Law

Lois Zerrer of Zerrer Elder Law Office LLC attended the Jan. 27 annual meeting of the Missouri Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in Columbia. The keynote speaker at the event was Marta Fontaine, an Aging Program specialist with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Senior and Disability Services. Fontaine presented a program about Missourians Stopping Adult Financial Exploitation.

Mike Nichols, attorney with the law firm of Husch & Eppenberger, recently was appointed to the city of Battlefield’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He is serving a three-year term on the commission. His law practice is focused on real estate, corporate and business transactions.

Clifford S. Brown, a shareholder of Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown PC, was installed Jan. 28 as the 84th president of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association. Brown, who joined Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown in 1988, concentrates his practice in estate planning, probate and trust litigation.

Virginia L. Fry, a partner with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP in the firm’s Springfield office, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2006 in commercial litigation.