Lindsay S.C. Brinton
Lindsay S.C. Brinton
Lindsay S.C. Brinton is a Partner at Lewis Rice LLC in St. Louis, where she focuses on litigation. She is a member of the Missouri Bar and the United States Court of Federal Claims, and she is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ms. Brinton received her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude and her J.D. from the University of Missouri — Columbia.
T. Hunter Brown
T. Hunter Brown
T. Hunter Brown is an associate at Lewis Rice LLC in St. Louis, where he focuses on creditor’s rights and commercial litigation. He is a member of the Commercial Receivers Association and the Emerging Leader’s Network and a Board member of Seed St. Louis. Mr. Brown received his B.A. from Southern Methodist University, where he was a President’s Scholar and the 2011 McLemore Scholar, and his J.D. cum laude from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where he was on the Dean’s List and won the Outstanding Advocate Award and the Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy.
John W. Damisch
John W. Damisch
John W. Damisch is a Partner at Damisch & Damisch Ltd. in Chicago, where he focuses on civil trial litigation. He is a former Illinois State Bar Association Assembly member, chairs the ISBA Agricultural Law Section Council, and is a Diamond Fellow. He is also a past Board Member of the Illinois Bar Foundation, where he helped secure unused state farm legal assistance funds for productive use by the Foundation. He has held leadership positions in the United Way, school parent organizations, state and local government boards, scouting initiatives, churches, 4-H and farming activities, and several banks. Mr. Damisch received his J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Richard F. Friedman
Richard F. Friedman
Richard F. Friedman is a Member of the managing group at Neal & Leroy, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in eminent domain, land use, litigation, and historic preservation. He has been the principal attorney in over 100 appeals. Mr. Friedman teaches historic preservation law at the University of Chicago Law School and in the historic preservation graduate program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received his BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
Michele S. Gonzales
Michele S. Gonzales
Michele S. Gonzalesis a Partner at Elle Law Group, LLC, in Oak Park, where she devotes her practice to eminent domain and complex commercial litigation. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Gonzales received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Gabriela C. Herrera
Gabriela C. Herrera
Gabriela C. Herrera is an associate at Neal & Leroy, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in real estate transactions and finance, zoning, development and land use, and eminent domain/condemnation. Herrera is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Hispanic Lawyers of Illinois. She earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Loras College and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and on the Dean’s Honor List.
Brian R. Kalb
Brian R. Kalb
Brian R. Kalb is a Partner at Byron Carlson Petri & Kalb, LLC, in Edwardsville, where he focuses on real estate and commercial litigation and agriculture law. He is a member of the Illinois State and Missouri Bar Associations. He was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael A. Wolff of the Missouri Supreme Court (2001 – 2002), and he was on the Public Interest Law Initiative Pro Bono Volunteer Honor Roll in 2020. Mr. Kalb received his J.D. summa cum laude from the the Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Meghan S. Largent
Meghan S. Largent
Meghan S. Largent is a Member of Lewis Rice LLC in St. Louis, where she focuses on federal takings, eminent domain, and land valuation. She was listed on Missouri Lawyers Media “The POWER List: Commercial & Consumer Litigation 2022, 2023,” was a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2014 – 2016, and was a Presenter on “Issues in Eminent Domain that Invite Ethical Mistakes: Staying on the Straight and Narrow” at the ALI-CLE 2019 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. Ms. Largent received her Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her J.D. from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch is a Partner at Emry Murdoch LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and eminent domain. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is a Special Assistant Attorney General. Murdoch received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Elisha D. Sanders
Elisha D. Sanders
Elisha D. Sanders is a Partner at Sanders & Twomey, LLC, in Marion, where she focuses her practice on eminent domain, real estate, estate planning and administration, and business and municipal law. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law Office Management & Economics and a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character & Fitness. Ms. Sanders received her B.S./B.A. from Southeast Missouri State University and her J.D. from the Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Mark J. Steger
Mark J. Steger
Mark J. Steger is Senior Counsel at Clark Hill PLC in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental law. He was named a Leading Lawyer in 2023. Mr. Steger received his B.S. and his M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Seattle University School of Law.
Casey L. Twomey
Casey L. Twomey
Casey L. Twomeyis a founding member at Sanders & Twomey, LLC, in Marion, where she focuses on probate, estate planning, real estate, business, and eminent domain. She has been selected as a Leading Lawyers’ Emerging Lawyer (2017, 2018). She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and a past President of the Jackson County Bar Association. Ms. Twomey received her B.A. cum laude from Southern Illinois University and her J.D. from the Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet is a Managing Partner at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in business litigation. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the American Inns of Court. Mr. VanFleet received his B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Lindsay S.C. Brinton

T. Hunter Brown

John W. Damisch

Richard F. Friedman

Michele S. Gonzales

Gabriela C. Herrera

Brian R. Kalb

Meghan S. Largent

Christopher J. Murdoch

Elisha D. Sanders

Mark J. Steger

Casey L. Twomey

Joseph B. VanFleet

Eminent Domain Practice 2024 Edition