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Diversity & Inclusion 2020

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Al W. Johnson, Executive Director, New Covenant Legal Services

Leaving private practice after more than 20 years on his own, Al W. Johnson moved in 2016 to a new ministry — overseeing New Covenant Legal Services, for which he […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Chuck Henson, Trial Practice Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law

After 19 years practicing law in business and with firms around the Denver area, Chuck Henson moved to Missouri in 2009 and worked as an assistant attorney general for the […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Sarah Carlson, Partner, Dentons US

Sarah Carlson recognizes the platform that Dentons has awarded her as a partner in its consumer products representation & services and litigation & dispute resolution practice groups, as well as […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Stephen R. Bough, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough has made diversity and inclusion a guiding principle of his life and legal practice, starting in 1999, when he researched employment discrimination and diversity […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Frances Barbieri, Chief Counsel, Litigation and Employment Law, World Wide Technology

Adopted from Korea by parents of Italian, German, Japanese and Irish descent, Frances Barbieri was raised with Black, white and mixed-race cousins. This diverse upbringing fuels her hope that one […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Madeline Johnson, Managing Partner, Law Office of Madeline Johnson

Madeline Johnson, one of Missouri’s first openly transgender attorneys, primarily focuses on representing LGBTQ clients. Her practice covers multiple areas of law that often relate to LGBTQ rights, such as […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Patricia Konopka, Partner, Co-chair of Diversity & Inclusion committee, Stinson

When Patricia Konopka began practicing law, she saw few people of color in big law firms, and even fewer women of color. Since then, she has worked to create and […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

J.Y. Miller, Partner, Husch Blackwell

As a member of the executive board at Husch Blackwell, J.Y. Miller makes diversity, equality and inclusion a priority in all of his business dealings. During his early years in […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Kimberly Jade Norwood, Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

Throughout her extraordinary career, Kimberly Jade Norwood has been celebrated as a mentor to countless students and young lawyers, a global scholar-expert on topics ranging from torts to implicit bias, […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Norma Jackson, Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Professional Development, Thompson Coburn

Growing up in rural northeast Missouri, Norma Jackson was the only African American female student in her class from first through 12th grade. That experience informed her ongoing work to […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Lana Knedlik, Counsel, University of Missouri System

As an in-house attorney for the University of Missouri system since 2013, Lana Knedlik says her day-to-day work often focuses on intellectual property issues. But she is committed to the […]

Diversity and Inclusion
Aug 6, 2020

Jehan Kamil Moore, Partner, Lathrop GPM

As co-chair of Lathrop GPM’s Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Jehan Kamil Moore is driven to open doors for others in the same way people did for her earlier in […]


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