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Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard opens new office
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard announced on May 15 that it is opening a second office in Florida.
Truitt to lead Sandberg Phoenix IP practice
Tracey Truitt has joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard’s Kansas City office as a shareholder and will serve as its intellectual property practice group Leader.
Brown joins Sandberg Phoenix
Connor Brown has joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard’s Kansas City office.
Brandt joins Sandberg Phoenix in Kansas City
W. Perry Brandt has joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard as senior counsel in the firm’s Kansas City office.
McNelley named to St. Louis County bench
Gov. Mike Parson appointed Amanda Bundren McNelley as an associate circuit judge for the St. Louis County Circuit Court. McNelley, of Kirkwood, is a family law team leader and counsel at Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard. She earned her law degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She fills the vacancy created by Judge Renee […]
Missouri Supreme Court rules power of attorney covers arbitration agreement
The Missouri Supreme Court split 4-3 on whether a quadriplegic man was bound by an arbitration agreement that the person to whom he gave power of attorney had signed when admitting him to a nursing home. In its Nov. 19 ruling, the court’s majority said the agreement was valid. The durable power of attorney document […]
Dennis Harms, 39
Location: St. Louis Practice area(s): Health law Law school: Saint Louis University Dennis Harms has risen quickly through the ranks, becoming a shareholder and the practice group leader for the health law group at Sandberg Phoenix. With a master’s degree in health information science, Harms has become an experienced medical-negligence defense trial lawyer and has earned […]
Narcisa Przulj, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
As a refugee who arrived from Bosnia and Herzegovina just before starting high school, Narcisa Przulj knows what it is like to face challenges. “Being somebody from another country and of a different culture and just being a woman in the legal profession, I think that the combination of those factors has definitely given me […]
MOney 2019: Firm profiles
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Kenneth W. Bean – Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
Ken Bean started his legal career doing tax work, but he quickly found he didn’t have a taste for it. “The litigation group asked if I would help them with some files,” he recalled. “I said, ‘Sure.’” That turned out to be Bean’s entry into health care defense litigation, where he often works in high-risk […]
Panelists named for BAMSL legislative roundtable
Organizers of the upcoming “Legislation & Diverse Communities” roundtable, presented by the Minorities in the Legal Profession section of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, have released new details about the event set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 at the Missouri Athletic Club. St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards, St. […]
Litigation Practitioner: Mary Anne Mellow
ary Anne Mellow was a pre-med student at Duke University with two doctor parents and two sisters headed into medical fields when the law bug bit. Her father was facing a medical-malpractice claim, and she saw the legal field as a way to help doctors. Now, more than 30 years later, she credits her family’s […]
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