2025-26 Committees

Amicus Curiae
Teri Appelbaum, St. Louis - Co-Chair
Jeff Bauer, Springfield - Co-Chair
Leland Dempsey, Kansas City - Co-Chair
Todd Werts, Columbia - Co-Chair
Matt Davis, Cape Girardeau
Anna Haber, St. Louis
Pat Hagerty, St. Louis
Tom Hershewe, Kansas City
Andy Hirth, Columbia
Anthony Meyer, Columbia
Brian Moody, Columbia
Kirk Presley, Kansas City
Zane Privette, Willow Springs
Ashley Ricket, Kansas City
Andrew Robb, Kansas City
Erica Slater, St. Louis
Ferne Wolf, St. Louis
Kathy Wolz, Cape Girardeau
Ben Westhoff, St. Louis

Association Development Committee
STL -  Mike Sudekum - Co-Chair, Ryan Cox, James Eason, Kris Kraft, Andrew Mundwiller, Zach Pancoast
KC - Brian Franciskato - Co-Chair, Annette Griggs, Eric Playter, Jason Pottenger, David Skeens, Shaun Stallworth, Hans Van Zanten
Springfield - Nick Smart - Co-Chair, Randy Alberhasky, Cheryl Hom, Paul Jameson, David Ransin
Outstate - Mike Campbell - Co-Chair, Nikki Kinder, Jacob Lawrence, Jason Ludwig, Scott Pettit, David Rouner

Leonard Cervantes Diversity Committee
Phil Cervantes, St. Louis
Rod Chapel, Jefferson City
James Eason, St. Louis
Andrea McNairy, St. Louis
Colton Newlin, St. Louis
Gen Nichols, St. Louis
Kenny Powell, St. Louis
John Wallach, St. Louis
Mike Williams, Kansas City

Plaintiff’s Listserv Committee
STL - Spencer Farris - Co-Chair, Mike Dalton, Jim Hopkins, Dan Ryan, Josh Myers, Craig Ortwerth
KC - Mike Yonke - Co-Chair, Bill Cownie, Wes Shumate, Matt Meyerkord, Bob Kingsland, Jason Pottenger
Springfield - Grant Rahmeyer - Co Chair, Kurt Larson, Ryan Murphy
Outstate - Scott Wilson - Co-Chair, Blake Markus, Brent Lance

CLE Committee
Bill Carr, Kansas City, Chair
Craig Ortwerth, EC Advisor
Maureen Brady, Kansas City
Nick Brand, Kansas City
Erica Collins, Kansas City
Mark Emison, Lexington
Todd Hendrickson, St. Louis
Cheryl Hom, Springfield
James Korte, St. Louis
Andrew Mundwiller, St. Louis
Mark Parrish, Kansas City
Jackie Ollinger Rochelle, St. Louis
Danielle Rogers, Kansas City

