Our Staff

The Missouri Bar serves the public and Missouri's more than 30,000 licensed lawyers with a full-time staff of nearly 50 people. Various departments within the organization are responsible for such activities as administration, communications, legislation, continuing legal education, minimum continuing legal education compliance and lawyers' assistance services.

The directors and assistant directors are listed below:

Member
Mischa Buford Epps
Mischa Buford Epps
Executive Director
(573) 635-4128
Kent Randall Hopper
Kent Randall Hopper
Associate Executive Director
(573) 638-2239
Lori Bonnot
Assistant Director of CLE Programs
(573) 635-4128
Shannon Lynn Briesacher
Shannon Lynn Briesacher
MCLE Director
(573) 638-2231
Jason Cecil
Jason Cecil
Chief Technology Officer
(573) 635-4128
Anne Chambers
Anne Chambers
Lawyers' Assistance Program Director
(573) 638-2262
Farrah Fite
Farrah Fite
Communications Director
(573) 638-2251
Deirdre Kay Hirner
Government Relations Counsel
(217) 414-8138
Eric Dean Jennings
Eric Dean Jennings
General Counsel
(573) 659-2280
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert
Assistant Director of Communications | Editor
(573) 659-2294
Andrea D. Koelling
Andrea D. Koelling
Assistant Director of Dispute Resolution Programs
(573) 638-2260
Jeff Markway
IT Director
(573) 638-2271
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Reed
Diversity & Inclusion Director
(573) 638-2266
Maria Ann Sanders
Director of CLE and Member Services
(573) 638-2238
Andrew Joseph Sartorius
Andrew Joseph Sartorius
CLE Attorney
(573) 638-2243
Anthony Simones, JD, PhD
Anthony Simones, JD, PhD
Citizenship Education Director
(573) 638-2250
Robert Stoeckl
Director of Projects
(573) 638-2225