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St. Louis Area
David M. Zevan, a
partner at Zevan & Davidson, L.L.C., received the
Thomas G. Strong Trial
Attorney Award from the
David M.
Missouri Association of
Trial Attorneys. This award Zevan
is given annually to an attorney who
demonstrates great advocacy skills in
difficult cases, who has handled complex cases with some frequency, and
who has a reputation for professionalism, ethics and integrity.
John L. Sullivan, a partner at
Armstrong Teasdale, L.L.P., has been
elected chairman of the Missouri
Bankers Association Bank Counsel
Advisory Board. Sullivan is leader of
the firm’s financial institutions practice
group.
Firm lawyer Daniel J.
Burke has been selected
for the 2010-2011 class
of Leadership Clayton,
a development program
Daniel J.
sponsored by the Clayton
Burke
Chamber of Commerce.
Angie M. Fletcher has joined
Armstrong Teasdale, L.L.P. as an associate. Ms. Fletcher is a member of
the corporate services practice group.
Richard B. Thomas, a long-time patent engineer with the firm, has been
promoted to an associate.
Angie M.
Fletcher
Richard B.
Thomas
Lawrence L. Pratt
has joined the law firm of
Baker, Sterchi, Cowden &
Rice, L.L.C. as a member.
Prior to joining the firm,
Lawrence L.
Pratt was the civil litigation Pratt
practice group leader for
Evans & Dixon, L.L.C.
The law firm of Early &
Miranda, P.C. announces
that Eric S. Christensen
has joined the firm as a
Eric S.
Christensen
principal.
Matthew C. Hans, a
shareholder and trial attorney at Polsinelli Shughart,
P.C., has been selected by
FOCUS St. Louis to be a Matthew C.
member of its 2010-2011
Hans
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Leadership St. Louis Class. FOCUS
St. Louis is a locally-based nonprofit
organization committed to creating
regional solutions through community
leadership.
Robert J. Bassett has joined the
law firm of Williams, Venker &
Sanders, L.L.C. as a partner. Bassett
will focus his more than 20 years of
experience on product liability and
transportation defense. Jittaun A. Dill
has joined the firm as an associate.
Robert J.
Bassett
Jittaun A.
Dill
Additionally, Patrick I.
Chavez, a partner at the
firm, received the Commitment to Diversity Award at
the third annual St. Louis
Diversity Job Fair. Chavez Patrick I.
gave the event’s keynote
Chavez
address, “Increasing Diversity in the
Bar by Emphasizing Professionalism.”
He is a co-chair of the Minorities in
the Legal Profession Commission of
the Bar Association of Metropolitan
St. Louis.
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The law firm of Brown & Crouppen, P.C. announces that it has added
new attorneys: Brock C. Cima,
Shawn M. Falvey, Leah Garabedian,
Julia M. Kerr, Kerry I. O’Sullivan,
Amanda J. Sextro, Nicole L. Winters and Richard J. Zalasky.
Additionally, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum announces that J. Brad
Wilmoth, an attorney with Brown
& Crouppen, P.C., has been certified
as a life member of both the Million
Dollar Advocates Forum (MDAF) and
the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates
Forum (MMDAF).
Members of the MDAF must have
acted as a principal counsel in at least
one case resulting in a verdict, award
or settlement in an amount no less
than one million dollars. Members of
the MMDAF must be life members
of the MDAF and must have acted
as a principal counsel in at least one
case resulting in a multi-million dollar
verdict, award or settlement.
Richard D. Gerber has
been promoted to principal
with the law firm of Brown
& James, P.C. Gerber
concentrates his practice on
Richard D.
large-loss insurance
Gerber
subrogation claims. Eric B.
Gustafson, previously with the Hartstein Law Firm, has joined the firm as
a senior associate.
Bryan J. Sanger, assistant circuit attorney for
the City of St. Louis, has
been elected to the Young
Lawyers’ Section Council
Bryan J.
of The Missouri Bar from
Sanger
the 9th District. Each year
the Young Lawyers’ Section sponsors a wide array of projects serving
Missouri citizens, fostering respect for
the law, and advancing the role of the
legal profession.
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Husch Blackwell, L.L.P. announces
that Lisa M. Krigsten has joined the
firm as a partner. Ms. Krigsten, a former principal deputy assistant attorney
general for the U.S. Department of
Justice, will split her time between the
firm’s Kansas City and Washington,
D.C. offices.
The firm also announces the addition of recent law school graduates:
Laura J. Barke, Marissa L. Curran, Brittany M. Ems, Melina S. L.
Pinilla, Peter J. Merideth, Josie M.
Patane and Ashley M. Rothe.
The Bar Plan Mutual
Insurance Company announces the addition of
John R. Gunn of The
Gunn Law Firm, P.C., and
a member of The Missouri
Bar Board of Governors, to
its board of directors.
John R.
Gunn
David B. Groce has
joined the BrickHouse Law
Group, P.C. as a partner.
Groce has more than 20
years of experience repreDavid B.
senting companies across
Groce
North America, Europe
and Asia.
The law firm of Curtis, Heinz, Garrett & O’Keefe, P.C. announces that
attorneys Robert C. Jones, Robert E.
Jones, Alexa Hart-Lorenz and Adam
R. Lorenz have joined the firm. They
expand the firm’s local government
and education practices as well as
contribute to its litigation, real estate,
family law and tax practices.
The Missouri State Public Defender
System announces that Tamma E.
Keim and Amy M. Clay, formerly
with the Commitment Defense Unit,
have joined the St. Charles office.
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Hannah E. Petr has joined the St.
Louis City Public Defender’s Office.