Legislative Action Groups
Products Liability/Mass Torts - Chairs - Jeff Bauer, Brett Emison, Amy Gunn. Members - Jay Barnes, Jay Benson, Scott Bethune, Gary Burger, Neil Chanter, Seth Crompton, Tim Cronin, Mike Dalton, Grant Davis, Dan DeFeo, Tim Dollar, Don Downing, John Edgar, Kent Emison, Mark Emison, Ben Fields, Shawn Foster, Brian Franciskato, Steve Garner, Steve Gorny, Pat Hagerty, Scott Kolker, Brad Kuhlman, Bob Langdon, Chad Lucas, Todd Matthews, Geoff Meyerkord, Ben Mook, Jim O’Leary,  Jim Onder, Rob Palmer, Jen Placzek, Paul Redfearn, Andrew Robb, Anita Robb, Brittany Robb, Gary Robb, Anne Schiavone, Ben Schmickle, Chris Schnieders, John Simon, Johnny Simon, Christopher Stucky, Dave Zevan
MMPA – Chairs - Bryan White, Todd Hilton. Members - Greg Aleshire, Lee Anderson, Jeff Bauer, Bryce Bell, AJ Bruning, Ryan Bruning, John Campbell, Gina Chiala, Rick Cornfeld, Matt Dameron, Tom DeVoto, John Edgar, Steve Gorny, Gene Graham, Pat Hagerty, Mike Healy, Andrew Lyskowski, David McCollum, Jack McInnes, Doug Noland, Mark Parrish, Marty Perron, Ralph Phalen, James Rosemergy, Josh Sanders, Don Saxton, Josh Scott, Norm Siegel, John Turner, Eric Vieth, Rick Voytas, Scott Waddell, Bryan White
Workers Compensation – Chairs - Randy Alberhasky, Mark Moreland, Scott Wilson. Members - Truman Allen, Jill Bollwerk, John Boyd, JR Boyd, Alex Brown, Fred Bryant, Steve Dioneda, Mike Gerritzen, Sally Heller, Mike Kelley, Mike Knepper, Andrew Marty, Nancy Mogab, Ellen Morgan, Ryan Murphy, Craig Ortwerth, Mike Schlueter, Matt Uhrig
Medical Malpractice – Chairs - Anne-Marie Brockland, Roger Johnson. Members - Teri Appelbaum, Mark Bronson, Mary Coffey, Amy Gunn, Pat Hagerty, Todd Hendrickson, Bob Kingsland, Joan Lockwood, Courtney Neff, Gen Nichols, Craig Oliver, Matt Padberg, Eric Playter, Ashley Ricket, John Rollins, Rachel Roman, Rachel Stahle, Ken Vuylsteke, John Wallach, Alvin Wolff, Roger Wright, Mike Yonke, Dave Zevan
Employment – Chairs - Ben Westhoff, Jon Berns, Lynne Bratcher, Anne Schiavone. Members - Ashley Atwell, Kevin Baldwin, Sonal Bhatia, Lynne Bratcher, Bert Braud, Roger Brown, Sarah Brown, Mark Buchanan, Greg Buschjost, Amy Coopman, Rob Curran, John Cusick, Athena Dickson, Jerry Dobson, Matt Ghio, Marie Gockel, Donna Harper, Kirk Holman, Mark Jess, EE Keenan, Kristi Kingston, Sarah Liesen, Marty Meyers, Phil Murphy, Eric Playter, Bailey Privette, Tim Ricker, Jessica Scales, Jill Silverstein, Rik Siro, Eric Smith, Shaun Stallworth, Ben Stringer, Eric Vernon, Mike Williams, Emma Wilson, Ferne Wolf
Asbestos - Nick Angelides, David Aubrey, Bart Baumstark, Mike Brockland, Brian Cooke, Steve Crick, Jerry Fitzgerald, Todd Mathews, Sara Salger, Ben Schmickle, Lauren Williams, Sophie Zavaglia
Insurance - Chairs - Jeff Bauer, Kirk Presley. Members - Ken Barnes, Jay Benson, Ryan Bradley, John Cady, Mike Campbell, Jim Cantalin, Matt Clement, Mike Dalton, Tim Dollar, Steve Garner, Andrew Gelbach, Steve Gorny, Tom Hershewe, Brody Kempton, Blake Markus, David McCollum, Tom Morrissey, Josh Myers, Matt O’Grady, Rob Palmer, Eric Playter, Zane Privette, Steve Sanders, John Turner
Sex Abuse – Chair - Anne Schiavone. Members-Jerome Block, Grant Boyd, Sarah Brown, Lauren Dollar, Ryan Frazier, Jill Kanatzer, Reed Martens, Todd Mathews, Rebecca Randles, Randy Rhodes, Ted Ruzicka, Wes Shumate, Bobby Thrasher
Pesticides – Chair - Amy Gunn. Wylie Blair, Matt Clement, Matt Dameron, Sarah Doles, David Grebel, Ben Mook, Mark Niemeyer, Jim Onder, Kari Schulte, Anne Schiavone, Tony Simon, John Simon, Steve Tillery, Ken Vuylsteke
Legislative Committee - Randy Alberhasky, Mike Campbell, Chandler Gregg, Blake Heath, Andrea McNairy, Craig Ortwerth, Eric Playter, Anne Schiavone, Mike Sudekum, Wes Shumate
Advisor to all Committees - John Harl Campbell

MRACJ
St. Louis - Derrick Good, Graham Dobbs
KC - Steve Sanders, David Stout, Jim Thompson
Springfield/ Outstate - Jim Avery, Zane Privette

