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—137 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—24 KB).
2012-2013 YLS Council Officers and
Executive Committee Members
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Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Chair 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 |
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Jason A. Paulsmeyer,
Chair-Elect 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 |
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Bryan J. Sanger, Secretary/Treasurer Mandel & Mandel, L.L.P. 1108 Olive St., Fifth Floor St. Louis, MO 63101 Phone: (877) 893-1256 Email:bryan@mandelmandel.com Fax: (314) 621-1701 District: 9 |
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Michael E. Gardner, Board of Governors Delegate 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 |
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Amy E. Bender-Levy, Immediate Past 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 |
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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 District: 9 |
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Brandon L. Corl,
At-Large Executive Committee Member (Kansas City) 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 |
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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 |
| Jennifer E. Matthew, At-Large Executive Committee Member (St. Louis) 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
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2012-2013 YLS Council Members
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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 |
| 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 |
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Michael R. Cherba Assistant Attorney General Office of the Missouri Attorney General Post Office Box 861 St. Louis, Missouri 63188 Phone: (314) 340-7544 E-mail: michael.cherba@ago.mo.gov Facsimile: (314) 340-7891 District: 9 |
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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 |
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Martha (Martie) Clark Law Office of Martha M. Clark 2460 Executive Dr. #120 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone (636) 922-5529 Email: martie@clarkatlaw.com Fax: (636) 922-5532 District: 7 |
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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 |
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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 |
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J. Brent Dulle St. Louis City Counselor's Office 1200 Market Street, City Hall 314 St. Louis, MO 63103 Phone: (314) 622-4644 Email:dulleb@stlouis-mo.gov Fax: (314) 622-4956 District: 9 |
| Patrick Edwards Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office 308 W. Kansas Ave., Ste. 116 Independence, MO 64050 Phone: (816) 881.4588 Email: pedwards@jacksongov.org Fax: 816.881.4595 District: 3 |
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Nicole Fisher 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 |
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Julianne O’Bannon Germinder Assistant Attorney General Office of the Missouri Attorney General P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-8774 Email: julianne.germinder@ago.mo.gov Fax: (573) 751-9456 District: 6 |
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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 |
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Jamica Johnson Centric Group, LLC 1260 Andes Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63132 Phone: (314) 214-2700 Email: jjohnson@centricgroup.com District: 8 |
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Jenny Redix Jordan University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: (816) 235-1669 Email:redixjordanj@umkc.edu Fax: (816) 235-6513 District: 3 |
Talley M. Kendrick 300 N. Main Street Phone: (660) 327-4484 |
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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 |
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Anthony J. Muhlenkamp Frank, Juengel & Radefeld, Attorneys at Law, P.C. 7710 Carondelet Ave., Suite #350 St. Louis, MO 63105 Phone: (314) 725-7777 Email: amuhlenkamp@fjrdefense.com District 8 |
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Morgan C. Murphy Brown & James, P.C. 800 Market Street, Suite 1100 Saint Louis, Missouri 63101-2501 Phone: (314) 206-3047 Email: morgan.c.murphy@gmail.com Fax: (314) 206-3147 District: 9 |
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Kate E. Noland Clay County Prosecutor's Office 11 South Water Liberty, MO 64068 Phone: (816)736-8317 Email: Kate.Noland@claycopa.com District: 4 |
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Joshuah W. Peter Assistant Public Defender Kansas City Trial Office 324 E. 11th St. Oak Tower, 20th floor Kansas City, MO 64106 Phone: 816 889-2098 ext. 243 Email: joshuah.peter@mspd.mo.gov Fax: 816 889-2999 District: 3 |
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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 |
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Callie R. Pippin Circuit Court of Jackson County 415 E. 12th Street Division 3 5th Floor Kansas City, MO 64106 Phone: (816) 881-3942 Email: cpippin@courts.mo.gov Fax: (816) 881-3378 District: 3 |
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Jared A. Rose The Law Office of Jared A. Rose 919 West 47th Street Kansas City, MO 64112 Phone: (816) 221-4335 Email:jared@roselawkc.com Fax: (816) 471-4321 District: 3 |
| 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 |
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| Brian L. Shepard Bruer Wooddell & Harrell, P.C. 1360 E. Bradford Pkwy. Springfield, MO 65804 Phone: (417) 887-2740 Email: brian@bwhpc.com Fax: (417) 887-1342 District: 11 |