Robert Rosenthal has been spending the last decade working toward retirement, and at 75, he’s still not ready to call it quits.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Craig O’Dear, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
One might say that Craig O’Dear began engineering his career at a young age, starting at Highland High School in Lewistown, where he was a three-sport athlete.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Basil L. North Jr, Basil North Jr & Associates
Basil L. North Jr. takes great delight in calling himself a feminist.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Claire McCaskill, NBC/Former Democratic Missouri U.S. Senator
Known for her bipartisan skill and can-do attitude, Claire McCaskill has defined what it means to be a public servant from the offices of the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office to the hallowed halls of the U.S. Senate.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Michael Manners, Langdon & Emison
Few people can say a U.S. President was one of their mentors, but Michael Manners cultivated his love for American history during long conversations with President Harry Truman.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Bruce Keplinger, Jay Daugherty Mediation and Arbitration
After a career as a trial lawyer spanning more than 40 years and four different law firms, Bruce Keplinger is turning the page on a new chapter.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: George Kapke, Kapke Willerth, LLC
With a legal career that has spanned half a century, George Kapke still relies on the Golden Rule to guide his daily practice.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Stephen Hill Jr., Dentons US
Steve Hill wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps; he did exactly that while making a name for himself that would have made his father proud.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: John Hessel, Lewis Rice
In a parking lot near the ballfields in Florissant, Missouri, an eight-year-old John Hessel would sit on his bicycle next to his coach's police cruiser and listen to the dispatchers relay information back and forth.
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Bill Hart, Husch Blackwell (retired)
With his eyes set on a career in international law, an assistant dean sidelined Bill Hart's post-Duke University Law School plans with a straightforward piece of advice. "He told me to go into the FBI – it'll be the best education you will ever receive."
Read More »ICON Awards 2022: Julianne Platz Hand – Kramer, Hand, Buchholz & Partney
When Juli Hand enrolled in vocational school to earn a legal secretarial certificate in 1977, she didn't envision that one day she would start a law firm in suburban St. Louis or be on a ballot running for circuit judge.
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