Ann Bauer Selected for The Best Lawyers in America(C)

The Center for Family Law is pleased to announce that Ann Bauer has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016.

Bauer has been practicing family law for 21 years. She previously spent more than 15 years working with families in early childhood education and has a deep appreciation for the challenges facing parents and children of separation.

She is one of only 37 Missouri attorneys to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), an organization promoting the highest degree of professionalism and excellence in the practice of family law. She was recognized in 2005-2008 and 2011-2015 as a “Super Lawyer” in Family Law by Super Lawyers of Missouri and Kansas. This is her second year being honored by Best Lawyers.

Some of her numerous organizations include the Missouri Bar Association (Family Law Section Chair 2003-05), Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Family Law Section, Missouri Chapter of the Association of Family Conciliation Courts (founding member), St. Louis Collaborative Family Law Association (founding member and current president), and Woman’s Place (former board president).

Bauer is known for her service to many organizations that work to improve the practice of family law and services to families involved in the court system. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri named her Volunteer Lawyer of the Year in 2001; The Missouri Bar honored her in 2012 with an award for her pro bono work; and in 2013, the Missouri Bar Family Law Section named her the Family Law Practitioner of the Year.

Bauer, a resident of Clayton, MO, holds a B.S. from Iowa State University, M.Ed from Loyola University (The Erikson Institute of Child Development), and J.D. from Washington University School of Law.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and we have received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The Center for Family Law is a group of experienced attorneys who focus on your future by providing creative options and solutions to complex family matters. The firm offers recommendations about mediation, collaborative practice or litigation for handling divorce and legal separation. Other matters handled include child custody and visitation, child support, modification of judgments, enforcement of judgments, paternity, unmarried rights, domestic partnerships and adoption. Helping clients to move forward in a positive way, the attorneys also assist with family business matters, estate planning, probate, guardianship and conservatorship. www.thecenterforfamilylaw.com