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finance client service groups. Frederiksen was also named a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity St. Louis. Patrick Foppe was promoted to partner at Lashly & Baer, PC . Nancy Hawes joined the law firm Armstrong Teasdale as a partner. She is a member of the corporate services practice group, focusing on real estate, finance, nonprofit and taxexempt organizations and public finance law. Brian Nolan was promoted to principal by the law firm Carmody MacDonald. Daniel Schoenekase was promoted to partner by the law firm Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, PC .
2005 Adam Birenbaum, CEO of Buckingham Asset Management and BAM Advisor Services, was named the most influential person in the registered investment advisor industry for 2013 by RIA Biz, a trade publication for the advisor business. James Heffner was elected as a principal at the law firm Danna McKitrick, PC. He concentrates his practice in banking and finance, corporate and real estate law. In addition to his law practice, Heffner co-chairs the firm’s marketing committee and mentors younger attorneys in the firm. Brian K aveney, partner at the law firm Armstrong Teadale LLP, was named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2013 Class of 40 Under 40. Ryan Kerner is general counsel for Freedom Title in St. Louis. Ryan McAlvey was named assistant athletics director for compliance and student services at the University of Portland.
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Sara Melly is a partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP. She is a litigator in the firm’s financial services group, concentrating her practice on representing clients in matters involving debtor and creditor rights, lender liability, financial distress, restructuring and reorganization. Julia Pucci started the twoattorney family law firm of Pucci/ Pirtle, LLC which has offices in St. Charles, Ill., and Elgin, Ill. Mark Ryerson is a shareholder at Howard & Howard Attorneys, PLLC in the law firm’s Chicago office. He focuses his practice on business and corporate law with an emphasis on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Alyson Slaughter, president of the Illinois Association of Blind Students, was appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn to the state’s Blind Services Planning Council. Mark Sowers was named a member by the law firm Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, LC . Jason Steinmeyer was promoted to director of the white collar crime and fraud unit in the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney’s Office. Stephen Wohlford joined with three other attorneys to form the law firm SWMK Law, LLC , with offices in downtown St. Louis and Edwardsville, Ill. The firm, formed in August 2012, focuses on asbestos, personal injury, pharmaceutical, commercial and general civil litigation and estate planning, business and real estate law.
2006 Timothy McFarlin was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in the field of complex business litigation for the second consecutive year. Scott Mueller was elected
director of Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith. He was also recognized for his work in the largest defense verdict category of Missouri Lawyers Media 2013 Awards and received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Kelly Murrie was named a partner by the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett LLP. Erin Phillips was named a partner in the law firm Unsell, Schattnik & Phillips in Wood River, Ill. Lisa Reynolds was promoted to partner at Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs.
2007 Erin Burlison-Huss was named an associate circuit judge in St. Charles County, Mo., by Gov. Jay Nixon. David Frenzia was hired as an associate by Armstrong Teasdale in its litigation practice group. He focuses on issues pertaining to organizing campaigns, union avoidance, collective bargaining, grievance investigations, unfair labor practices, discrimination and other employment-related issues. Courtney Jackson was hired as an associate at Armstrong Teasdale. She is a member of the intellectual property practice group, providing counsel regarding trademark and brand management, strategy and operational issues. Kilby Cantwell Macfadden was presented the Distinguished Service Award from the Hon. Charles P. Burns, circuit judge for Cook County, Ill., for her dedication and commitment to Cook County’s Rehabilitative Alternative Probation (R. A .P.) Program. Cristina Spicer, an attorney with Monsanto Co., was one of three attorneys elected to lead the 2013