Chance, is a junior communications major with an emphasis on Sports Broadcasting; his youngest daughter, Katie, graduated in 2021 from the Journalism School with a degree in strategic communications and also a degree in Women's and Gender Studies from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Katie also received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin School of Law in 2024. Charlie's youngest child, William "Billy", graduated from Mizzou in 2023 with a degree in Psychology and is currently a law student at Mizzouu Law. After spending a year working for the firm,Stolzenberg, Gelles, Flynn & Arango in Miami, FL, Sarah returned to Missouri to be the managing partner at the Sticklen & Sticklen Law Office in Columbia, MO.
Charlie is currently licensed as an attorney in Missouri (since 1991). He is a current member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Jasper County Bar Association, the Boone County Bar Association, and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA).
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Acquired: 1991
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Acquired: 1992
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1515 E 32nd St, Suite 1, Joplin, MO, 64804
1001 Cherry St., Suite 104, Columbia, MO, 65201
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Posted by Karen | August 16, 2025 | Hired Attorney
Choosing the right lawyers, is very important! When you have been injured, suffering & realizing your life has changed !
I began to think I would never find a lawyer to take my case! Opening the yellow pages one day; there was Stricklen & Stricklen ad! I called them immediately; talking with Charlie & Sarah, given an appointment the next day! They were the most caring, considerate, understanding lawyers; we knew instan...
Posted by Clay | January 15, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury
Above and beyond
My family and I have used Charlie in the past. After being injured in an auto accident, Charlie was there for me every step of the way. I will continue to use him anytime I need a lawyer.
Posted by MaryLou | November 02, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Car Accidents
Grateful client
Turning to Charles Sticklen for assistance after car accident was the best move I could have made. The other driver was totally at fault but did not have insurance. Charles took care of all the issues of getting my vehicle replaced and medical expenses covered. Everything was taken care of in a ve...
"Charlie has been practicing law in Missouri for more than 25 years and, in that time, has earned a reputation as one of the best personal injury/car accident attorneys in Joplin and Columbia. I am proud of my legal partnership with him and recommend him for any case involving a personal injury."
"Charlie is one of the best, if not the best, personal injury attorneys in the state of Missouri. His depth of knowledge and vast experience with trucking, auto accident, and other injury cases is unsurpassed. I would not hesitate to send a friend or family member to Charlie for representation."
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2024
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell®
2023
Faces of Personal Injury Law in Columbia, Inside Columbia Magazine
2022
Multi-Million Dollar Advocate, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2022
Million Dollar Advocate, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2021
Gator100, University of Florida Alumni Association
2019
Top Ten Best Personal Injury Law Firms, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
2018
Gator100, University of Florida Alumni Association
2018
Best Law Firm of the Four States - Nominee, Joplin Globe
2018
Top 500 U.S. Fastest-growing law firm, LawFirm 500
2018
Notable, Martindale-Hubbell
2017
Honoree - Top 500 U.S. Fastest Growing Law Firms, Lawfirm 500
2017
Best Law Firm of the Four States - nominee, Joplin Globe
2016
2016 Honoree - Top 500 Fastest Growing U.S. Law Firms, Lawfirm 500
2015
Top 10 Best Law Firms in Missouri, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
1997 - Present
Founding Partner, Sticklen & Sticklen
1991 - 1997
Attorney, Hershewe and Gulick
2018 - Present
Missouri Association of Trial AttorneysMember
2017 - Present
Boone County Bar AssociationMember
2015 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1991 - Present
Missouri State BarMember
1991 - Present
Jasper County Bar AssociationMember
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1991
J.D.
1988
B.S.
2018
A Day in the Life of a Personal Injury
2018
Advanced Torts
2018
2018
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