Best Lawyers, a well-respected peer-review publication in the legal profession (formerly known as “
The Best Lawyers in America”) has named Cary J. Mogerman as the “
St. Louis Area Best Lawyers Family Lawyer of the Year” for 2009. After more than a quarter of a century in publication,
Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in specific legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in these surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of
Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Cary J. Mogerman on being selected as the ‘St. Louis Area
Best Lawyers Family Lawyer of the Year’ for 2009.”
Cary J. Mogerman and Stephanie L. Jones have co-authored an article entitled “The New Era of Electronic Eavesdropping and Divorce: An Analysis of the Federal Law Relating to Eavesdropping and Privacy in the Internet Age,” published in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The article addresses the application of the federal wiretap and stored communications acts to current technologies sometimes seen applied in the context of domestic relations cases.
Allan Zerman and Cary Mogerman have been selected by their peers once again for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Family Law. They are each members of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers for more than ten consecutive years.
According to the publication, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2009), is based on more than 2.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Because one cannot pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a singular honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.
Allan H. Zerman of the firm was prominently featured in an article published this fall by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, a publication of Law and Politics Magazine. The article focuses upon Zerman’s role as the personal attorney for St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood during the time of his famous legal challenge to major league baseball’s standard contractual "reserve clause," a challenge which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and is reported as Flood v. Kuhn, 407 US 258 (1972). According to the article, in 1972 Zerman was just 35 years of age: "I don't know if I fully appreciated the magnitude of [the case] at the time," said Zerman in the article, the entirety of which may be
viewed here.
Joseph J. Kodner of the firm has been designated a "Rising Star" by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, a publication of Law and Politics Magazine. With his designation as a Super Lawyer "Rising Star," Mr. Kodner has been recognized by his peers as being among Missouri’s top up and coming attorneys. According to the publication, Missouri lawyers are instructed to nominate lawyers they have personally observed in action — whether as opposing counsel or co-counsel, or through other firsthand courtroom observation; the nominated attorneys must be age 40 or under, or practicing for 10 years or less. The nominated lawyers are ranked by point totals and those with the highest point totals are named to the "Rising Stars" list. Only 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state can be named to the list.
www.superlawyers.comPatricia K. Susi of the firm is to be installed as the President of the St. Louis Women Lawyers’ Association (WLA) at its annual banquet on October 1. Ms. Susi graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia, School of Law in 1999 and has practiced in the field of family law since her admission to practice law. Ms. Susi has held a number of leadership positions during her legal career — in 2003, she served as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), and in 2004 received the Award of Merit from the Young Lawyers' Division of BAMSL. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Young Lawyers' Division of BAMSL and the Vice President of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis.
Cary J. Mogerman of the firm has been presented with the 2008 Roger P. Krumm Family Law Practitioner Award by the Missouri Bar and its Family Law Section. The award "…recognizes one lawyer for exceptional competence, skill, integrity, commitment, and dedication toward the improvement and advancement of the practice of family law." The award was presented September 19 in Kansas City at the annual meeting of the Missouri Bar.
Cary J. Mogerman of the firm was listed in Worth magazine’s December 2007 issue as one of the nation’s “top attorneys” serving the needs of affluent clients and their families. According to the magazine, Worth’s editors compiled a list of nominees who were asked to complete a detailed questionnaire and offer insight on important legal trends and specific counsel given to actual clients. The magazine’s editorial staff performed background checks on the nominees and considered client feedback.
Allan H. Zerman and Cary J. Mogerman of the firm were named among “St. Louis’ Super Lawyers, 2007” by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, an annual publication of Law & Politics Magazine. According to the publication, each year Law & Politics sends a ballot to the approximately 25,000 active lawyers in Missouri & Kansas who have been in practice for five years or more. The ballot asks lawyers to nominate the best attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, with the intent to discourage votes based purely on reputation. Only five percent of the lawyers in Missouri and Kansas are named “Super Lawyers.”
We are pleased to announce the addition of Patricia K. Susi to the legal staff of Zerman Mogerman LLC, effective April 2, 2007. Ms. Susi joins us with over seven years’ experience in litigation practice, with emphasis in family law. Ms. Susi is a 1999 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law. During law school, Ms. Susi was the President of the Student Women’s Lawyers Association, and authored an article entitled “The Forgotten Victims of Domestic Violence,” which was published in the
Journal of the Missouri Bar. In 2003, she served as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), and in 2004 received the Award of Merit from the Young Lawyers' Division of BAMSL. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Young Lawyers' Division of BAMSL and the Vice President of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis.