MO TLC
Kurt Larson, Springfield- Chair
Randy Alberhasky, Springfield
Tim Becker, Kansas City
John Cady, Platte City
Ryan Cox, St. Charles
Brian Franciskato, Kansas City
Bailey Geller, Springfield
Derrick Good, Hillsboro
Steve Gorny, Kansas City
Joe Klenofsky, St. Louis
Katherine Myers, Kansas City
Phyllis Norman, Kansas City
Andrew Robb, Kansas City
Craig Schlapprizzi, St. Louis
Bill Spooner, Kansas City
Brent Sumner, St. Louis
Mike Yonke, Kansas City

Emergency Response Team
Randy Alberhasky - Co-Chair
Matt DeVoti, St. Louis - Co-Chair
Maureen Brady, Kansas City
Mark Bronson, St. Louis
Shelly Dryer, Joplin
Chris Finney, St. Louis
Bailey Geller, Springfield
Aaron Haber, St. Louis
Brad Lear, Columbia
Matt Meyerkord, Kansas City
Joe Morrey, St. Joseph
Mike Schlueter, St. Louis
Thomas Onik, Kansas City
Craig Ortwerth, St. Louis
Elizabeth VanErem, Kansas City

The Missouri Trial Attorney
Brett Emison, Lexington - Editor
Joan Lockwood, St. Louis - Assoc. Editor
Tom Jones, Kansas City - Assoc. Editor
Mike Campbell - Assoc. Editor
Ashley Ricket - Case Note Contributor
Mike Yonke - Copy Editor
Maureen Brady
Annette Griggs
Eric Playter
Brittany Sanders Robb
Rachel Weinhaus

New Lawyers Committee
KC - Laurna Alumbaugh (2019), Taylor Arri (2020), Quinn Benson (2020), Brice Barnard (2020), Erica Collins (2017), Alyssa Dockins (2022), Jordan Dollar (2019), Maggie Langdon (2019), Courtney Neff (2023), Jamie Rodriguez (2019)
St. Louis - Jenna DeBarry (2023), Alyson Dunavant (2021), Michael Garland (2022), Jheel Gosain (2023), Matthew French (2022), James Korte (2022), Dylan Kriegshauser (2018), Elizabeth McNulty (2019), Nathan Perlmutter (2021), Dominic Sinclair (2022)
Outstate - Alex Cassell (2022), Alicia Leonard (2018)
Springfield/ SW - Jacob Haskins (2019), Bailey Geller (2023), Keegan Tinney (2018)

Women’s Caucus
KC - Co-Chair Tricia Campbell - Chelsea Oxton Dickerson, Athena Dickson, Amy Jackson, Lynn Judkins, Michelle Marvel, Katherine Myers
STL - Co-Chair Andrea McNairy - Jill Bollwerk, Lauren Bronson, Shannon Dawson, Elizabeth Flieger, Breanna Flowers, Katie Hubbard, Sarah Jane Hunt, Nicole Knepper, Anna Lammert, Nancy Mogab, Amanda Murphy, Morgan Murphy, Lindsay Rakers, Jennifer Snow
Outstate - Alicia Leonard (Poplar Bluff), Julianne Germinder (Columbia), Jenna Homeyer (Springfield), Sarah Donelan (Springfield)

Judicial Outreach
KC - Tim Becker - Co- Chair - Mike Williams, Scott Bethune, Shawn Foster, Bob Kingsland, Brianne Thomas
STL - Ken Vuylsteke - Co- Chair- Seth Crompton, Mark Gaertner, Sally Heller, Kris Kraft, Matt Padberg, Jeff Singer
Outstate - Grant Rahmeyer - Co- Chair - Jay Benson, Sarah Elfrink, Mike Hendrickson, Lynn Henry, Roger Johnson, Todd Werts, Charlie Wooten

AAJ
Board of Governors - Anne Marie Brockland, Brett Emison, Brian Franciskato, Anne Schiavone, David Zevan
Board-At-Large - Jackie Ollinger Rochelle
Revitalization Governor - Brittany Sanders Robb
State Delegates - Nick Smart, Mike Sudekum
Minority Delegate - Shaun Stallworth

Paralegal Committee
KC - TBD
STL - Elisha Viccone, Brown and Crouppen
Springfield- Jody Hackley, Alberhasky Law Firm