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1966
Gerry Ortbals of Stinson
Morrison Hecker LLP in St.
Louis, was selected for inclusion
in The Best Lawyers in America
2007. He was recognized for his
first amendment law practice.
1974
James A. Coles, co-chair
of Bose McKinney & Evans
Intellectual Property Group in
Indianapolis, has been named
one of the best lawyers in the
United States by “The Best of
the U.S.,” an online referral
guide to service professionals
in the United States. He is
currently an adjunct professor
at Indiana University School
of Law.
Chip Misko of Stinson
Morrison Hecker LLP in
St. Louis, was recently selected
for inclusion in The Best Lawyers
in America 2007. He was
recognized in real estate law.
Edwin L. Noel, senior trial
partner at Armstrong Teasdale
in St. Louis, will assume the
position of the new chairman
of the board of the Attorneys’
Liability Assurance Society.
He will serve a two-year term
commencing with the 2006
annual general meeting in
Toronto, Canada, on June 23.
1975
George T. Byrnes received
the Silver Beaver award from the
Greater St. Louis Area Council
of the Boy Scouts. This is the
organization’s highest adult
volunteer award presented
locally, and requires approval
by the National Council.
Gerard T. Carmody,
principal partner at Carmody
MacDonald P.C. in St. Louis, has
been selected for inclusion in The
Best Lawyers in America 2007.
1978
Mark A. Schuering, a circuit
judge of the Eighth Judicial
Circuit and adjunct professor
at Quincy University, has been
elected first vice president of
the Illinois Judges Association
headquartered in Chicago.
1980
Carol Chazen Friedman, a
solo practitioner in St. Louis,
is a 2006 recipient of the
Michael R. Roser Excellence
in Bankruptcy Practice Award
from the Missouri Bar’s
Commercial Law Committee.
1981
Erwin O. Switzer, principal
at Carmody MacDonald P.C. in
St. Louis, has been selected for
inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America 2007.
1992
James R. Cantalin has been
named the president of the
Lawyers Association of St. Louis
for 2006-2007. He has been
with Carmody Maconald P.C.
since November 2004, where he
practices medical professional
defense litigation.
1993
Thomas E. Fagan has received
the 2006 Missouri Lawyers
Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers
Award. He has been with
Wuestling & James, L.C. in
St. Louis since 2001, where he
handles workers’ compensation
claims and civil liability cases.
1998
Ed Martin, chairman of the
St. Louis Board of Election
Commissioners, has been
appointed chief of staff to
Governor Matt Blunt. Martin,
a founding partner of the Saint
Louis general practice firm
Martin & Simmonds, relocated
with his family to the Jefferson
City area after beginning work
in his official capacity on
September 1, 2006.
2000
Sheryl L. Butler has been
promoted to manager of Labor
and Employee Relations for
Saint Louis Public Schools.
2001
Felicia Maynard earned her
master’s degree in library science
from Catholic University in
2005, and performed her library
practicum at the U.S. Supreme
Court. She recently left her
position at the law library of
Covington & Burlington to
work as a Research Information
Specialist at the American
Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) Headquarters.
Kelly A. Struhs of Stoll, Stoll,
Berne, Lokting & Schlachter
in Portland, Oregon, has been
elected new director for the
Multnomah Bar Association
Young Lawyers Section (YLS).
She has also served as chair of
the YLS Pro Bono Committee.
2003
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz
was featured on the Glenn
Beck Show on CNN headline
news on June 19, 2006,
where he addressed Indiana’s
deals leasing toll-roads to
overseas conglomerates, and its
nationwide implications.
2004
Daniel T. Simpson Jr. has
joined the civil practice group
of Evans & Dixon, LLC in
St. Louis. He is also a member
of the American Intellectual
Property Law Association and
the American Chemical Society.
2005
Katherin M. Cuneo,
a St. Louis native, has joined the
St. Louis office of Evans &
Dixon, LLC.
Sarah Pelud has opened
her own practice, Pelud Law
Firm, LLC. in Cheshire,
Connecticut, and focuses on
U.S. immigration law.
2006
April S. Haag has become
an associate at the firm of
Sandberg, Phoenix & von
Gontard P.C. in St. Louis.
Adrienne Price has joined
Sandberg, Phoenix & von
Gontard P.C. in St. Louis as
an associate.
Keli N. Robertson has taken
her extensive experience in the
mortgage industry to the St.
Louis office of Sandberg,
Phoenix & von Gontard P.C. in
her new position, “of counsel”.
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Thank you.
in
memoriam
John J. Flanagan Jr., 1939
Charles N. Welsch Jr., 1939
Thomas J. Krauska Sr., 1942
Hoyte C. Evans, 1950
John A. Travers, 1950
Harold Gruenberg, 1951
James L. Sullivan Jr., 1954
Phillip P. Doherty, 1956
Kenneth V. Byrne, 1964
Stephen F. Meyer, 1964
Helton Reed, 1974
Donald J. Gramke, 1985
Frances M. weir (Messmer), 1996
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