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Dana Frese has been named president and chief executive officer of Healthcare Services Group, effective Jan. 1.

Matthew Devoti has been elected to fill the lawyer member opening on the 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission.

Rachel Schwartz, a partner at Stueve Siegel Hanson in Kansas City, has been selected as a U.S. magistrate judge for the District of Kansas.

Michael Young of HeplerBroom has been elected as a fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel. 

Carmody MacDonald has promoted Patrick G. Carmody and Andrew J. Williams to partner. 

The legal community handed out gifts to about 1,600 St. Louis area children via a fire station drive-through on Saturday, Dec. 4 for the 32nd annual Motion For Kids Event.

Cary J. Mogerman, a St. Louis Carmody MacDonald partner and the firm’s family law group leader, is the new president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)

Husch Blackwell has elected 14 Missouri attorneys to the firm’s partnership, effective Jan. 1.

The Eighth Circuit Bar Association recently awarded the Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service to Lee T. Lawless and Dana Tippin Cutler.

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association held its 137th annual meeting on Dec. 3 and handed out several awards. 

The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission has submitted two panels of three nominees to Gov. Mike Parson for two vacancies on the St. Louis County Circuit Court.