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Leigh Gutting practices human resources law, focusing on the representation of employers in the area of employee benefits. She advises clients about all issues with respect to the design, implementation, qualification and administration of 401(k) plans, welfare plans, cafeteria plans and fringe benefit plans. She has extensive experience in counseling clients regarding compliance with the portability, special enrollment, nondiscrimination, privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), health plan design (including consumer-driven plans) and COBRA compliance.

Leigh is a former clerk to the Honorable Raymond W. Gruender of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

American Bar Association
Sections of Taxation and Health Law
The Missouri Bar
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Employee Benefits Section
Incarnate Word Academy
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Strategic Planning Committee (2004-2005)
Evaluations Committee (2005-2009)
“Beyond Reason and Experience: The Supreme Court Adopts a Broad Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege in Jaffee v. Redmond," 41 Saint Louis University Law Journal 719 (1997)
Panelist, "Wellness: A Local Panel's Perspective on Best Practices," sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ICEBS) (September 15, 2009)
"Walking the Wellness Tightrope: Balancing the Legal and Practical Challenges of Employee Wellness Programs," sponsored by Thompson Coburn LLP (January 29, 2008)
“HIPAA Privacy,” jointly sponsored by the Workers’ Compensation Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and Saint Louis University School of Law (September 19, 2003)
“HIPAA Privacy Rules for Group Health Plans,” sponsored by the Employee Benefits Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (February 27, 2003)
“Health Care Issues,” sponsored by the Employee Benefits Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (October 19, 2000)
Leigh Svetanics Gutting
Saint Louis University School of Law
J.D., Health Law Certificate, magna cum laude (1998)
Lead Notes and Comments Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal (1997-1998)
Saint Louis University
B.A., summa cum laude (1995)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
Leonor K. Sullivan Award – Public Service Scholarship
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (2010-Present)
Associate (2005-2009)
Associate (1998-2004)
Summer Associate (1997)
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Clerk to the Honorable Raymond W. Gruender (2004-2005)
Illinois (1999)
Missouri (1998)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit