Attorney John S. Meyer, Jr. Named 2015 Distinguished Alumnus by Washington University School of Law

May 15, 2015, St. Louis, Missouri…John S. Meyer, Jr., chair of the Business & Real Estate practice group at law firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., has been named 2015 Distinguished Alumnus by Washington University School of Law.

Mr. Meyer joined Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., in 2007 as a shareholder and leader of the Business & Real Estate Practice Group. Six months later, he was elected to the firm’s Executive Committee, on which he served for six years.

At Capes, Sokol, Mr. Meyer’s practice area includes Commercial Transactions & Finance; Real Estate Transactions & Dispute Resolution; Lending Disputes & Creditors’ Rights; and a full range of issues for Not-for-Profit Organizations.

He received his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in 1984, and previously earned a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University. In 2013, Washington University School of Law named Mr. Meyer an Honorary Initiate of the Order of the Coif.

A St. Louis native, Mr. Meyer is a member of the National Council and former Chair of the Eliot Society and Annual Giving Campaign for Washington University School of Law, which achieved its membership goals for four consecutive years (2011–14).

Mr. Meyer was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Loop Media Hub and Member of the Board of The Loop Trolley Company. Both are non-profit corporations devoted to improving the segment of the St. Louis community known as The Delmar Loop.

In addition, he serves on the boards of Beyond Housing and St. Louis County Library Foundation and the Robert Burns Club of St. Louis executive committee and has served on the boards of Forsyth School, John Burroughs School, the City Museum; the Grace Hill Presidents’ Council and Facilities Advisory Committee, and Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region.

Mr. Meyer is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Construction and Business Law sections of the American Bar Association.

Capes Sokol represents individuals, corporations, small and mid-sized businesses and nonprofit organizations in litigation, transactional work and alternative dispute resolution. The firm is located at Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, 12th Floor, St. Louis, Missouri 63105. Call 314.721.7701 or visit http://www.capessokol.com.

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