Personal Quote
"Enhancing opportunities, defending principles and preserving assets."
Biography
Anthony J. Soukenik is a shareholder of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard and serves on the Executive Committee. Tony is a member of the Business Law Practice Group and focuses his practice in the areas of banking, corporate law, estate planning, real estate and federal and state taxation. Tony is now available to mediate civil disputes.
Prior to joining Sandberg Phoenix, Tony was a shareholder at McSweeney, Slater and Merz, P.C. Tony served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable James Reinhart and Honorable Kent Karohl, Missouri Court of Appeals.
Tony was named to the 2005 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in the Business and Corporate areas.
Practice Groups -
Business Law -
Business Litigation Industries/Areas of Practice - Banking/Finance
- Family Law
- Technology
- Real Estate (including owner associations)
- Estate Planning
- Labor and Employment Law
- Construction Contractors
- Business Organization
Civic Activities Tony is a member of the Community Associations Institute; Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis; Member of the Board, Network of Sacred Heart Schools; Member and Former Chair, DePaul Health Center Foundation; Member and Co-Chair, City of Hazelwood Board of Appeals; Member of the Advisory Board, First National Bank of St. Louis; FINRA, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Arbitrator; Former Vice President and Commissioner of the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority; Former Member, Saint Louis University Gift and Bequest Council; Past President, Community Association Institute, St. Louis Chapter, 1988; Former Lecturer, Saint Louis University; Past Member, Old Jamestown Area Planning Study, St. Louis County Planning Department; Former Trustee of the Metropolitan Sewer District - 2001-2003; Past Member, Metropolitan Sewer District, Storm Water Advisory Committee; Past Member, Metropolitan Sewer District, Strategic Business Plan Advisory Committee.
Professional Activities Tony is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Illinois.
He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Past Chair - Real Estate Committee, Past Member - Executive Committee, Past Member - Budget Committee).
Tony also serves as a member on the firm's Compensation Committee.
Education Tony earned his LLM, Taxation, from Washington University in 1993.
He earned his Juris Doctor, from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1986.
He earned his B.S. in Accounting,
cum laude, Jesuit Honors Program, from Saint Louis University in 1982.