Allan Zerman, Cary Mogerman, and Penny Robinson of Zerman Mogerman LLC were named 2006 Missouri “Super Lawyers,” by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, an annual publication of Law & Politics Magazine. Attorneys Zerman and Mogerman were also designated among the “Top 50 St. Louis Super Lawyers,” the only family law attorneys listed among St. Louis’ “Top 50.” According to the publication, each year Law & Politics sends a ballot to the approximately 25,000 active lawyers in Missouri & Kansas who have been in practice for five years or more, seeking nominations of the best attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, with the intent to discourage votes based purely on reputation. Only five percent of the lawyers in Missouri and Kansas are named “Super Lawyers,” and the “Top 50” are those receiving the highest number of votes from their peers during this selection process.
Cary J. Mogerman was recently appointed to serve on two committees of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers by the Academy’s incoming president, Mr. Gaetano Ferro of Connecticut. Mogerman will serve on the Academy’s Admissions Procedures Committee and its Institute for Family Law Associates Committee for the 2006-07 Academy year. Mr. Mogerman represents Missouri as its delegate to the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is a past-president of its Missouri Chapter. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers was founded in 1962 “…to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the cause of matrimonial law, to the end that the welfare of the family and society be protected.” There are currently almost 1600 Fellows in 50 states, thirty five of whom practice in the State of Missouri.
Stephanie L. Jones and Joseph J. Kodner recently attended the “Institute for Family Law Associates” sponsored by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The Institute for Family Law Associates was held June 22-25 in Chicago, Illinois. The Institute is held annually by the Academy, and is a comprehensive training program designed specifically for the associates of AAML Fellows. It is a significant educational program for any attorney limiting his or her practice to family law. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers was founded in 1962 to “…encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the cause of matrimonial law…" It is composed of 1600 members, only 35 of whom practice in Missouri. Allan H. Zerman and Cary J. Mogerman of Zerman Mogerman LLC are members and past-presidents of the Missouri Chapter of the Academy.
Allan H. Zerman and Cary J. Mogerman were named among “St. Louis’ Top 50 Super Lawyers, 2005” by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, an annual publication of Law & Politics Magazine. They are the only family law attorneys listed among St. Louis’ “Top 50.” According to the publication, each year Law & Politics sends a ballot to the approximately 25,000 active lawyers in Missouri & Kansas who have been in practice for five years or more. The ballot asks lawyers to nominate the best attorneys they’ve personally observed in action, with the intent to discourage votes based purely on reputation. Only five percent of the lawyers in Missouri and Kansas are named “Super Lawyers,” and the “Top 50” are those receiving the highest number of votes from their peers during this selection process.
Stephanie L. Jones and Joseph J. Kodner have joined Zerman Mogerman LLC as associates during the fall of 2005.
Stephanie Jones is a 2005 graduate of the St. Louis University School of Law and joined our firm upon successfully passing the Missouri Bar Examination. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Fontbonne University, St. Louis. While attending law school she served as President of the St. Louis University Public Interest Law Group, and participated in the moot court program as both an advocate and a teaching assistant. She is presently co-authoring an article on technology and privacy issues in the family law context for the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Joseph Kodner graduated from the Washington University School of Law in 2003, where he was an associate editor of the Global Studies Law Review. His law review note,“Re-introducing Lay Participation to Japanese Criminal Cases: An Awkward Yet Necessary Step” was published in the Winter 2003 issue of the Global Studies Law Review and honored as its Most Outstanding Note for 2003. Following graduation, Mr. Kodner practiced for two years as a litigator in the field of defense litigation prior to joining our firm where his practice is now concentrated in the area of matrimonial and family law. Mr. Kodner is licensed to practice in both Missouri and Kansas, and is a member of several local bar associations.
Allan H. Zerman has been elected to membership in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. The ACFTL is a select group of 100 of the top family law trial lawyers from across the United States. The American College was formed in 1993 to bring together some of the best trial lawyers in America practicing sophisticated and complex family law matters both domestically and abroad. Diplomates of the College are all members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and chosen based upon their recognized litigation skills and courtroom abilities. Mr. Zerman is a past-president of the Missouri Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Cary J. Mogerman of the firm of Zerman Mogerman LLC has been appointed to a three-year term as Missouri’s delegate to the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Mogerman is a past-president of the Missouri Chapter of the Academy, and will represent the Missouri Chapter in all matters relating to the management of the national organization.
Attorney Penny Robinson of the firm of Zerman Mogerman LLC has been named Chair of the Family Law Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Her appointment is for one year, and entitles her to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Ms. Robinson held a similar distinction during her practice in Indianapolis, Indiana where she chaired the Family Law Section of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Bar Association.
Academy Journal Publishes Article by Mogerman and Jones