Attorney Profile

Mr.Tweedy is BV® Distinguished Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

·         General civil practice ·         Personal injury ·         Criminal law ·         Probate

·         Divorce ·         Adoptions ·         Juvenile ·         Collections

Bar Admissions

·         State of Missouri, 1990

Education

·         University of Missouri, B.S. Agricultural Economics 1987

·         University of Missouri, J.D. 1989

Associations and memberships

·         Stoddard County Association (President 1997-1999)

·         The Missouri Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section Council, 1995-2000)

·         Commissioner, Missouri Ethics Commission, 2008-2012

Born
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Biographical Details 

James (Jim) R. Tweedy was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1965 and graduated from Puxico High School in 1983.  He attended the University of Missouri for his undergraduate and graduate degrees, earning a B.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1987 and a J.D. in 1989. Upon graduation, Mr. Tweedy returned to Southeast Missouri and began his legal career at Oliver, Oliver, Waltz & Cook, P.C., a firm that handled primarily insurance defense matters. After approximately four years with The Oliver Firm, Jim returned to his Stoddard-County roots and opened Tweedy Law Office in Bloomfield, Missouri.

Jim maintains a general civil practice, which includes adoptions, juvenile, probate, estate planning, collection, business and domestic matters, as well as a general criminal defense practice, which includes minor traffic matters in addition to serious felony criminal charges.

Locally, Jim is an extremely active member of the community.  He has served as the local District Representative to the Young Lawyers Section Council of The Missouri Bar, President of the Stoddard County Bar Association, as well as President of the University of Missouri Ag Alumni Association.  Jim also served many years on the Board of Directors for Southeast Missouri Legal Services, Inc., including one term as President, an entity which provides free legal services to qualifying individuals.  He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Center for Family Resources, Inc.  Currently, Jim is the Fund-Raising Chairman of the Stoddard County Children’s Home, Inc., an organization that he has been involved deeply with since 1995.

While maintaining a tremendous reputation in Southeast Missouri, Jim has also been recognized at the state level. In May of 2008, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt appointed him to serve a four-year term as a Commissioner of the Missouri Ethics Commission.  He served as Vice-Chairman for his last two years on the Commission.

Jim is passionate about solving problems and has all the necessary tools to tackle any task throw his way.  He is excited about the opportunity to earn your business, so when a legal issue has you turned in different directions, his office is the right place to help put you back on track. Jim serves clients in the follow Southeast Missouri Counties: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne, as well as municipalities throughout these respective counties.  

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Bloomfield Office:

208 S. Prairie
Bloomfield, MO
63825
The Buck Building Located at the Courthouse Square

Mailing Address:

PO Box 193
Bloomfield, MO 63825-0193