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Missouri Lawyers Media took a long look back at this incredible year to not only identify those gladiators who marked big verdict and settlement wins for their clients in 2020, but also those whose actions in and out of the courtroom have had — or will have — significant impact on the profession.

What are lawyers to make of the story of Donald Nash?

Patrick J. Whalen has a simple formula for success.

In the age of COVID-19, less agile organizations have stumbled in creating virtual office arrangements while more nimble ones have adapted quickly on the fly. But the truly visionary ones are those that already were looking to the future before the threat of illness made the concept a necessity.

Scott Seitter’s strategy to devolve more managerial competencies to shareholder committees for technology, marketing and human resources has done a lot for Levy Craig.

As the chief diversity officer as well as an officer at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, Chris Pickett understands this alignment of leadership roles is more often the exception than the rule.

Spencer Fane attorney Amy Mistler, the first female managing partner at the firm’s St. Louis office, took the helm in January 2020. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

From business litigation to intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions to collegiate sports, the breadth of practice areas at Kennyhertz Perry literally spills across the Kansas City firm’s website — with still more updates to come.

Winning a $5.9 million jury verdict in a trial convened at the height of a global pandemic is no small feat.

In a year that culminated with both a contentious U.S. Supreme Court nomination and a prolonged national conversation about election laws, the spotlight on legal ethics shone bright in 2020.

The Missouri Supreme Court took 588 days to issue an opinion in Eve Sherrer’s product liability suit against two pelvic-mesh manufacturers in 2020.