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Pressures to cut legal costs prompt clients to gravitate toward those lawyers who know their business best. Successful lawyers reach beyond the matter by matter mind-set and delve deep into a client’s business. They develop a client-centric awareness and intelligence-gathering ...

Two associate circuit court judges and one private attorney have been selected as nominees to fill the vacancy created by St. Louis County Circuit Judge Melvyn Wiesman’s retirement. The 21st Judicial Commission on Wednesday announced nominees Associate Circuit Judges Gloria ...

Armstrong Teasdale cuts 30 in Missouri, including 7 lawyers Armstrong Teasdale has joined the ranks of Missouri law firms laying off attorneys and staff. The St. Louis-based firm this week let go seven lawyers and 23 staff members, or 6 ...

John Wood, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, speaks about the death sentence imposed on Lisa Montgomery in 2007. With the change in administrations, Wood is leaving this weekend after less than two years in office.Photo by Scott ...

A Jackson County judge threw out a $150,000 jury verdict in favor of a Kansas City lawyer, saying too much time had expired since he did the work for which he was seeking compensation. Philip Koppe won the verdict in ...

The fact that a black man asked a question during jury selection kept him off the jury. But on Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, in a 2-1 decision, ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Tyrone C. ...

The Appellate Judicial Commission said Thursday that 47 lawyers applied for three vacancies on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Thirteen of these applicants are women, and 34 are men. Three are minority applicants and 44 non-minority applicants. There ...

Bloomberg News AstraZeneca agreed to strengthen warnings on its antipsychotic Seroquel at the request of U.S. regulators, a company lawyer said. Stephen McConnell, a lawyer representing AstraZeneca, disclosed in a court hearing Thursday that the company agreed to move a ...

As nearly all attorneys will attest, stress defines the life of a first-year associate. To be truthful, stress defines the life of most attorneys. Recently I was asked by a friend who is a first-year associate whether the stress of ...

Pressures to cut legal costs prompt clients to gravitate toward those lawyers who know their business best. Successful lawyers reach beyond the matter by matter mind-set and delve deep into a client’s business. They develop a client-centric awareness and intelligence-gathering ...

Idea modeled on Jackson County program The Missouri Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that could pave the way for “fathering courts” to handle child support cases across the state. Sen. Jeff Smith’s bill would allow circuit courts to establish separate ...