EVANS & DIXON - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Client Relationship Expert
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
John Evans and John Dixon founded the firm in 1945 with a commitment to delivering the highest levels of service, value and legal counsel. For 78 years, we have remained dedicated to these goals. We are proud of our distinguished history, but we are not bound by it. To better serve our clients, we keep a clear eye on emerging legal and business trends, take advantage of new technologies, tools and methodologies, and continuously develop our service offerings to help clients stay ahead of economic, regulatory and legislative developments.
Evans & Dixon made its name on the strength of our workers compensation and civil litigation defense. In 2008, we expanded to include subrogation and collections teams. With the addition of our business law practice group in 2010, which includes some of the nation's most experienced lawyers, we provide end-to-end services in business transactions, labor and employment law, business and commercial litigation, environmental law, small business development and entrepreneurship, real estate, employee benefits, and intellectual property. We have also expanded our large-loss subrogation practice and creditor's rights practices. In 2015, the firm added a healthcare practice group to address one of the largest sectors of our economy. Covering a broad range of industries, the healthcare practice group solidified Evans & Dixon as a full-service firm.
Joe von Kaenel serves public, private, and not-for-profit corporations and their boards of directors and board committees, providing advice on corporate governance, compliance, and investigations. His practice includes corporate finance and securities, acquisitions and mergers, corporate reorganizations, and divestitures.
In the securities area, Joe guides issuers in the sale of securities and advises them with respect to SEC reporting obligations and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. He has represented clients in a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions ranging in size from less than $1 million to over $1 billion.
With extensive experience structuring a wide variety of venture capital and other business transactions, Joe regularly counsels clients in minority shareholder matters and other business disputes. He has represented institutional clients in making investments in private equity funds, hedge funds, and other alternative investments and fund formation.
Experience:
Representation of institutional investors in making over $1.5 billion of investments
Ms. Lewis graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1994 where she was a member of the Law Review. She is a member of the Construction, Real Estate and Employment Law Sections of the Missouri Bar and is a member of the Boone County Bar Association (President 2016 - 2017). Ms. Lewis is also admitted to practice in the U.S. Eastern and Western Districts Courts of Missouri.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
Job Titles:
- Coach for Catholic Youth Council
- Member of the Missouri Bar Association
Mr. Tierney is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers and the Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Outside of Evans & Dixon, Mr. Tierney is a coach for Catholic Youth Council. He is on the alumni board of Saint Louis University High School, on the finance counsel of Queen of All Saints and serves as a member of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Tierney has also served as an alderman for the city of Green Park in the past.