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
Thomas Vincent Bender President Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC Kansas City, MO (816) 421-0700 tbender@hab-law.com	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 jgunn@thegunnlawfirm.com	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 jgrimm@limbaughlaw.com	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.

Board Minutes/Notices

Appointment Vacancies

Board Policies

Member
Thomas Vincent Bender President Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC Kansas City, MO (816) 421-0700 tbender@hab-law.com
John Ritter Gunn President-Elect The Gunn Law Firm, P.C. St. Louis, MO (314) 965-1200 jgunn@thegunnlawfirm.com
John William Grimm Vice President The Limbaugh Firm Cape Girardeau, MO (573) 335-3316 jgrimm@limbaughlaw.com
Raymond Earl Williams Immediate Past President Williams Law Offices, L.L.C. West Plains, MO (417) 256-4529 rwilliams@williamslaw.net
Mischa Buford Epps Executive Director / Secretary The Missouri Bar Jefferson City, MO (573) 635-4128 mepps@www.huzhi1.icu
Amanda Pennington Ketchum Member Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, PC Kansas City, MO (816) 714-3066 aketchum@dysarttaylor.com
Megan Elizabeth Phillips Member U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri St. Louis, MO (314) 244-7424 megan_phillips@moed.uscourts.gov
Scott Andrew Robbins Member Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC Poplar Bluff, MO (573) 686-2459 scott@kkrylawfirm.com

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