Our Leadership
The officers of The Missouri Bar consist of the President, the President-Elect, the Vice-President and the Immediate Past President. They, along with one representative from each of the three Missouri Court of Appeals districts, make up the organization's Executive Committee. All members of the Executive Committee are members of the Board of Governors of The Missouri Bar, the policy-making body elected by the members of the state bar.Member | Biography |
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![]() Thomas Vincent Bender President Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC Kansas City, MO (816) 421-0700 | Tom Bender, an attorney with Horn Aylward & Bandy LLC in Kansas City, is the 2019-20 president of The Missouri Bar. Bender graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law. He has served on the Board of Governors since 2011. He is a past president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation. His practice focuses on civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. |
![]() John Ritter Gunn President-Elect The Gunn Law Firm, P.C. St. Louis, MO (314) 965-1200 | The 2019-20 president-elect of The Missouri Bar is John Gunn, with the Gunn Law Firm PC in St. Louis. He earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law and has served on the Board of Governors since 2012. His practice focuses on estate planning, probate administration and litigation, trust administration and litigation, commercial litigation and real estate. |
![]() John William Grimm Vice President The Limbaugh Firm Cape Girardeau, MO (573) 335-3316 | The new vice president of The Missouri Bar is John Grimm with the Limbaugh Law Firm in Cape Girardeau. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and has served on the Board of Governors since 2010. He has an active trial practice in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death, insurance coverage and defense, business, real estate and employment litigation. Grimm is also an experienced mediator and former circuit judge. |
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![]() Thomas Vincent Bender President Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC Kansas City, MO (816) 421-0700 |
![]() John Ritter Gunn President-Elect The Gunn Law Firm, P.C. St. Louis, MO (314) 965-1200 |
![]() John William Grimm Vice President The Limbaugh Firm Cape Girardeau, MO (573) 335-3316 |
![]() Raymond Earl Williams Immediate Past President Williams Law Offices, L.L.C. West Plains, MO (417) 256-4529 |
![]() Mischa Buford Epps Executive Director / Secretary The Missouri Bar Jefferson City, MO (573) 635-4128 |
![]() Amanda Pennington Ketchum Member Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, PC Kansas City, MO (816) 714-3066 |
![]() Megan Elizabeth Phillips Member U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri St. Louis, MO (314) 244-7424 |
![]() Scott Andrew Robbins Member Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC Poplar Bluff, MO (573) 686-2459 |
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