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John C. Bodnar and Jaime R. Mendez have been elected to serve as members of Lewis Rice’s management committee.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has elected five new partners in Missouri, effective Jan. 1.

Gonzalo Ventura has joined Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris as an associate who will focus on commercial litigation and insurance law.

The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission has selected three nominees for an associate circuit judge vacancy in Jackson County.

Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Julia Pusateri Lasater as associate circuit judge for the St. Louis County Circuit Court.

The Appellate Judicial Commission has nominated three presiding circuit judges as candidates for a coming vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District.

Shine Lin has joined the Milton Law Group in St. Louis as senior counsel.

The 6th Circuit Judicial Commission will interview eight applicants for a circuit judge vacancy in Platte County on Dec. 15. The vacancy will occur when Judge James W. Van Amburg retires at the end of the year.

Randa Rawlins has been named the next president and CEO of Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, effective Jan. 1.

John C. Bodnar and Jaime R. Mendez have been elected to serve as members of Lewis Rice’s management committee.

St. Louis attorney Richard Cornfeld of the Law Office of Richard S. Cornfeld has been named president of the Class Action Trial Lawyers Association Top 25, an invitation-only group limited to the top 25 practitioners in each state.