Congratulations to these 267 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 2025.
Atif Michael McIntosh Abdel-Khaliq
Clinton Adams Jr.
Richard Lloyd Adams
Steven D. Alexander
Christopher James Anderson
Patrick Michael Ardis
Hon. David Hamilton Ash
Hon. Charles Emmert Atwell
Mark Robert Bahn
Richard Charles Baier
Joseph D. Baker
Theodore D. Barnes
Steven S. Bartels
Ted H. Bartelstone
Joseph L. Bauer Jr.
David L. Baylard
Larry Lee Beard
Paul A. Beck
Timothy Belz
Robert H. Bender
Hon. Duane Benton
Frederick J. Berger
Michael G. Biggers
Stephen George Bolton
Larry Keith Bratvold
Stephen J. Briggs
Frank Clemons Brown
Hon. Thomas Joseph Brown III
John William Bruffett
Mark S. Bryant
Richard Irwin Buchli II
Leonard W. Buckley Jr.
Joseph R. Burcke
Jane Byers
John Kevin Cahill
Joseph A. Cambiano
Hon. Mary Josephine “Jodie” Capshaw Asel
C. Charles Caruso
James Kevin Checkett
Lorraine Susan Cherrick
Douglas Bernal Chomeau
Eileen Buchheit Christian
Peter Chulick
Thomas Alphonse Cipolla
Hugh E. Clemmons Jr.
Thomas W. Cline
William Clinkenbeard
Bryson R. Cloon
Ann Kay Ewalt Colgan
Hon. Erio M. Comici
Richard S. Cornfeld
Santiago John Cortopassi III
Robert Cowherd
Paul D. Cowing
Mary Drickey Craig
Joe Crosthwait
Max W. Custer Jr.
Kenneth Morris Dake
Hon. Deborah Daniels
James FB Daniels
Lucy M. Davis
Cara Lenore Detring
Thomas Cicardi DeVoto
JoAnn Campione Donovan
Linda M. Dougherty
John James Dowling III
Blair K. Drazic
Daniel Ray Dunham
Christine Durbin
Michael X. Edgett
Hon. Steven Erich Ehlmann
David M. Eisenberg
Charles S. Elbert
Lee Reneau Elliott
Sheryl Feutz-Harter
Herbert R. Fineburg
Robert Stephen Flavin
James Lee Fogle
Irwin James Frankel
William M. Franz
Mark S. Fredman
Frank John Fucile Jr.
Maynard Spencer Garland
James Monroe Garrett
Nancy A. Garris
Janice M. Geiss
Randy Gerber
John L. Gilbert
John C. Giorza
Steven Goldstein
Sally Louise Gould
Susan Freedman Grammer
Gerald P. Greiman
Edmund Samuel Gross
Phillip Buchanan Grubaugh
George Larry Gundy
Robert Theodore Haar
Daphne R. Halderman
David W. Hall Jr.
Claire Halpern
Charles Stephen Halsey
Charles D. Halterman
Nancy Elizabeth Hamilton
David I. Hares
Lawrence F. Hartstein
M. Ann Hatch
John L. Hayob
Thomas Francis Hennessy III
Jack Hilton
David C. Hinshaw
Dana A. Hockensmith
Michael Hogan
Ronald R. Holliday
Yvonne M. Homeyer
Hon. Dale William Hood
Hon. Debra A. Hopkins
Michele Marie Horn
Michael Dale Hufft
Bruce E. Hunt
Jolie Elizabeth Montgomery Ikard
Michael A. Insco
Paul Thomas Ivy
Helen Alice Jacks
Allen E. Jackson
Harry Martin Jayne
Ronald Elamyn Johnson
John Barry Julian
Neal Kalishman
Thomas J. Keeline
Curtis Griffin Keppel
Elizabeth M. Kessel
W. Terrence Kilroy
Thomas Bartlett Kinsock
Allen D. Kircher
Kenneth A. Kleban
James B. Kleinschmidt
John Anthony Klobasa
William F. Koenigsdorf
John A. Koepke
Phillip Arthur Kramer
Prudence Carlile Kramer
Robert D. Kreisman
Richard David Lageson
Walter Russell Lamkin
Elizabeth Ann Lang-Miers
Thomas Roy Larson
Michael Ray Lawless Sr.
