Congratulations to the 2026 Senior Counselors!
Congratulations to these 287 lawyers who were recognized as this year’s Senior Counselors! To receive the honor of “Senior Counselor,” a lawyer must reach the age of 75 or have been admitted to The Missouri Bar for 50 years.
Below are the Missouri lawyers who achieved the milestone in 2026.
Richard Arthur Abrams
Theodore D. Agniel
Lawrence J. Altman
John W. Amberg
Donald Kenneth Anderson Jr.
Jay B. Angoff
Michael D. Arnold
J. Nick Badgerow
Jack T. Bangert
Vito Charles Barbieri
Richard Andrew Barry III
John Francis Barry
George A. Barton
Kris R. Baumgartner
Debra E. Behrendt
James Harvey Bernard Jr.
Paul F. Black
Ira Leonard Blank
Denise Helene Bloch
Kevin Lawrence Bloomfield
Gary Richard Bradley
Louis R. Branz
Bryan Craig Breckenridge
Lance Christian Bretsnyder
Charles E. Bridges
Ronald S. Bronstein
Hon. James Michael Brown
Charles Ray Brown
Daniel Robert Brown
Donald E. Bucher
Steve Dulle Burmeister
Dennis Lee Callahan
Michael R. Cannon
Frank Kimberly Carlson
Frank Chadwick Carnahan
Lynn Chipperfield
James B. Christensen
Daniel Elliot Claggett
Nicholas W. Clark
Betsy Clarke
Don Cary Collins
Nathan F. Conley
Daniel Joseph Conway
James Christopher Cook
Joan Amendola Coulter
Joseph P. Cowin
John Lester Crowe
Hon. Charles D. Curless
David N. Damick
Hon. Michael Paul David
Gilbert Richardson Dean III
Johnnye L. Dennis
Alan Harvey Deright
R. Lawrence Dessem
Sharon Ann Gerber Dickinson
Gerard Thomas Diekman
Dan Dildine
Lynn W. Dippold
John E. Dooling Jr.
Sandra J. Doreson
Hon. Robert G. Dowd Jr.
Brian Harold Dunn
Dennis E. Egan
Steven E. Emke
Gayle Stutzman Evans
James Eugene Ewan
Steven E. Faber
William David Farrar
John Weldon Fay
Hon. Arthur B. Federman
Donna Kay Feinberg
Hon. Kenneth Frank Feretti
Brian J. Finucane
James Michael Fischer
Hon. Hannelore Depenthal Fischer
Frank Bernerd Flink Jr.
Robert Michael Fowler
Carol Frenick Fowler
Robert Edward Fox Jr.
Maureen McCarthy Franz
Ty Steven Gaither
James Michael Gallen
John C. Garavaglia
James Dennis Gassen
Judy Ann Gibbs
Maurice Michael Gill
Suzanne Rae Gladney
A. Fuller Glaser Jr.
James Glover III
David Eckstein Goldman
Terrance J. Good
Hon. Jon Reginald Gray
Hon. Stephen K. Griffin
Gregory Ottis Grounds
Nancy Hynson Grove
Carolyn Ann Haimann
Steven Milton Hamburg
David T. Hamilton
Judith L. Hancock
Kenneth E. Hand
Nathan C. Harbur
Eric C. "Ric" Harris
Paul J. Harris
Hon. Mark Jay Harris
Michael David Hart
Charles Andrew Harter
Hon. Randall Louis Head
Elizabeth Healey
Lewis Arthur Heaven Jr.
Richard Helfand
Hon. Robert M. Heller
John Morgan Henderson Jr.
Christopher Hoberock
D. Warren Hoff Jr.
Hon. Victor C. Howard
Jonathan William Igoe
Frank A. Isler
Sylvester James Jr.
Steven George Janik
Thomas R. Jayne
Frank William Jenny II
Al W. Johnson
Hon. James Kelso Journey
Peter A. Joy
Hon. James Kingdon Justus
Michael Edward Kaemmerer
Robert Nathan Kahn
Patricia Aylward Kalb
Hon. Elliot M. Kaplan
Richard A. Kaufman
John Thomas Kay
John Mark Kell
Mark Thomas Kempton
James Jay Knappenberger
Thomas Winsor Koelling
David Jay Krauss
David O. Kreuter
Sanford Krigel
Erlene Wienstock Krigel
Steven C. Krueger
John Wilson Kuebler
Steven Paul Kuenzel
Louis N. Laderman
Hon. Isidore Ireland Lamke
John H. Lamming
Marsha Kay Duncan Laner
Robert Charles Latz
Timothy Gale Lee
Douglas L. Levine
Jay Lewis Levitch
Mark S. Levitt
Steven A. Levy
Terry W. Liberman
Richard Brent Lindenberger
Bradley Harold Lockenvitz
Leo L. Logan III
Gary R. Long
Michael Alan Love Sr.
