Attorney Pickett of Greensfelder Earns as a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

ST LOUIS, MO. – Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. Officer Christopher A. Pickett has been accepted into the 2013-2014 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows Program.  Pickett joins a fellows’ class of 160 high-potential attorneys employed at large law firms and in-house legal departments nationally.  LCLD fellows cultivate leadership skills by working with LCLD's top leadership and managing partners at some of the nation’s leading law firms as well as the general counsel of Fortune 500 companies.  Each fellow participates in a learning program that includes in-person conferences, virtual training on the fine points of legal practice and peer-group projects to foster collaboration and build relationships. 

“Chris has been a great addition to our firm and provides thoughtful legal counsel for our clients.  In fact, he’s become a valuable resource for one of the firm’s largest clients,” said Greensfelder President Vincent Garozzo.  “We are very proud of Chris and pleased that he is representing Greensfelder in this one-of-a-kind program.”

Pickett’s practice is focused on representing clients ranging from small family-owned businesses to large multinational corporations in complex commercial litigation, securities litigation and arbitration, and employment disputes.  His particular areas of expertise are employment disputes, unfair competition and securities litigation.

Pickett earned his law degree and a bachelor’s degree in history and Russian from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo.    Pickett is a member of the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis County Bar Association and the Mound City Bar Association.  He serves on the board of directors for Discovery School in O’Fallon, Ill. and the ArchCity Defenders, an organization that provides counsel to disadvantaged individuals facing state prosecution.

LCLD is a growing legal organization made up of more than 200 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are dedicated to creating a truly diverse legal profession.  The fellows program is one of several initiatives launched by LCLD since the organization’s creation in 2009. 

Greensfelder offers comprehensive legal solutions in 17 practice groups for clients locally, nationally and internationally.   Areas of legal practice include communications and media; construction; corporate; creditor’s rights and bankruptcy; educational, religious and tax-exempt organizations; employee benefits; environmental; franchise & distribution; health care; immigration; intellectual property; labor and employment; litigation; real estate; tax; technology transactions; and trusts and estates. Greensfelder is the exclusive Meritas law firm for metro St. Louis.  An international alliance of business law firms, Meritas member firms offer access to the experience and legal knowledge of nearly 200 business law firms throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and more than 50 countries worldwide.

Find out more at www.greensfelder.com.