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employment litigator for clients in state and federal courts throughout the country.
at the law firm Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC , was accepted into the 20132014 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows Program.
2000 Kristine Bridges, of the law firm Thompson Coburn, was a recipient of the 2013 Missouri Lawyers Media Women’s Justice Litigation Practitioner Award. Joseph Demko joined the law firm SmithAmundsen as a partner in its St. Louis office. He counsels business owners and investors in all phases of a business’ life-cycle including choice of entity, formation, owner and employee agreements, business succession, and dissolution. Tanja Engelhardt was appointed to attorney team leader for St. Louis City Circuit Attorney’s Office’s family violence, sex crimes and child abuse units. Matthew Fields joined the St. Louis law firm of Danna McKitrick, PC as a principal. He focuses his practice on toxic tort litigation, defending claims of harm to health or damage to property allegedly caused by product exposure, particularly asbestos.
2002 Meg Fowler was elected as a partner with the law firm HeplerBroom LLC in its St. Louis office. She focuses her practice in civil defense and litigation, including product liability, professional malpractice, intentional torts, general personal injury and insurance coverage issues. R. John Klevorn III joined the law firm Lewis Rice & Fingersh as a member, focusing his practice on business law and taxation. Patrick Mickey joined the St. Louis law firm Brown & Crouppen.
Marcus Helt, a partner in the law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP ’s Dallas office, was selected as a 2013 Texas Rising Star.
Kevin Myers was elected as a principal by the law firm Danna McKitrick, PC . Myers advises and represents clients in matters involving insurance coverage and disputes over policy analysis.
Kristen (Fjeldstad) Johns was named assistant general counsel by Emdeon.
2003
Zachary Pancoast was selected as a Rising Star for 2013 by Illinois Super Lawyers in the personal injury plaintiff: medical malpractice practice area.
2001 Joseph Blanner joined the law firm McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, LC . Zofia Garlicka was promoted to principal at Carmody MacDonald. Christopher Pickett, an officer
David Berwin was elected as a member by the St. Louis law firm Evans & Dixon. He practices civil litigation focusing on business claims including the areas of insurance defense, product liability, premises liability, toxic torts and general liability. Stephen D’Aunoy was promoted to partner by the law firm Thompson Coburn, LLP. Derek Falb, vice president for finance and treasurer of the CIC Group, was named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2013 Class of 40 Under 40.
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Carrie Keller is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Herzog Crebs, LLP. She represents a variety of business and individual clients on matters including business planning, financing, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, general corporate counsel advice, business succession planning, estate planning, and probate and trust administration. Tracy Beckham Phipps is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Herzog Crebs, LLP. Her practice is based in civil defense and complex litigation with a concentration in toxic tort litigation. Jacqueline Redmond is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Herzog Crebs, LLP. She focuses her practice on business litigation matters, including toxic torts and product liability. Anna Selby is a partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP. She is a member of the firm’s litigation practice group, advising and defending health care providers in high profile matters involving complex medical malpractice allegations and multimillion dollar claims. Carla Storm was promoted to partner in the law firm Foley & Mansfield’s St. Louis office. Benjamin F. Westhoff joined Sedey Harper as a shareholder, concentrating his practice on representing plaintiffs in personal injury and employment litigation in Missouri and southern Illinois.
2004 Kelly Dineen, assistant dean for academic affairs at Saint Louis University School of Law, was a recipient of the 2013 Missouri Lawyers Media Women’s Justice Legal Scholar Award. Seth Frederiksen was elected a partner by the law firm Bryan Cave LLP. He is a member of the firm’s transactions, technology, entrepreneurial and commercial practice and the firm’s corporate
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