MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.

Ani Cernich and Cristina Parrinello, previously case assistants at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, have recently been promoted to paralegal positions in the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Products Liability sub-group.

Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin recently welcomed Steven R. Ebberts as of counsel to the firm’s Overland Park office. Ebberts will practice in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne recently announced that Linda J. Salfrank has joined as partner, and Jonathan F. Duncan has joined as of counsel. Both practice in the firm’s litigation & dispute resolution group.

Three University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law students recently competed in a national appellate moot court competition. Third-year law students David Buffo, William Denning and Megan Roth argued cases in the National Moot Court Competition in New York. The ...

Gov. Bob Holden has appointed Senior Judge Anthony J. Romano and Rochelle D. Rosenkoetter to the Governor’s Commission on DWI and Impaired Driving.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City recently appointed Jennifer G. Bailey, Ph.D. as associate vice chancellor for University Communications.

Rebecca S. Jelinek recently joined Bryan Cave as an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. She is a member of the Commercial Litigation Client Service Group.

Services performed are only compensable if a party requests specific services, the cost of which are successfully negotiated and if the party receives a benefit from those services, according to an opinion from the Missouri Court of Appeals for the ...

A bill that would provide nearly $7.1 million for Missouri’s legal aid programs was passed out of committee Monday night, and is expected to meet little opposition as it reaches the floor of the Missouri Senate. Senate Bill 447, introduced ...

Seven local bar associations came together Tuesday to support a common interest — supporting Operation Breakthrough. The annual Mardi Gras luncheon of Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance was held at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Bar Center. Over 200 people ...

Tuesday, March 11 War, Terrorism and Your Investments, a broadcast with Steve Corbin of Edward Jones and retired 4-star Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey and a panel of financial experts. Broadcast will be held at 7515 Wornall. Show times are 10:30 ...