Jerome J. Schlichter

Jerry Schlichter is Founding & Managing Partner of Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP in St. Louis. Jerry successfully initiated and spearheaded the passage of the Missouri State Historic Tax Credit, which has been acknowledged for its role in revitalizing downtown St. Louis, and led the effort to pass the Missouri “Rebuilding Communities Act” designed to attract technology-based businesses to distressed communities. Jerry serves on the board of the Community Improvement District of the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis as well as being Co-Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis. With his wife, Jerry also co-founded Mentor St. Louis, Inc., a nationally-recognized not-for-profit that obtains adult mentors for elementary students in the St. Louis Public School System and has become the largest volunteer program in St. Louis Public Schools. He has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois and a J.D. degree from UCLA Law School.