National Council
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.
Council Chair
Howard Cayne, JD ’79
Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Council Members
H. Christopher Boehning, JD ’94
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Alan B. Bornstein, JD ’81
Partner, Dentons LLP
President, UTW Realty LLC
Mel Brown, BA ’57, JD ’61
Retired President and CEO, Deutsch Financial Services
Retired Chairman, Triad Bank Corporation
Principal, Fromel Consulting
Nordahl L. Brue, JD ’70
Principal, Northbridge Investments
Curt E. Burwell, JD ’95
Principal and General Counsel, Burwell Investments LP
Dale L. Cammon, JD ’75
Chairman and Co-CEO, Bryant Group, Inc.
Joseph E. Cordell, LLM ’08
Co-Founder and Executive Partner, C&C
CEO, Cordell Practice Management Group, LLC
Brian C. Cunningham, BS ’65, JD ’70
Retired VP and General Council, Genentech Inc.
Retired Partner & Head of Life Sciences, Cooley, LLP
Mark S. Davis, JD ’74
Partner, Davis Levin Livingston
Lecturer in Law, University of Hawaii
Michael A. DeHaven, JD ’75
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel, BJC HealthCare
David W. Detjen, BA ’70, JD ’73
Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
Mary Gilpin Eaves, JD ’83
Partner, Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Karen J. Fink
Owner, Prime Estates Realty
Retired Vice President-General Counsel/Secretary
Concurrent Computer Corporation
Andrea J. Grant, AB ’71, JD ’74
Partner, DLA Piper
Judge Raymond W. Gruender, BS ’84, JD/MBA ’87
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge Jean C. Hamilton, JD ’71
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
R. H. Helmholz
Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
Gregory A. Hewett, JD ’94
Retired Senior Managing Director
The Blackstone Group LP
Jerry M. Hunter, JD ’77
Partner, Bryan Cave LLP
Harry J. Joe, JD ’75
Member, JMO Firm, PLLC
Douglas L. Kelly, JD ’73
Assistant General Counsel, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Joseph D. Lehrer, BA ’70, JD ’73
President and CEO, HBE Corporation
Ned O. Lemkemeier, LLB ’62
Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave LLP
Kevin J. Lipson, JD ’80
Partner, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP
Thomas E. Lowther, JD ’62, MLA ’99, UC ’17
Of Counsel, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
R. Mark McCareins, JD ’81
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute
Alicia S. McDonnell, JD ’95
Retired Prosecutor
John S. Meyer Jr., JD ’84
Chair, Business and Finance
Chair, Real Estate Practice Group
Shareholder, Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan PC
Sandra M. Moore, BA ’76, JD ’79
Managing Director, Advantage Capital
Sanford S. Neuman, BS ’56, LLB ’59
Senior Partner, Polsinelli PC
Steven Cash Nickerson, JD ’85, MBA ’93
President and CFO, PDS Tech, Inc.
President, Big D. Systema
Founder, Cash Nickerson Media Inc.
Judy Okenfuss, BS ’84, BA ’84, JD ’91
Managing Partner, Ice Miller, LLP
James L. Palenchar, JD ’75
Founding Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Judge Catherine D. Perry, JD ’80
Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Maury B. Poscover, JD ’69
Senior Council, Husch Blackwell LLP
Robert L. Proost, JD ’62
Retired Corporate Vice President and CFO, A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.
Andrew F. Puzder, JD ’78
Former CEO, CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Steven N. Rappaport, JD ’74
Partner, RZ Capital LLC
Partner, Lehigh Court LLC
Partner, Backstage LLC
Leo M. Romero, JD ’68
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
Richard A. Rothman, JD ’77
Senior Council, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Susan N. Rowe, JD/MSW ’83
Attorney, Rowe Law Office, LLC
Christine A. Ryan, JD ’95
Deputy Bureau Chief, New York State Office of the Attorney General
Robert G. Schwendinger, JD ’71
Retired Partner, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Judge Tatjana V. Schwendinger, JD ’72,
Retired Chief Administrative Judge, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Steven R. Selsberg, JD ’86
Partner Attorney, S. Selsberg Law PLLC
Philip D. Shelton, JD ’72
Retired Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Law School Admission Council
J. Gregory St. Clair, JD ’90
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Kenneth F. Teasdale, LLB ’61
Retired Chairman, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Peter Van Cleve, JD ’86
Partner and Chairman of Management Committee, Bryan Cave LLP
Judge William H. Webster, JD ’49
Retired Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
Raymond P. Wexler, BA ’64, JD ’67
Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kyle R. Williams, JD ’01
Managing Director & Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs