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Read More »Thompson Coburn partners receive national honors
Multiple clients named Thompson Coburn partners Tom Litz and Jim J. Murphy as top client service leaders in a recent in-depth survey of corporate counsel by BTI Consulting Group.
Read More »Commentary: Council ignores charter, numbering convention
Last night was the most disappointing Council meeting I have ever attended. So disappointing, in fact, that I was compelled to leave when it became clear that reason and logic would not prevail.
Read More »Letter: Time is right to abolish Missouri’s death penalty | Vote
For the first time in the Missouri Legislature, there is significant bipartisan support for the elimination of the death penalty.
Read More »A quarter of legal industry plans to hire
One in four law firms and legal departments plan on hiring in the next three months, while 1 percent plan reductions, a new survey says.
Read More »Missouri Lawyers Weekly honors 2011 Up & Coming lawyers
About 200 people packed the Mad Art Gallery on Thursday for the Missouri Lawyers Weekly's 3rd Annual Up & Coming Lawyers event.
Read More »Missouri Lawyers Weekly honors 2011 Up & Coming lawyers
All of the 48 recipients have excelled at the start of their careers. Many have appeared before the Missouri Supreme Court. Others have helped in pro bono cases or guided civic groups in their communities.
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Read More »Commentary: Antiquated foreclosure laws need update
A more judicious and just approach would be mindful that in non-judicial foreclosure states such as Missouri, a party vested with the considerable power of foreclosure without judicial oversight must demonstrate strict compliance with all of its legal obligations, including proof of standing.
Read More »Newsmakers: Providence Bank promotes Schnur
Providence Bank has promoted Kristin Schnur to assistant banking center manager at its St. Charles branch. Schnur, who lives in St. Charles, will responsible for assisting with the management and supervision of the branch’s personal bankers and tellers.
Read More »Up & Coming award winners named
The Class of 2011 has been selected by a panel that included former Up & Coming award winners James Hacking III of the Hacking Law Practice in Webster Groves and Neil Chanter of Strong Garner and Bauer in Springfield as well as Judges Kenneth Garrett and J. Miles Sweeney and Missouri Lawyers Weekly Editor Richard Jackoway.
Read More »Lawyers rally behind tornado victims
As the residents of Joplin began the long process of digging out from the deadliest tornado in more than 50 years, help came in the form of neighbors helping neighbors and from all parts of the state. Some lawyers here, like Brad Barton, were both the givers and recipients of help. Barton’s office is now a heap of insulation, wood and aluminum. Anybody driving by can see a wooden desk inside the destruction and toppled leather chairs. A filing cabinet with a missing drawer cover stands several feet away. Court filings, drenched form the tornado and the following storms, are left exposed in the cabinet.
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