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Lori W. Jones
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Lori advises clients on a wide range of employee benefit matters relating to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, and executive compensation, including incentive arrangements and stock-based plans. Since 2004, she has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

During her more than 20 years of legal practice, Lori has devoted her career to helping clients solve some of the most challenging employee benefit problems. Her strong commitment to client service, coupled with an extensive knowledge of employee benefit law and regulations, plus a genuine appreciation of the economic and market pressures facing employers, enables her to find practical, creative and cost-effective solutions for her clients.

Her focus includes not only plan design and drafting, but also plan administration and compliance, and employee benefit issues relating to mergers, acquisitions and other types of corporate reorganizations.

Supreme Courts of Missouri and Illinois
American Bar Association
Taxation Section and Labor and Employment Section
Missouri Bar Association
Taxation Law Committee
Illinois Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
President (2004-2005), President-Elect (2003-2004)
Vice-President (2002-2003)
Board of Governors (1995-2004)
Chairman of Taxation Section (1995-1996)
Missouri Director of Revenue Advisory Committee
St. Louis Bar Foundation
President (2005-present)
Board of Trustees (2000- present)
Washington University School of Law Alumni Executive Committee
Saint Louis University School of Law Alumni Council
Missouri Athletic Club Bylaw and Ethics Committee
Income Tax Planning and Issues, Chapter 4 Mo Bar CLE Elder Law Handbook (2002)
Sales Tax Goes High Tech The St. Louis Bar Journal (Summer 1996)
Creative Applications of the Tax-Free Reorganization Rules in Bank Acquisitions Journal of Bank Taxation (Spring 1996)
Employers Keep Pace With Benefit Rules Risk Management (December 1990)
Incorporating an Ongoing Partnership: Selecting the Appropriate Method Journal of Partnership Taxation (Winter 1987)
Tax and Other Benefits Still Available to a Professional Who Incorporates Taxation for Lawyers (May/June 1985)
Speaker Western Pension and Benefits Conference (Denver Chapter)
Speaker Missouri Society for CPAs
Speaker Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (CEBS) courses
Speaker Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Lori W. Jones
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
LL.M., Taxation (1989)
Saint Louis University School of Law
J.D. (1983)
Order of the Woolsack
First Place Severs Writing Competition
Second Place Health Law Writing Competition
Childress Full Scholarship
Legal Research and Writing Instructor
College of St. Scholastica
B.A., Management (1978)
CSS Presidential Scholarship
Alpha Chi Honor Society President
1978 CSS Leadership Award
College Union Award
Student Government President (1976-1977)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (2004-Present)
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, LC
Partner (1991-2004)
Associate (1983-1991)
Illinois (1983)
Missouri (1983)