Monday, April 16, 2001 - The law firm of Lashly & Baer, P.C. is pleased to announce that David G. Asmus and Richard D. Watters have been elected to the Firm's Board of Directors. They join Board members John Fox Arnold, Kenneth C. Brostron, Michael D. Regan, Stuart J. Vogelsmeier, and Terrance J. Good.

Mr. Asmus, Co-chair of the firm's Business Transactions Practice Group, has been a Member of Lashly & Baer since 1998. He engages in banking and financial services, commercial transactions, and real estate law. During 20 years of law practice, Mr. Asmus has served as in-house corporate counsel for banking institutions including Citicorp/Citibank and as outside counsel to a number of such institutions. Mr. Asmus' current clients include national, regional and local banks, financial services companies, mortgage banks and brokerage companies.

Mr. Asmus earned his B.A. in from Saint Ambrose University in 1976 and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1979. He is a member of the American Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He was formerly a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association and was a co-founder of the St. Louis Chapter, serving as its President in 1988-89 and as a member of the Board of Directors from 1989-1992. Mr. Asmus has also served on the Board of Directors of the Lewis and Clark Institute in St. Louis and the Green Park School Association.

Mr. Watters has been with Lashly & Baer since 1975 and a Member of the Firm since 1981. He currently serves as 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 and is listed in the 2001-2002 issue of The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Watters received a BSIE from Bradley University in 1973 and 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.

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.