74 Thompson Coburn Attorneys Named 2005 Super Lawyers®

14 TC Attorneys Make Top 50 St. Louis Super Lawyers List

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St. Louis, November 9, 2005 - Thompson Coburn LLP is proud to announce that 74 of its attorneys have been ranked as 2005 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers®. The firm held several high honors this year, including 14 attorneys being named to the Top 50 St. Louis Super Lawyers list - more than any other St. Louis law firm. Thompson Coburn also had six attorneys make the Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers list, and four make the Top 100 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers listing.

Only five percent of Missouri and Kansas attorneys are named to the overall Super Lawyers list. The selection process for Super Lawyers includes peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel review process and independent research on candidates.

Thompson Coburn's 2005 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers include:

Allen D. Allred

Gordon L. Ankney

Fred E. Arnold

Eric K. Banks

William R. Bay

Henry A. Bettendorf

Mary C. Bonacorsi (Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Mark V. Bossi

Paul M. Brown

Robert H. Brownlee (Top 50 St. Louis)

Edward J. Buchholz

Francis X. Buckley, Jr. (Top 50 St. Louis)

Halpin J. Burke

Edward A. Cohen

Thomas R. Corbett (Top 50 St. Louis)

Richard S. Cornfeld

Stephen E. Cupples

Donald B. Dorwart

Daniel T. Engle

James W. Erwin

Peter A. Fanchi

Charles A. Fendell

James L. Fogle

Liza S. Forshaw

Steven B. Gorin

Paul G. Griesemer (Top 50 St. Louis)

James F. Gunn

Richard E. Haferkamp (Top 50 St. Louis)

Edwin G. Harvey

Gary S. Heifetz

Stephen B. Higgins

John M. Howell (Top 50 St. Louis)

Benjamin H. Hulsey

Richard E. Jaudes

Thomas R. Jayne

Stephen G. Jeffery

Dale R. Joerling

Lori W. Jones (Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Lawrence P. Katzenstein

Cheryl A. Kelly

Kevin M. Kercher

Steven E. Kushner

Nicholas J. Lamb

David A. Lander (Top 50 St. Louis, Top 100 Missouri/Kansas, Top 10 Missouri/Kansas)

Robert M. LaRose

Michael F. Lause

Richard L. Lawton

Thomas A. Litz (Top 50 St. Louis)

Janette M. Lohman (Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Paul M. Macon (Top 50 St. Louis)

Raymond L. Massey

Thomas J. Minogue (Top 50 St. Louis, Top 100 Missouri/Kansas)

Michael B. Minton

Richard A. Mueller

James J. Murphy (Top 50 St. Louis)

John R. Musgrave (Top 50 St. Louis, Top 100 Missouri/Kansas)

William J. Newbold

Joan M. Newman (Top 50 St. Louis, Top 100 MO/Kansas, Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Timothy F. Noelker

Michael D. O'Keefe

Craig A. Olschansky (Top 50 St. Louis)

Richard J. Pautler

Mark S. Sableman

Timothy J. Sarsfield

Richard H. Shear

Sherri C. Strand

Peter S. Strassner

Ruth A. Streit (Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Stanley W. Walch

David W. Wells

Patricia A. Winchell (Top 25 Female Missouri/Kansas)

Roman P. Wuller

Thompson Coburn LLP has approximately 300 attorneys nationwide with offices in
St. Louis, MO; Washington, D.C. and Southern Illinois. Super Lawyers® is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.