Monday, April 16, 2001 - Lashly & Baer, P.C. is proud to announce that Kenneth C. Brostron and Richard D. Watters were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2001-2002 (Copyright 2000 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Mr. Brostron, who is recognized by Best Lawyers in the areas of civil litigation, medical malpractice and personal injury, has practiced with Lashly & Baer for over twenty-five years. He became a Member of the Firm in 1979 and currently serves as President and Managing Partner. Mr. Brostron engages primarily in litigation throughout the State of Missouri with an emphasis on health and governmental issues.

Mr. Brostron represents health care providers on various issues including the defense of professional negligence claims and general liability, director and officer liability, employment law and personal injury matters. He is also well-known for his involvement in all facets of education law.

Mr. Brostron earned a B.A. in Political Science from St. Louis University in 1971 and a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law in 1974. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Watters is recognized by Best Lawyers in the field of health care law. He has been with Lashly & Baer since 1975 and a Member of the Firm since 1981. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Health Law Department. Mr. Watters advises health care clients on a variety of corporate and administrative issues such as medical staff relationships, provider and managed care contracting, fraud and abuse, licensing and reimbursement. He also represents buyers and sellers in the sales of hospitals, nursing homes and physician practices. Mr. Watters recently became one of the first St. Louis-area attorneys certified as a Health Care Mediator by the American Health Lawyers Association. He previously appeared in Best Lawyers in 1991 and 1996.

Mr. Watters received a BSIE from Bradley University in 1973. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Saint Louis University in 1976. He is a member of the American Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis County Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Missouri Society of Health Care Attorneys.

The 2001-2002 edition is the ninth edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 15,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Founded in 1912, Lashly & Baer, P.C. is a law firm with a long-standing reputation for providing sophisticated representation to national, regional and local clients consisting of individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations in the St. Louis area. Our clients are active in every significant industry and range in size from start-up ventures to established international enterprises.