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A self-defined “book nerd” with a master’s degree in law and government who once spent time studying abroad at Oxford, Lauren Allen surprises no one by having an Instagram page called TheDopeLibrarian.

Some kids grow up with dreams of being an astronaut, or perhaps a pro athlete or movie star. As the son of a Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard founding member, Alex Bean had a more singular vision.

Like many other employment attorneys who have faced an avalanche of work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Laura Staley has had no shortage of workplace issues on her plate this year.

During the past 24 years, Chuck Etherington has had a front-row seat to the growth of American Century Investments through his work in the company’s legal department.

Sixteen years ago, Peter Wimmer received the offer he couldn’t refuse. He was a partner at Stinson Leonard Street in the financial institutions group, handling mergers, acquisitions and securities.

Nancy Inman thrives in the professional environment created by her employer, ARCO Construction Co., which serves clients for multiple types of projects — aviation, distribution-warehouse, health care, industrial, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage and others — including the popular Topgolf venues.

As the legal department of one for Branson, Chris Lebeck has seen firsthand the need for, and the perils of, each Missouri city crafting its own response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Mark Darrell graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 in the midst of a lackluster economy, he was happy to land a job at the U.S. Department of Energy. It was a fateful choice.

Helping to broker the sale of one of St. Louis’ fastest-growing companies to its current private equity owner in early 2018 was unquestionably an early-career highlight for M&A attorney Mary Kate Hogan, then a Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner associate of two years.