Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business Services

Senior Counsel and Chair Emeritus

Walter Metcalfe is a former chairman of the firm and is active in numerous civic projects.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS St. Louis Post-Dispatch Citizen of the Year Award 2015/p> CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation, Former Chairman, Board of Directors Civic Progress, Inc., Secretary Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Secretary Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts – Member, Board of Directors Washington University – Member, Board of Trustees St. Louis Children’s Hospital – Former Member, Board of Directors Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – Former Chairman, Board of Directors BJC HealthCare – Former Member, Board of Directors National Law Journal, The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for 2010 Missouri Lawyers Weekly 'Missouri's Best' 2009 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers 2009, 2012, 2016 St. Louis Business Journal 'Most Influential St. Louisans' 2008, 2012 The Best Lawyers in America® 1987-2016, 2020, 2023 Variety Children's Charity Man of the Year Award 2008 RCGA "Right Arm of St. Louis" 2011 Award