Carolyn Suzanne Love
Theodore Joseph MacDonald Jr.
Michael W. Manners
Col. Gary Michael Manuele
Michael Allen Markenson
William Nassau Marshall III
Hon. Michael Robert McAdam
Newton G. McCoy
Robert Paul McCulloch
Donald F. McDonald Jr.
Bernard Peter McDonnell Jr.
Janet Goldberg McEnery
John E. McKay
Patrick Conlon McKenna
Nancy Weeden McKimmy
Hon. Maura Bridget McShane
Lewis Eugene Melahn
Daniel G. Menzie
Keith C. Miller
Christopher J. Miller
Marilyn Grace Miller
Max E. Mitchell
L. Russell Mitten II
Kim Roger Moore
Philip Edward Morgan Jr.
John Boyd Morthland
Robert Spencer Moss
Richard A. Mueller
Thomas Hugh Mug
Linda Marie Mustoe
Robert Dale Nienhuis
Gerard T. Noce
Timothy F. Noelker
Mary Kathleen O’Blennis
Mary Anne O’Connell
John Patrick O’Connor
Robert G. Olson
William D. O’Neill
Mark Cannon Owens
Virginia Gaddy Pasewark
Charles Pauly Jr.
James Michael Payne
Hon. Jack N. Peace
Bob L. Perica
C. Edward Peterson
Roger A. Potter
Michalene Susan Powers
Richard Louis Prebil
George Edwin Proctor Jr.
William Michael Quitmeier
Dwight Emery Rahmeyer
Hon. Nancy Steffen Rahmeyer
Daniel A. Raniere
Paul L. Redfearn III
Shari R. Rhode
Andrew A. Rimmel
Edward A. Rose Jr.
Terry Robert Rottler
Mark Sableman
Patrick Michael Sanders
John David Schaperkotter
Laurence Gavin Schmidt
Hon. Mary Bruntrager Schroeder
Daniel J. Schwartz
Richard J. Schwartze
Michele Kaido Schwent
James J. Scott
Maureen Scully
Kenneth A. Seufert
Michael Lawrence Sexton
Judith A. Sharp
Hon. Booker Thomas Shaw
John William Shaw
Michael P. Shea
Bobette Shipman
Nancy Lee Sido
Douglas Ealey Sittler
Kenneth Aubrey Slavens
James Michael Smith
James M. Smith
Phillip Sanford Smith
Hon. Edwin H. Smith
Donald Williamson Smith
Andrea Loring Smith
Gary Edward Snodgrass
David Alan Sosne
Daniel Edward Speir
Steven E. Spoeneman
George Lee Stafford
Eugene Girard Steinmann
Paul R. Sterrett
Bradford Lee Stevens
V. Raymond Stranghoener
Mark W. Suardi
David F. Sullivan
Mike Svetlic
Robert M. Sweere
Robert Jefferson Swift Jr.
Dennis Herbert Tesreau
Hon. Kenneth Foster Thompson
Rodney William Thompson
Judy R. Ullmann
Hon. James Walter Van Amburg
Thomas Kent Vandiver
Elgene C. Ver Dught
John A. Vering III
Daniel L. Viets
Steven Dee Waldman
Hon. Barbara Wendy Wallace
E. Waide Warner Jr.
Roger W. Warren
Russell F. Watters
Richard Donald Watters
Thomas Blumeyer Weaver
Charles Edward Weedman Jr.
John C. Weller
Dorothy L. White-Coleman
Steven Kent Wickersham
Hon. Terry W. Wiese
Les D. Wight II
Michael E. Wilson
Steven Douglas Wolcott
Branson L. Wood III
Randell Keith Wood
Marie Spencer Woodbury
William Lee Yocum
Valarie Standefer Zeeck
Candace Margaret Zierdt
Nick Alexander Zotos