Mid-Missouri Area
Sonya Day Brandt has
opened the Brandt Law Office in Linn.
Columbia lawyers Craig
Van Matre of Van Matre, Sonya Day
Brandt
Harrison, Hollis, Pitzer &
Taylor, P.C. and Ronald E. Smull of
Brandecker & Smull were presented
with the Citation of Merit Award by
the University of Missouri-Columbia
School of Law during 2010 Law Day
ceremonies.
The Jefferson City office of Polsinelli Shughart,
P.C. announces that Susan
Henderson Moore has
joined the firm’s public
policy practice in the
business department.
Susan H.
Moore
The Missouri State Public Defender
System announces that Jeremy L.
Pilkington, Derek Roe, formerly with
the Bolivar office, and Cynthia N.
Wilson, formerly with the Moberly office, have joined the Columbia Public
Defender’s Office. Erica R. Eliason,
formerly with the Poplar Bluff office,
has joined the Columbia Appellate
Office.
Jennifer K. Bukowsky, formerly
with the Boone County Public Defender’s office, has opened the Bukowsky
Law Firm. The new firm, located at
810 E. Walnut Street in Columbia,
focuses on criminal and traffic cases.
Kansas City Area
Edward D. Greim has joined the
law firm of Graves, Bartle, Marcus &
Garrett, L.L.C. as a partner.
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The law firm of Levy & Craig, P.C.
announces the addition of Greta A.
McMorris and Shane E. Mecham to
the firm’s litigation/surety department.
Greta A.
McMorris
Shane E.
Mecham
Husch Blackwell, L.L.P. announces
the addition of recent law graduates
Benjamin A. McMillen, Andrea J.
Morrow, Leo O. Salinger, Tyler J.
Scott and Robert A. Seefeldt.
Polsinelli, Shughart,
P.C. announces that, after
a two-year clerkship with
the U.S. Court of Appeals,
Amy D. Fitts has rejoined
the firm as an associate to
practice business litigation
in the trial department.
Ford Robertson, of The Robertson
Law Group, L.L.C., with an Order of
Barristers Honorary Initiate during
Law Day ceremonies.
Kerri S. Reisdorff has
joined the Kansas City office of Ogletree, Deakins,
Nash, Smoak & Stewart,
P.C. as a shareholder. Ms.
Kerri S.
Reisdorff was formerly a
Reisdorff
partner of Constangy, Brooks
& Smith, L.L.P.
The Missouri State Public Defender
System announces that Patrick L.
Sullivan, formerly with the Chillicothe office, has joined the Kansas
City office.
Springfield Area
Amy D.
Fitts
James A. Heeter is the new president and CEO of the Greater Kansas
City Chamber of Commerce. Heeter
is the former managing partner of the
Kansas City office of the law firm
of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal,
L.L.P.
Michael T. White, a partner at
White, Goss, Bowers, March, Schulte
& Weisenfels, was presented the 2010
Richard A. King Award at the Missouri Economic Development Financing Association’s annual conference.
This annual award is given to someone
who shows dedication to the promotion of economic development and
noteworthy achievement in economic
development.
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law honored Susan
Rodney H. Nichols, of Carnahan,
Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C., has
been elected vice chairman of the
Bank Counsel Section of the Missouri Bankers Association. Nichols is
a shareholder in the firm’s litigation,
banking and transactional practice
groups.
Of Counsel J. Robert “Bob” Penninger has joined the firm’s estate
planning practice group. Richard B.
Maltby has joined the firm’s litigation
practice group.
Rodney H.
Nichols
J. Robert
Penninger
Richard B.
Maltby
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The law firm of Brown
& James, P.C. announces
that Kristie S. Crawford
has been promoted to
principal.
Kristie S.
Crawford
Husch Blackwell, L.L.P.
announces that R. Caleb Colbert
joined the firm. Colbert will practice in
the area of business litigation law.
Jennifer R. Growcock
has joined the business litigation practice in the trial
department of Polsinelli
Shughart, P.C.
Jennifer R.
Growcock
Elsewhere in Missouri
The Missouri State Public
Defender System announces that
the following attorneys have joined
public defender offices: Joseph A.
McMillen (Bolivar); Lauren K.
Welborn (Bolivar); Michael S.
Younker (Rolla); Thomas F. Kondro
(West Plains); and Sarah J. Dobbs
(Chillicothe).
In addition, Stephen M. Murrell,
formerly with the Columbia Public
Defender’s office, has joined the
Moberly office. Formerly with the
Poplar Bluff office, Pamela C.
Musgrave has joined the Monett
office. Marshall A. Miller, formerly
with the Farmington office, has
joined the Carthage office. Joining the
Harrisonville Public Defender’s Office
is Nathaniel D. Anderson, formerly
with the Carthage office.
Other States
In Belleville, Illinois, George Ripplinger, principal of the law firm of
Ripplinger & Zimmer, L.L.C., has
accepted the invitation to be an Illinois
member of The American Trial Lawyers Association. Membership in the
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organization is limited to the top 100
trial lawyers from each state. Candidates selected for membership are considered based on their qualifications,
leadership, reputation, influence and
profile in the trial lawyer community.
The Halbrook Law Firm, P.C.,
located in Prairie Village, Kansas,
announces the addition of Michael
Stipetich and Mitchell E. Wood as
associates. The new associates will
focus on employment law, business
litigation and general civil litigation.
Michael
Stipetich
Mitchell E.
Wood
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Daniel G. Hasenstab
has been promoted to principal with Brown & James,
P.C. Hasenstab practices
in the firm’s Belleville,
Daniel G.
Illinois office. Haley M.
Hasenstab
Schumacher has joined
the firm as an associate.