Missouri Lawyers Media recognized 20 lawyers at its In-House Counsel Awards on Nov. 3
The annual award, presented at a breakfast event at the Clayton Plaza Hotel, honors attorneys in the legal departments of some of Missouri’s most significant businesses and organizations.
Kimberly S. Myers, general counsel for iconic St. Louis pizza proprietor Imo’s, received the Lifetime Achievement Award and spoke at the event. Our other awardees are:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kimberly Myers, Imo’s Holding Co., General Counsel
Health care organization
Teresa Generous, Hannibal Regional Healthcare, Vice President and General Counsel
Thad Leach, Phelps Health, Chief Legal Officer
Nonprofit or government organization
Stephanie Grise, Arch City Defenders and Midwest BankCentre, Executive Vice President-Chief Strategy Office
François Henriquez, St. Louis Federal Reserve, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
Private company with annual revenues over $500M
Brent Beumer, Dierbergs, General Counsel
Jessica Miner-McLin, Orscheln Farm & Home, Senior Corporate Counsel
Waldon Moss, Shelter Insurance Company, Counsel
Daniel O’Keefe, Enterprise Holdings Inc., Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Litigation
Private company with annual revenues up to $500M
Ben Byrd, Nodaway Valley Bank, General Counsel
Joshua Ellwanger, IPFS Corporation, General Counsel
Adam Sachs, Kansas City Royals, General Counsel
Public company
Scott Aripoli, H&R Block, Sr. Corporate Counsel
Kate Dugan, Energizer Holdings, Inc., General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Diedre Gray, Post Holdings, Executive VP, General Counsel
Seth Hawkins, Anheuser Busch, VP General Counsel North America
Chonda Jordan Nwamu, Ameren, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Jessica Li, Express Scripts (Cigna), Lead Patent and Technology Counsel – Intellectual Property
Elise Senti, Bunzl Distribution NA
Rising star
Lischen Peso Reeves Gibson, Oracle Corporation, Corporate Counsel – Privacy and Cybersecurity Legal group