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YLS Council and Election Information

YLS’ governing body is the YLS Council, which is composed of approximately 35 young lawyers elected for two-year terms from districts across the state, with officers and executive committee elected from within the ranks of the Council’s membership.

For a copy of the YLS by-laws, click here (PDF—145 KB).
For a map of the YLS districts, please click here.

Elections for roughly half of the Council seats are held annually each summer. Election notices and deadlines for filing nominating petitions are published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar and are listed on this website’s Statewide Young Lawyer Calendar.

Nominating petitions for open seats must be filed with the Executive Director of the Missouri Bar between January 1 and July 1 prior to the election. Votes are generally canvassed on August 15th of each year. Nominating petitions must be signed by at least five members of the YLS Section who are enrolled and entitled to vote in the respective district from which the member or members of the Council are to be elected. For a copy of a nominating petition, please click here (PDF—64 KB).


2011-2012 YLS Council Officers and
Executive Committee Members

Amy E. Bender-Levy, Chair
Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry
321 N. Spring Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: (314) 977-3993
Email: abender1@slu.edu
Fax: (314) 977-3334
District: 9
     
Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Chair-Elect
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, PC
Suite 200, 4420 Madison Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: (816) 714-3066
Email: aketchum@dysarttaylor.com
District: 3
 
Jason Paulsmeyer Jason A. Paulsmeyer, Secretary/Treasurer
The Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri (PSRS/PEERS)
3210 W. Truman Blvd., P.O. Box 268
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 638-2128
Email: jpaulsmeyer@psrsmo.org
Fax: (573) 634-7934
District: 6
 
Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin, Board of Governors Delegate
Polsinelli Shughart PC
Twelve Wyandotte Plaza
120 W. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816) 360-4116
Email: ltucker@polsinelli.com
Fax: (816) 572-5116
District: 3
 
Heidi Doerhoff Vollet Heidi Doerhoff Vollet, Immediate Past Chair
Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, P.C.
231 Madison Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 635-7977, ext. 112
Email: hvollet@cvdl.net
Fax: (573) 635-7414
District: 6
 
Christina Lewis Abate Christina Lewis Abate, ABA Delegate
The Bar Plan
1717 Hidden Creek Court
St. Louis, MO 63131
Phone: (314) 965-3333
Email: cmlewis@thebarplan.com
Fax: (314) 965-2084  

Nicole Fisher Nicole Fisher, At-Large Executive Committee Member (Kansas City)
Attorney at Law
Wright & Fisher, LLC
1000 Broadway Blvd., 4th Floor
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Phone: (816) 471-7008
Email: nicole@wrightandfisher.com
Fax: (816) 471-1701
District: 3

Sander Sowers Sander Sowers, At-Large Executive Committee Member (Outstate)
Lear Werts LLP
2003 W. Broadway, Ste. 107
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: (573) 875-1991
Email: sowers@learwerts.com
Fax: (573) 875-1985
District: 5
 
Jamica Johnson Jamica Johnson, At-Large Executive Committee Member (St. Louis)
Centric Group, LLC
1260 Andes Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
Phone: (314) 214-2700
Email: jjohnson@centricgroup.com
District: 8  

2011-2012 YLS Council Members

  Bradley R. Barton
Barnum, Pennick & Barton, L.L.C.
122 S. Main, Suite B
Webb City, MO 64870
Phone: (417) 624-1155
Email: bradbartonlaw@gmail.com
Fax: (417) 624-1170
District: 10
 
Hollie Birkholz
Kurowski, Bailey & Shultz, LLC
24 Bronze Pointe
Swansea, IL 62226
Phone: (618) 277-5550
Email: hbirkholz@kbslf.com
Fax: (618) 277-6334
District: 9
 
Betsy Blake

Betsy Blake
Williams and Campo, P.C.
Suite 202
255 N.W. Blue Parkway
Lee's Summit, MO 64063
Phone: (816) 524-4646
Email: bblake@publiclawfirm.com
Fax: (816) 524-4645
District: 3

 

Jonce Chidister
Dunklin County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
1113 Charlotte Drive
Malden, MO 63863
Phone: (573) 888-6676
Email: jbchidister@hotmail.com
Fax: (573) 888-6677
District: 14
 
Martie Clark Martha (Martie) Clark
Law Office of Martha M. Clark
1112A First Capitol
St. Charles, MO 63301
Phone (636) 947-2424
Email: martie@clarkatlaw.com
District: 7
 
Brandon L. Corl
Baty, Holm & Numrich, P.C.
4600 Madison Avenue, Suite 210
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Phone: (816) 531-7200
Email: bcorl@batyholm.com
Fax: (816) 531-7201
District: 3
 
