A state appeals court said a man can receive his wife’s disability benefits for the rest of his life, despite the state Legislature’s explicit rejection of a Missouri Supreme Court decision allowing such payments. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western ...
Read More »Commission seeks applicants for appeals court in St. Louis
The Appellate Judicial Commission is accepting applications for judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Booker T. Shaw. Shaw’s retirement is effective Jan. 30. Those interested may download ...
Read More »Tucker named chief counsel for eastern region
Fox Galvin partner Dana Walker Tucker is leaving the law firm to become chief counsel for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office’s eastern region. In that role, she will manage the attorneys, investigators and support staff in the attorney general’s St. ...
Read More »Lawyer Webb may keep working on corruption case
Dan Webb, the Winston & Strawn chairman defending a former Illinois Republican Party leader accused of corruption, may continue to represent his client, a judge ruled, denying a government disqualification request. Federal prosecutors argued that Webb should be barred from ...
Read More »Do we really know what can we afford?
As we ride out the perfect storm caused by our over-leveraged credit markets, which has resulted in the meltdowns of our financial services industry, economy and stock market, we must learn from our mistakes and ensure that when the storm ...
Read More »Court rules man can get Schoemehl benefits
A state appeals court said a man can receive his wife’s disability benefits for the rest of his life, despite the state Legislature’s explicit rejection of a Missouri Supreme Court decision allowing such payments. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western ...
Read More »Husband wins $530K over staple left in wife
A doctor accused of not removing a staple that prevented the flow of urine from a woman’s kidney was ordered to pay more than $530,000 by a Jackson County jury. The verdict, returned Monday afternoon, was awarded to the husband ...
Read More »Legal document company accused of practicing law
A We the People office in St. Louis is one of 88 the company has nationwide. The document preparation service is being accused in a civil suit of practicing law without a license. Photo by Karen Elshout Two clients of ...
Read More »Court divides over prior offender status
Overrules enhancement determined after jury deliberations State law requires prosecutors to plead and prove a defendant is a prior offender before the case is submitted to the jury, a deeply divided Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday. For Michael Teer, the ...
Read More »Lawyer suspended over signed baseball controversy
The Missouri Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended the license of a St. Charles County attorney who allegedly offered an autographed baseball to prosecutors in an attempt to reduce his client’s sentence. On Tuesday, the court rejected an advisory board’s recommendation ...
Read More »House rejects pay increase, but time to act grows short
Measure must pass Senate by week’s end The Missouri House took the first step toward rejecting a proposal boosting salaries for associate circuit judges and tying potential raises for circuit court judges and elected officials to state employee salary raises. ...
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