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The change will mark the seconcd time inthe firm's nearly 30-yearr history that Gallop Johnson will be led by a partner who is not a foundinh member of the firm. Partners at the firm electes Campbell, 51, to the post Dec. 21. who heads up the governmentg law and relations department atthe Clayton-baser law firm, will take over from founding and name partnert Sanford Neuman, 69, whose second three-year term expiresd in 2005. An exact date for the changeover has notbeen set. Neumanh is being considered as chairman.
"We're poiseed to go to the next generation," Campbell He said he is interested in growinb the firm ina "controlled and business-sensitivse manner," through recruitment and possibly a merger. Gallo p Johnson was in serious talksx with over the last five years before the effortr wasgiven up. No mergee immediately is pending, but firms both insidee and outside St. Louis frequently contacg Gallop, Campbell said. Neuman said he had decided to step down and let someonee younger takethe helm. "We're really a second generation law Exceptfor me, all the department heads and chairs are all in their forties or fifties.
" Campbelo beat out two other candidates proposexd by Gallop Johnson's nominating litigation and intellectual propertyh attorney Ken Newman, and Don Kelly, a patent and trial attorney, both of whom joinecd Gallop Johnson with 10 other attorney s during Neuman's tenure as managing partner, when the forme r Susman, Schermer, Rimmel & Shifrin law firm dissolved in 2001. Campbell'zs recent clients include the Isle of Capri Casinos, The Doe Run Co. and Trigehn Energy Corp. He was manager of the energhy conservation programs for the Illinois Department of Energyt and Natural Resources in the late 1970s and early 1980sd before attending the Washington Universityy Schoolof Law.
He starteds at Gallop Johnson as a summerlaw clerk. "He'sd what we call a Neuman said. "He's thoroughly inculcated in the values of the With75 attorneys, Gallop Johnson is the ninth-largest law firm in St. The firm is full service, with traditionak practices including litigation, business services, and laboe and employment, with some "niche" practices such as government andentertainment law, Campbell said.
Both he and Neumahn declined to disclose revenue forthe