Ilona S. Leavitt
Dennis E. Lee
Linda S. Legg
Paula Jane Lemerman
Ronald M. Levin
Edgar Edward Lim
Catherine Poindexter Logan
John Perry Long
Craig Frederick Lowther
Jere L. Loyd
Larry R. Lubin
Thomas Arthur Ludwig
Kim Roger Luther
Shelly Madden
Hon. Edward Maschil Manring
George Edward Marifian
Ira Edward Marquette
Linda Parker Marshall
W. Dudley McCarter
Michael L. McDorman
Linda T. McKinney
Richard E. McLeod
Kenneth C. McManaman
Hon. Sandra Carol Midkiff
Martin Day Miller
John Mueller III
Richard L. Murray
James A. Nadolski
Stephen Barney Naioti
Michael Gerard Newbold
Stephen Novack
J. Patrick O’Loughlin
Russell Orban
Michael Francis O’Rourke
T. Michael Payne
Cynthia Louise Payseur
Dennis Michael Peffley
Francis E. Pennington III
Kathy Peters
James Theodore Plack
Ronnie Lynn Podolefsky
H. Boone Porter III
Gregory F. Quinn
William Edward Quirk
Daniel Taylor Ramsdell
Karon D. Ramsey
Hon. Robert Hereford Ravenhill
Thomas J. Ray
Kenneth Michael Raye
Larry A. Reed
Hon. Charles E. Rendlen III
Hon. Gloria Clark Reno
Thomas H. Reppell
Canice Timothy Rice Jr.
Cynthia Louise Richter
Hon. Roy L. Richter
Fred Albert Ricks Jr.
James Clifton Robinson
Barbara Kilduff Rogers
Richard E. Rose
David Rosen
Alan Lloyd Rupe
Lynn Elizabeth Russell
Mark David Sadow
Daniel L. Sailler Jr.
Steven Paul Sanders
Richard Otto Schmidt Jr.
Paula L. Schwach
Dwight Keith Scroggins Jr.
Alan C. Seago
Kathleen Carey Seznak
Michael K. Shannon
Wm. Dennis Sheppard
Richard Shinners
Cynthia R. Shoss
John R. Sims Jr.
Paul Davin Sinclair
James I. Singer
Robert L. Smith
Brian Spector
Laura Staley
Adrian L. Steel Jr.
Rick M. Steinmann
William Dann Steinmeier
Robert W. Stewart
Scott Birch Stinson
Jimmie Dewayne Stokley
Thomas H. Sullivan
Dean Ellen Yankiver Suni
Linda S. Tarpley
Gregg H. Thomas
Stephen Matthew Tillery
Hon. Frank Edward Tolen
Donald R. Tracy
Ernest G. Trakas
John E. Turner
Gregory E. Upchurch
J. Michael Vaughan
Timothy N. Vujnich
Warren Paul Wade
Stephen E. Walsh
John Paul Walters Jr.
Richard L. Waters
James Burke Watkins
Timothy Glenn Westman
Michael K. Whitehead
Daniel E. Wilke
Walter E. Williams
Hon. M. Keithley Williams
Hon. Tony W. Williams
Susan Parnell Wilson
Douglas E. Winter
Donna S. Preston Wood
Curtis E. Woods
Richard D. Woods
Richard Kent Wooldridge
Barbara A. Wright
Louie A. Wright
Martin Zehr
Peter Douglas Zeughauser
The Senior Counselors were honored at the 2025 Annual Meeting of The Missouri Bar Aug. 17-19 in Branson. View photos of the Senior Counselors on The Missouri Bar’s Facebook page.