Ms. Shelley L. Forrest is the Receivership Counsel for the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance where she manages the Receivership Section and represents the Director in insurance receivership proceedings.  Prior to her current position, Ms. Forrest was in private practice with Boul & Associates, P.C. where she primarily represented consumer debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.  Her previous work experience includes the Missouri Department of Revenue, GE Capital, and she was an Assistant Attorney General with the Missouri Attorney General’s office. Ms. Forrest received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri in 1997.  Ms. Forrest completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors and a Bachelor of Arts in English