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Medical-marijuana advocates honored at Missouri Lawyers Awards
Missouri Lawyers Media honored attorneys Joseph D. “Chip” Sheppard III, Dan Viets and Michael B. Hill — and their advocacy for the ballot initiative that legalized medical marijuana and now promises to transform the state’s legal landscape — at the 2019 Missouri Lawyers Awards on Jan. 25. Sheppard, Viets and Hill accepted their 2019 […]
Law Firm Leader: Timothy Gearin
Timothy Gearin Armstrong Teasdale There was a moment in 2018 when Timothy Gearin didn’t want to lead. On Dec. 21, the much-loved managing partner of Armstrong Teasdale, John Beulick, lost his battle with melanoma. All Gearin wanted to do was shut his office door and grieve. But he was a new member of the executive […]
Missouri Lawyers Awards 2019
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Missouri Lawyers Awards 2019 Digital Edition
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Law Firm Leader: Jeffrey A. Cohen
Jeffrey A. Cohen Capes Sokol Several years ago, the leaders of Capes Sokol in Clayton made a momentous shift: Rather than have the firm be steered by a three-person committee, they would give the ball to one managing shareholder and let him run with it. In January 2015, Jeffrey Cohen took the ball. He hasn’t […]
Law Firm Leader: Sharon Stolte
Sharon Stolte Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard Things feel different at the Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard office in Kansas City. Inside a building near Country Club Plaza, the firm now fills the whole 10th floor — a space triple the size of its former berth on the 12th. The interior walls are glass, admitting […]
Law Firm Leader: Adam P. Seitz
Adam P. Seitz Erise IP To hear him tell it, Adam Seitz is kind of a nerd at heart. From day one of law school, he never wavered from wanting a practice that would enable him to work with scientists, computer engineers and others in related fields: He wanted to be a patent attorney. After […]
Law Firm Leader: Mark Cantor
Mark Cantor Cantor Injury Law Mark Cantor likes a good fight. That’s why he grew up competing in taekwondo and wrestling. That’s why he enjoys verbally sparring with people. Ultimately, that’s why he became a lawyer. He also likes to win, and just as well: he’s been doing plenty of that. About three years ago, […]
Influential Appellate Advocate: Josef S. Glynias
Josef S. Glynias Husch Blackwell St. Louis native Josef S. Glynias didn’t initially intend to become a lawyer. He said he was familiar with the work of lawyers and exposed to the legal world early on because his father is a lawyer. “I always liked it, but I didn’t want to readily accept it,” he […]
Law Firm Leader: Brian D. Malkmus
Brian D. Malkmus Malkmus Law Firm Some lawyers like to dwell on their victories. Not Brian Malkmus. “I remember the losses really well. I can tell you the facts of every case I have ever lost,” he said. “Those are what teach you the most. Why did I lose? Is there something I could have […]
Influential Appellate Advocate: Michael Manners
Michael Manners Langdon & Emison In 2018, Michael Manners successfully argued two of the biggest cases of his career. The case of Spence v. BNSF Railway Co. resulted in a $19 million verdict for widow Sherry Spence, whose husband was killed when his truck was struck by a train. The other, Holdeman v. Stratman, was […]
Legal Champion: Ashley Ricket
Ashley Ricket Ricket Law Firm Ashley Ricket still recalls the time when, as a young child, she first said she wanted to be a lawyer. “Somebody laughed at me. I’m not quite sure who it was, but they joked and said ‘Well, good luck with that,’” she remembered. “From that point forward, when somebody tells […]
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