The POWER List: Stuart J. Vogelsmeier

Lashly & Baer, St. Louis

Through his 30-year career, Stuart Vogelsmeier has built a practice focused on helping health care clients with the business side of their companies.

Since 2018, Vogelsmeier has been executive vice president at Lashly & Baer in St. Louis, where he also chairs the health care and business practices.

He joined Lashly & Baer after earning his law degree in 1988 from Washington University in St. Louis. His work for the firm has included representing Resource Optimization & Innovation, a Mercy Health subsidiary, for 18 years. HealthTrust acquired the company in 2019 in a deal that completed his work for the company.

In addition to working with hospital clients, he also represents dental clients. In one such case, he helped a Chicago dentist expand his practice to include 23 offices.

Vogelsmeier also has a knack for anticipating his clients’ needs and how to better serve them. After noting a shift in government regulatory enforcement of health care companies, he organized Lashly & Baer’s health care advisory team — which he also chairs — in 2019.

The team assists clients with emerging issues, ranging from privacy concerns to the national opioid crisis and the increased reach of regulatory probes.