Missouri Lawyers Media announces 2024 Diversity & Inclusion honorees

Missouri Lawyers Media will recognize one law firm, two law firm diversity, equity and inclusion committees, 12 attorneys and three DEI professionals during its annual Diversity & Inclusion Awards ceremony Aug. 8.

The virtual event, now in its seventh year, recognizes attorneys, firms, organizations and legal professionals who are significantly advancing diversity, inclusion and the dignity of all people in Missouri’s legal profession and in communities in which exceptional legal work impacts justice for all.

The 2024 Diversity & Inclusion honorees are listed below:

Vanessa Vaughn West, Lathrop GPM

Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris

Megan Sterchi Lammert, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice

Katie Doherty, Armstrong Teasdale

Fatima Khan, Thompson Coburn

DEIA Committee, Paule Camazine & Blumenthal

Bernadette Lawson, Spencer Fane

Apollo Carey, Lewis Rice

Syd Tippie, The Missouri Attorney General’s Office

Jennifer Maloney, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice

Bob Wallace, Thompson Coburn

Andrea Kimball, Sporting Kansas City and the Patterson Family Foundation

Dana Tippin-Cutler, Tippin Law Firm

Jane Arnold, Polsinelli

Katesha Long, Husch Blackwell

Lolly Cerda, Shook Hardy Bacon

Chalana Scales-Ferguson, Washington University

DE&I Steering Committee, Brown & Crouppen