In January the Stowers Institute for Medical Research hired 64-year old David Welte to be its full-time general counsel. Welte had acted as the legal chief for the Kansas City insitute since 2000, while simulataneously serving as a partner at law firm Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus. He resigned from the firm in January to work full-time with the institute, but then in mid-March he accepted a partnership with Bryan Cave’s K.C. office. Welte built the life sciences practice at Polsinelli, securing Stowers as one of its most important clients. He will bring his book of business to Bryan Cave. At Stowers, Welte’s responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulations imposed on the medical research industry by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, and handling tax matters for nonprofit organizations and licensing and affiliation agreements for medical technology.
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