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In this latest edition of Missouri Lawyers Media’s POWER LIST, we examine the most powerful attorneys in employment law.

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In her lengthy career, Ferne Wolf has led the labor and employment committees of both The Missouri Bar and the Illinois State Bar Association and is a former president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Employment Lawyers.

During his decades-long practice, Hal Wellford has acquired clients that range from the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Blue to Missouri sheltered workshops.

Last year, Rik Siro helped secure a $4.9 million jury verdict for the former general manager of a Kansas City shopping center who alleged she was terminated after refusing to use money from parking meters — which were supposed to go to charities — to cover the center’s operating costs.

A year before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that the federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination based on sex, Jill Silverstein secured a similarly momentous ruling in the Missouri Supreme Court.

In 1987, Mary Anne Sedey argued and won a unanimous ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court in Forrester v. White, holding that a woman could bring a sex-discrimination case against an Illinois judge despite his judicial status.

Russ Riggan’s best-known client is Keith Wildhaber, a gay St. Louis County Police Department sergeant who alleged that he was told to “tone down” his “gayness” if he wanted to be promoted.

The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into many businesses’ plans, leading to a busy year for Trina Ricketts.

Chad Reis has served as pro bono counsel for Easter Seals Midwest, and in 2018 he won a significant victory not just for the organization but for employers across the state.

After earning his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1980, Terry Potter became a field attorney with the National Labor Review Board.