Missouri Lawyers Media has been honoring excellence in law for decades. Six years ago, we expanded our range of honor events to recognize and celebrate top in-house lawyering throughout our state.

The following honorees are in-house counsel at all levels who, among other things, navigate complicated contract negotiations, represent their companies in high-stakes litigation and defend some of an organization’s most important assets. Honorees will be celebrated at our 2022 breakfast event at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at Clayton Plaza Hotel. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.

2022 honorees:

Lifetime Achievement

Lisa Green, Chief Legal Officer, HOK Group, Inc

Health care organization

Sara Juarez, Director of Legal & Risk, Mosaic Health System

Jennifer Kozinn, Vice President and General Counsel, North Kansas City Hospital

David McCune, Vice President, Legal Services, Physician Strategy, BJC HealthCare

Jan Murray, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Saint Luke’s Health System

Nonprofit or government organization

Dwayne Fulk, Vice President-Chief Legal Officer, City Utilities of Springfield

Brian Rabineau, General Counsel, Port KC

Private company with annual revenues over $500M

Robyn Buck, Bayer

Joel Christensen, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Claims, ARCO Construction Company

Erica Glanz, Senior Counsel – Employment; Senior Director – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Bunzl Distribution North America

Private company with annual revenues up to $500M

John Schierholz, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Duke Manufacturing

Public company

Randy Canis, Chief Patent Counsel, Cigna

Noah Garcia, Senior Corporate Counsel | Labor/Employment, Information Governance, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

Justin Relihan, Vice President Legal Services, Nidec Motor Holdings Corporation (Americas)

Joel Samson, Vice President Legal Affairs, Centene

Scott Thein, Deputy General Counsel, StoneX Group

Greg Wolf, General Counsel, Maxus Properties

Rising star

Ali Baumhoer, Associate General Counsel, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Carly Duvall, Assistant General Counsel, TreviPay

Lindsay Grise, Associate Counsel, Burns & McDonnell

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