National Council Members

The School of Law National Council is an advisory board whose membership consists of alumni, faculty from peer institutions, benefactors, and business professionals.  The Council meets twice a year with the Dean to discuss the School and provide advice on initiatives and projects. 

H. Christopher Boehning, J.D. '94, Partner,
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Alan B. Bornstein, J.D. ’81
Partner, SNR Denton LLP

Melvin F. Brown, B.A .’57,
J.D. ’61, Principal, Fromel Consulting

Nordahl Brue, J.D. ’70
Chair, Franklin Foods and Via LLC;
Chair, PKC Corporation; and
Vice-Chair, Green Mountain Power

Charles W. Burson
Senior Professor of Practice, Washington University School of Law

Dale Cammon, J.D. ’75
Chairman of the Board/Co-CEO, Bryant Group, Inc.

Michael Cannon, Ex Officio, J.D. ’75
Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel, Washington University

Howard N. Cayne, J.D. '79
Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.

Floyd E. Crowder, B.A. ’55,
J.D. ’57, Chairman, Crowder & Scoggins

Brian C. Cunningham, B.S. ’65, J.D. ’70,
Senior Counsel/Co-Head of Life Science Practice, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Mark S. Davis, J.D. ’74
Partner, Davis Levin Livingston, Honolulu

Michael A. DeHaven, JD ’75
Senior Vice President-General Counsel, BJC Health Care

David W. Detjen, B.A. ’70,
J.D. ’73, Partner, Alston & Bird

Mary Gilpin Eaves, J.D. ’83
Member, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLCC, Louisville, KY  

 Karen G. Fink
Retired, Vice President-General Counsel/Secretary, Concurrent Computer Corporation

Thomas R. Green, LL.B. ’58
Attorney, Law Offices of Thomas R. Green

The Honorable Raymond Gruender, J.D./M.B.A.'87,
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, J.D. ’71, 
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Michael T. Hannafan, J.D. '70
Hannafan & Hannafan, Ltd.

R. H. Helmholz,
Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School

Greg Hewitt, J.D. ’94,
Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group

Jerry M. Hunter, J.D. ’77
Partner, Bryan Cave , LLP

Harry Joe, J.D. ’75,
Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP

Douglas Kelly, J.D. '73,
Assistant General Counsel, Wells Fargo

Joseph D. Lehrer, B.A. ’70, J.D. ’73,
Shareholder/officer, Greensfelder Hemker & Gale

Ned O. Lemkemeier, LL.B. ’62,
Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave, LLP

Kevin Lipson, J.D. '80
Partner, DLA Piper

Thomas E. Lowther, J.D. ’62, M.L.A.’99,
Partner, The Stolar Partnership

R. Mark McCareins, J.D. ’81
Partner, Winston & Strawn, LLP  

Alicia McDonnell, J.D. ’95
Officer, McDonnell Foundation
St. Louis, Missouri

John S. Meyer Jr., JD ’84, Ex Officio
Shareholder and Executive Committee Member, Capes, Sokol, Goodman, & Sarachan, PC 

Robert D. Millstone, A.B. ’85,
J.D. ’88, President,
The Millstone Company

Sandra M. Moore, B.A. ’76,
J.D. ’79, President, Urban Strategies

Sanford S. Neuman, B.S. ’56,
LL.B. ’59, Member,
Gallop Johnson & Neuman

Steven Cash Nickerson, J.D. ’85, M.B.A. ’93
Principal/Chief Financial Officer, PDS Tech, Inc

David W. Oesting,  J.D. ’70
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

Judy Okenfuss, B.S. ’84, B.A. ’84, J.D. ’91
Partner, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis

James Palenchar, J.D. ’75
Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

The Honorable Catherine D. Perry, J.D. ’80,
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Missouri

Maury B. Poscover, J.D. ’69
Partner, Husch Blackwell, LLP

Robert L. Proost, J.D. ’62
Retired, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Andrew F. Puzder, J.D. '78
CEO, CKE Restaurants, Inc.

Steven Rappaport, J.D. ’74, (chair)
Partner, RZ Capital, Inc.

Leo M. Romero, J.D. ’68
Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico School of Law

Richard Rothman, J.D. '77
Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Susan Nell Rowe
J.D./M.S.W. '83,
Partner, The Stolar Partnership

Robert G. Schwendinger, J.D. ’71,
Partner, Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

The Honorable Tatjana V. Schwendinger, J.D. ’72,
Supervisory Administrative Judge, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

John C. Shapleigh, J.D. ’76
Attorney, St. Louis

Philip D. Shelton, J.D. ’72
Past President & Executive Director, Law School Admission Council

J. Gregory St. Clair, JD ’90
Retired, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Kenneth F. Teasdale, LL.B. ’61,
Chairman, Armstrong Teasdale

The Honorable Richard B. Teitelman, J.D. ’73,
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri

Peter Van Cleve, J.D. '86,
Partner, Bryan Cave LLP 

The Honorable William H. Webster, J.D. ’49,
Retired Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Ray Wexler, J.D. '67
Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis

Kyle R. Williams, J.D. '01
Vice President, Assistant General
Counsel For Finance and Corporate Legal,
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Stephen Wolff, J.D./M.B.A. '83
President/Principal, Wolff Properties

Gene M. Zafft, J.D.  '52
Principle, Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft