Armstrong Teasdale is being honored as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the founding of Community Health-In-Partnership Services (CHIPS) Health and Wellness Center, which provides healthcare and social services to uninsured St. Louisans.

Donald Beimdiek, senior counsel to the firm’s Real Estate practice group who has provided pro bono services to CHIPS, will accept the award at the non-profit organization’s gala and charity auction on Nov. 20 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel.

“Your role in our history has been very important to our long term success,” Judy Bentley, CHIPS president and chief executive, said in her notification letter to Beimdiek. “I am truly humbled when I think about how you and others have assisted us during the past two decades.”

Armstrong, Teasdale has supported CHIPS since the very beginning, including preparation of the documents forming our not for profit corporation, Bentley said. She also cited Beimdiek’s legal assistance in helping CHIPS obtain the final parcel of property needed for its new headquarters building on North Grand Avenue. Beimdiek, with the help of Matthew Reh, an Armstrong Teasdale partner, handled a condemnation case on behalf of the City of St. Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority to acquire the property.

Beimdiek concentrates his practice in real estate and municipal law. He is experienced in the areas of negotiation and preparation of documents, deeds of trust and related financing documentation, leases, development agreements, easements and eminent domain.

He served as special counsel to the Board of Public Buildings for the State of Missouri from 1974-1984 and coordinated the acquisition of properties for Wainwright State Office (on an entire downtown city block) and Midtown State Office Projects.

About CHIPS: The organization’s clinical team is made up largely of volunteers, including doctors, dentists, nurses, health educators, community outreach workers, social workers and complementary health specialists. Service is provided to anyone who needs care regardless of their ability to pay. Ninety percent of the patients CHIPS cares for each year are not covered by any type of insurance. CHIPS patients are those who would otherwise fall through the community’s healthcare safety net. For more information, please visit www.chipsstl.org.

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