Marissa L. Curran
Husch Blackwell
190 Carondelet Plaza
Suite 600
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 480-1784
Email: marissa.curran@huschblackwell.com
Fax: (314) 480-1505
District: 8
 
Erica Doerhoff Erica Doerhoff
Husch Blackwell
190 Carondelet Plaza
Suite 600
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 480-1910
Email: erica.doerhoff@huschblackwell.com
Fax: (314) 480-1505
District: 8

Brent Dulle J. Brent Dulle
St. Louis City Counselor's Office
1200 Market Street, City Hall 314
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: (314) 622-4644
Email: jbrentdulle@gmail.com
Fax: (314) 622-4956
District: 9

Megan Fewell
Assistant Attorney General
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-0284
Email: megan.fewell@ago.mo.gov
Fax: (573) 751-4323

District: 6
 

Michael E. Gardner
Osburn, Hine, Yates & Murphy, L.L.C.
3071 Lexington Ave.
Cape Girardeau, MO  63701
Phone: (573) 651-9000 ext. 26
Email: mgardner@ohymlaw.com
Fax: (573) 651-9090
District: 13
 
Ryan W. Horsman
Polsinelli Shughart PC
3101 Frederick Ave.
St. Joseph, MO 64506
Phone: (816) 364-2117
Email: rhorsman@polsinelli.com
Fax: (816) 279-3977
District: 1
 
Monika Jenkins
Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & Gee, P.C.
2800 Commerce Tower
911 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816) 421-4460
Email: mjenkins@sblsg.com
Fax: (816) 474-3447
District: 3
 
 

Talley M. Kendrick

300 N. Main Street
Paris, MO 65275

Phone: (660) 327-4484
Email: talleykendrick@gmail.com
Fax: (660) 327-4990
District: 2
 

Andrew S. Lyskowski
Bergmanis & McDuffy
380 Hwy 54, Ste. 201
P.O. Box 229
Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: (573) 346-2111
Email: alyskowski@ozarklawcenter.com
Fax: (573) 346-5885
District: 12
 
  Jennifer E. Matthew
Circuit Attorney's Office
1114 Market St., Room 401
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 622-4941
Email: matthewj@stlouiscao.org
Fax: (314) 622-3369
District: 9

Brianne Nicole Niemann
Boyd & Kenter, PC
1150 Grand Blvd., Suite 700
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: (816) 471-4511
Email: bniemann@boydkenterlaw.com
Fax: (816) 471-8450
District: 3
 
Phyllis Anne Norman
Langdon & Emison
911 Main
Lexington, MO 64067
Phone: (660) 259-6175
Email: pnorman@langdonemison.com
District: 3
 
Kristi Pfotenhauer Byrne
Associate General Counsel
Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
One Busch Place
Building 202-1
St. Louis, MO 63118
Email: Kristi.Byrne@anheuser-busch.com
District: 9
 
Adam Pihana Adam P. Pihana
Hall Ansley Rodgers & Sweeney, P.C.
1370 East Primrose, Suite A
P.O. Box 4609
Springfield, MO 65808
Phone: (417) 890-8700
Email: apihana@hallansley.com
Fax: (417) 890-8855
District: 11
 
Matt Radefelt

Matthew A. Radefeld
Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law P.C.
7710 Carondelet Ave., Suite 350
Clayton, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 725-7777
Email: mradefeld@fjrdefense.com
Fax: (314) 721-4377


George (Jake) W. Reinbold, IV
Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton, P.C.
P.O. Box 4043
Springfield, MO 65808
Phone: (417) 883-2102
Email: jreinbold@trdlp.com
Fax: (417) 883-5024
District: 11
 
Jared Rose Jared A. Rose
Kenner Schmitt Nygaard LLC
117 West 20th St., Suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 531-3100
Email: jared@ksnlegal.com
Fax: (816) 531-3600
District: 3
 

Bryan J. Sanger
Mandel & Mandel, L.L.P.
1108 Olive St., Fifth Floor
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (877) 893-1256
Email: bryanjsanger@1108law.com
Fax: (314) 621-1701
 

Jason Mark Sengheiser, ABA YLD Liaison
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
815 Olive, Room 204
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 565-1139
Email: sengheiser@hotmail.com
Fax: (314) 539-4339

 
  Rachel M. Shenker
Frankel Rubin Bond Dubin Siegel & Klein P.C.
231 S. Bemiston Ave., Suite 1111
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 725-8000
Email: rachelshenker@gmail.com
Fax: (314) 725-5837
District: 8
 
Megan Wiese Megan A. Wiese
Jackson County Prosecutor's Office
308 W. Kansas Ave., Suite 116
Independence, MO 64050
Phone: (816) 881-4588
Email: meganwiese@gmail.com
Fax: (816) 881-4595
District: 3