Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.

Infobox_Company
company_name = Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.
company_
foundation = 1976
location = Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri
num_employees = Over 70 Attorneys
industry = Law
products = Legal services
homepage = [http://www.gjn.com/ www.gjn.com]

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C. is a law firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Since its founding in 1976 with 10 original attorneys, it has grown to become one of the largest law firms in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The firm's headquarters is in the Interco Tower in downtown Clayton, Missouri. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/05/31/focus2.html St. Louis Business Journal: Gallop Moves Up...] ]

Organization

The firm is organized into six different departments, namely Business Services, Estate Planning, Government Law & Relations, Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Real Estate & Construction, within which individual practice groups operate. [ [http://www.gjn.com/CM/Custom/indexpracticeareadescriptions.asp GJN Practice Areas] ]

The managing partner of the firm is Thomas J. Campbell [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2005/01/03/story7.html?jst=s_cn_hl St. Louis Business Journal: Campbell voted to lead Gallop Johnson] ] , and its general counsel is John J. Traeger. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/potm/2007-06-11/ St. Louis Business Journal: People on the Move] ]

Green Committee and Initiatives

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman was the first St. Louis area law firm to become a certified partner in the American Bar Association-Environmental Protection Agency Law Office Climate Challenge, a program that encourages law offices to become better environmental and energy stewards. [ [http://www.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=145121&type_news=latest dBusinessNews: GJN 1st Law Firm in St. Louis to Gain Certified Partner Status in ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge] ] It is the mission of the firm's Green Committee to implement sustainable, firm-wide measures to promote conservation of energy, water and natural resources by reducing, reusing and recycling and by purchasing environmentally sound products. [ [http://www.stlouiscnr.com/departments/article/gallop_johnson_and_neuman_establishes_enviromental_sustainability_practice/ STL ConstructNet: GJN Establishes Environmental Sustainability Practice] ]

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman is also a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices. [ [http://www.usgbc.org/myUSGBC/Members/MemberDetails.aspx?CID=10168481 US Green Building Council Member Directory Listing for GJN] ] Additionally, the firm has purchased Renewable Energy Credits to further the Green initiatives. [ [http://www.stltoday.com/pr/business/PR07230812391439 STLtoday.com: GJN Expands Investment in Environmental Sustainability Programs] ]

Notable Attorneys

Donald Gallop, one of the founding partners of the firm and a former trustee and board member of numerous community organizations and foundations, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4185/is_20020529/ai_n10176949 St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian: St. Louis lawyer dies at age 69 from cancer] ] was the Commissioner and former co-chair of the Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission [ [http://www.lewisandclark.mo.gov/completeArticle.asp?article_id=27 Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission] ] until he passed away on May 22, 2002. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2002/05/20/daily51.html St. Louis Business Journal: Don Gallop, founder of law firm, dies] ] The main staircase at the Washington University School of Law, which curves from the first floor to the fourth floor main entrance to the Law Library, is named in his honor; Mr. Gallop was the chair of the school's National Counsel from 1993 to 2002.

Sanford Neuman, another founding partner of the firm, was named Distinguished Alumnus by the Washington University School of Law in 2003, [ [http://law.wustl.edu/Alumni/index.asp?ID=693 WULS Distinguished Alumni: Sanford S. Neuman] ] and has been recognized in "The Best Lawyers In America" every year since 1995. [ [http://www.gjn.com/CM/CommunicatorArchive/News_from_Gallop,_Johnson___Neuman_-_Final_2007.htm Sanford S. Neuman Voted Among 'The Best Lawyers in America'] ] Mr. Neuman has also served on the Board of Directors of LMI Aerospace since 1984. [ [http://www.lmiaerospace.com/board_of_directors.html LMI Aerospace: Board of Directors] ]

John Temporiti, the Missouri State Democratic Party Chair [ [http://www.missouridems.org/contactus.asp MDP Contact Page] ] , is of counsel at GJN, and previously served as Chief of Governmental Affairs for St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley. [ [http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/12/11/daily35.html St. Louis Business Journal: Temporiti leaving county for Gallop, political work] ]

External links

* [http://www.gjn.com// Official Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C. Website]
* [http://www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/home.shtml// ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge]
* [http://www.usgbc.org/ U.S. Green Building Council]
* [http://www.lmiaerospace.com/index.html// LMI Aerospace]

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