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Ruth A. Streit
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Ruth Streit practices human resources law, focusing on employee benefits. She advises clients about all issues with respect to the design, implementation, qualification and administration of defined benefit pension plans, 401(k) plans and welfare plans; executive compensation; stock option and other incentive compensation plans; and plans for exempt organizations. She also provides expertise on employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions and in ERISA litigation. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®  (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Ruth has extensive business experience in the employee benefits field both from the practice of law and because of her previous position of Vice President of Compensation and Benefits for The May Department Stores Company. She has made professional presentations to the Employee Benefits Committee of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the WEB Network of Benefits Professionals and other organizations. She has published articles on employee benefits topics in various publications.

American Bar Association
Sections of Taxation and Labor Law
The Missouri Bar
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Employee Benefits Committee (Chair, 1998-2001)
Employee Benefits Association of St. Louis
WEB Network of Benefits Professionals
Bethesda Health Group, Inc.
Bunzl USA, Inc.
Charter Communications, Inc.
Insituform Technologies, Inc.
Laclede Group, Inc.
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
RehabCare Group, Inc
Sisters of Mercy Health System
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Ruth A. Streit
Saint Louis University School of Law
J.D., magna cum laude (1993)
Editor and Member, Saint Louis University Law Journal
Order of the Woolsack
University of Missouri-St. Louis
MBA (1974)
B.A., magna cum laude (1971)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (2001-Present)
Associate (1996-2000)
Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage
Associate (1993-1996)
May Department Stores Company (1974-1990)
Left as Vice President, Compensation and Benefits
Manufacturing
Retail
Health Care
Missouri (1993)