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ICON Awards 2022: Publisher’s letter, honorees
This annual Missouri Lawyers Media celebration honors career achievement by recognizing lawyers for their exceptional and lengthy contributions to the profession and community — those who personify the ideals of what it means to be an attorney.
ICON Awards 2021: Publisher’s letter, honorees
This annual Missouri Lawyers Media celebration honors career achievement by recognizing lawyers for their exceptional and lengthy contributions to the profession and community — those who personify the ideals of what it means to be an attorney.
ICON Awards 2020: Anthony R. Behr, Behr, McCarter & Potter
“In some respects, it’s almost like everything in life is a math problem,” says Anthony Behr. “You just have to figure out the formula and the variables.”
ICON Awards 2020: Martha C. Brown, Martha C. Brown & Associates
Martha C. Brown has seen a lot of change in the elder law practice during her nearly four-decade career. For one thing, her practice now has a name.
ICON Awards 2020: Gloria Clark Reno, retired judge, St. Louis County Circuit Court
Prior to her retirement, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Gloria Clark Reno served for seven years as an associate circuit judge and 10 years as a circuit judge — including two years as the circuit’s presiding judge.
ICON Awards 2020: Tim Dollar, Dollar Burns & Becker
275. In an age when lawyers might try a handful of cases each year if they are lucky, Tim Dollar’s estimated career number of jury trials is staggering.
ICON Awards 2020: Edward L. Dowd Jr., Dowd Bennett
Every organization I’ve ever worked with. I’ve ended up being a leader of it,” Ed Dowd says. “I like to get things done, and I like to help people that really need help.”
ICON Awards 2020: Don M. Downing, Gray, Ritter & Graham
At the successful end of one of Don Downing’s trials, a massively built farmer came over to give him a hug.
ICON Awards 2020: J. Kent Emison, Langdon & Emison
When Kent Emison joined Bob Langdon at Langdon & Emison in Lexington, the firm was a typical small-town practice that handled a variety of legal matters.
ICON Awards 2020: Larry D. Hale, The Hale Law Firm
Of all the legacies the late Larry Hale leaves behind, one of the most visible is his investment in young Black attorneys in St. Louis.
ICON Awards 2020: M. Ann Hatch
Ann Hatch comes from a family of lawyers, but didn’t initially feel much of a pull to the profession.
ICON Awards 2020: Annette P. Heller, Law Offices of Annette P. Heller
In a number of ways, Annette Heller has been a trailblazer within the legal profession.
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