Deborah Carter Dearing

Deborah Carter Dearing has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for her professionalism and ethics. Deborah concentrates her practice in the real estate, business law and estate planning areas. In her early years of practice, Deborah was with the St. Louis law firm of Thompson & Mitchell (now known as Thompson Coburn) and was a partner there when she left to join her family’s small firm in early 1992. She has extensive experience in commercial real estate matters, including property acquisitions and sales, refinancings and leasing. Deborah has worked with many businesses in connection with their formation, acquisitions and dispositions, mergers and reorganizations, and other general corporate and business matters. In addition to her real estate experience and her work with small businesses, Deborah also assists individuals with their estate planning needs, including the drafting of trusts, wills and powers of attorney.

The small family firm with respect to which Deborah was a principal prior to joining Riezman Berger on 1/1/2024 was also honored as one of the Best Firms in St. Louis by Small Business Monthly in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.