Bruce A. Lawrence was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1956.  He attended the University of Mississippi.  He received his B.A. in 1978 graduating Summa Cum Laude and ranked first in his class.  He received his Juris Doctor in 1980 graduating Summa Cum Laude and ranked first in his class.  Bruce was a member of the University of Mississippi Law Journal, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Mu Epsilon and received the Dean’s Award.

Bruce has practiced in Sikeston since graduating from law school in 1980.  He is a member of the Scott County and Missouri Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in the State of Missouri and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Bruce’s practice includes personal injury, automobile accidents, wrongful death, commercial litigation, business formations, banks, real estate, farmers, estate planning and administration, and estate and trust litigation.

Blake’s practice includes personal injury, the defense of clients with criminal charges in State and Federal Court, civil litigation, real estate transactions, agricultural law, family law and social security disability.  He represents clients throughout Southeast Missouri in municipal, state and federal courts.

Blake is a graduate of New Madrid County Central High School and has lived in Southeast Missouri for almost his entire life.  He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996.  Blake began the practice of law in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1996 and practiced there until he returned home and joined the firm of Ottinger & Lawrence, L.L.C. in 1998.  Blake became a partner of the firm in 2003.