“For those of us who joined the firm after April 1, 2001, our firm’s anniversary holds a special meaning. Our anniversary is a chance to reflect on what brought us together, the values of the firm established not only by its founders but by each one of us who came after. We recognize that together we are a better law firm than if we are apart – especially now.” – Adam E. Miller, Shareholder
“Capes Sokol clients include individuals and organizations with sophisticated, complex challenges and opportunities. They enjoy working with us because we are non-judgmental, excellent listeners, creative, pragmatic, and dedicated toward giving the best advice, achieving results and managing through their problems and challenges efficiently, humanely and ethically.” – John S. Meyer, Jr., Shareholder
Four litigators from Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft and four from Rothman, Sokol, Adler & Sarachan, P.C. form Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C. (“CSGS”). There are 20 people in the new firm, including secretaries, office managers, paralegals and support staff. The eight founding shareholders are Sanford J. Boxerman, David V. Capes, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Mark E. Goodman, S. Todd Hamby, Gary R. Sarachan, Daniel R. Sokol, and Alan N. Zwibleman.
2001CSGS signs an eight-year lease in the Pierre Laclede Building at 7701 Forsyth. The lease for 12,500 square feet is a 25% increase over current space, almost tripling the space since the firm’s inception.
2006The firm relocates to the twelfth floor at 7701 Forsyth of the Pierre Laclede Center in Clayton.
2007CSGS celebrates Kenneth J. Rothman’s 50th year practicing law with a party at the firm. Ken, Senior Counsel, served as Majority Leader and then Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, as Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, and as a Municipal Judge in the cities of St. Ann and Richmond Heights.
2008The firm forms the CSGS Charitable Foundation to facilitate and encourage the support of charitable organizations by the firm and its employees.
2010The firm celebrates its tenth anniversary. CSGS has doubled in size, adding three new shareholders and ten new associates.
2011Michael Kahn, an intellectual property lawyer who represented Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist in a copyright case, joins the firm to head up the new Intellectual Property Practice Group.
2013Jeffrey A. Cohen, a founding member of the firm, is named Managing Shareholder, a change from the law firm's previous three-lawyer executive committee. • CSGS adopts “Capes Sokol” as its registered business name. • The firm signs a lease agreement to expand an additional 1,940 square feet on the third floor of the Pierre Laclede Center. The firm now occupies a total of 17,467 square feet with the new expansion, consisting of the entire twelfth floor and a significant portion of the third floor.
2014The firm celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. Capes Sokol has grown over thirty percent in the last five years, adding eight new shareholders, one of counsel attorney, and six new associates. • Capes Sokol adds a trusts and estates practice with the hiring of Harvard W. Muhm, Lisa M. Adams, and Heidi M. Ottsen. • Adam E. Miller, a veteran products liability attorney who has successfully represented Monsanto in nationally-significant PCB litigation, joins Capes Sokol as a shareholder and Co-Chair of the firm's litigation practice.
2016Capes Sokol forms St. Louis’ first Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Practice Group.
2017Capes Sokol executes a 10-year lease for new and expanded office space in the Regions Centre, a few blocks west of its former location. • Legal Services of Eastern Missouri honors the firm with the Gerald R. Ortbals Law Firm Award at the annual For the Common Good Awards Reception.
2018Capes Sokol forms an entertainment and media practice. Pete Salsich joins the firm as of counsel to lead the practice with his former partner Michael A. Kahn. • Construction begins on the firm’s new space in the Regions Centre.
2019Capes Sokol moves into its new, multi-floor office space in the Regions Centre. The firm occupies the top two floors of the building, totaling approximately 34,000 square feet of premium office space in the heart of Clayton’s business district. The new space is over 40 percent larger than Capes Sokol’s former office, which was expanded in 2014 and 2016.
2020The firm celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Capes Sokol has grown over forty percent in the last five years, adding fifteen new shareholders, three of counsel attorneys, and thirteen associates.
2021