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Patricia A. Winchell

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Patricia Winchell practices in the firm’s human resources practice area. Her practice involves representation of public and privately-owned businesses, state and local governments and insurance companies in all aspects of employee benefits, including litigation, fiduciary advice, tax and securities law compliance, actions before agencies and transactional work.

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri Bar
American Bar Association
Business Section, Employee Benefits Subcommittee
Tax Section
Rhoads v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co., 289 Fed. Appx. 142 (8th Cir. 2008)
Jacobs v. Xerox Long-Term Disability Income Plan, 356 F.Supp.2d 877 (N.D.Ill 2005)
Burke v. Univar USA, Inc., 345 F.Supp.2d 1047 (E.D.Mo 2005)
Matthews v. Xerox Corp., 319 F.Supp.2d 1166 (S.D.Cal. 2004)
The Miriam Foundation
Director
Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
(Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.)
Named One of the Top 50 Women by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers®
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2011
"Traps for Plan Fiduciairies" Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (April 14, 2009)
"ERISA Litigation Update" Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (September 21, 2006)
"Securities Law Aspects of Employee Benefit Plans" Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (July 29, 2004)
"ERISA Fiduciary Duties After Enron" Thompson Coburn Seminar (November 2003)
"Current Securities Law Issues Affecting Employee Benefit Plans" Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (January 26, 2000)
Patricia A. Winchell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
J.D., Order of the Coif (1980)
Valparaiso University
B.A., Highest Honors (1977)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (2002-Present)
Solutia, Inc.
Assistant General Counsel (1998-2002)
First Data Corporation
Senior Vice President of Human Resources (1996-1998)
Senior Corporate Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary (1995-1996)
Monsanto Company
Associate Company Counsel (1994-1995)
Associate Corporate Counsel (1990-1994)
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage
Partner (1988-1990)
Associate (1981-1988)
The Honorable Harold Satz, Missouri Court of Appeals
Law Clerk (1980-1981)
Missouri (1980)