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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering the constitutional validly of a mandatory minimum sentence for a juvenile in an armed criminal action case. On Wednesday, the court heard arguments regarding Jerri Smiley, who was 16 years old when she was ...

A St. Louis County grand jury won’t hear any new cases until St. Louis County officials file a response to a petition claiming he illegally removed a foreperson from the grand jury. Representatives for Circuit Judge Steven Goldman had been ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri asked the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District to review a recent decision to remove one of its former staff lawyers as foreman of a St. Louis County grand jury. The ACLU on ...

Missouri’s child support statute does not violate due process rights, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The decision reversed a trial court’s judgement in a case that focused on a 2011 amendment to Missouri’s criminal nonsupport statute, 568.040. The ...

The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting is officially underway in St. Louis. The meeting started Wednesday at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel. Morning sessions included a public defenders meeting, a probate and associate circuit judges’ board meeting and ...

UPDATED A Husch Blackwell spokesman confirmed that John Diehl Jr., the former speaker of the Missouri House, has left the firm. “I can confirm John Diehl resigned from the firm effective Oct. 1,” spokesman Phil Hermanson stated. Hermanson said he ...

Missouri Lawyers Weekly on Friday hosted its annual Up & Coming Awards, which recognize lawyers who are 40 years or younger or within the first 10 years of practice. The 56 winners were chosen from more than 125 nominees. The ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave James M. Clampitt two years’ probation on his law license for his involvement with a credit card fraud incident. Clampitt and his son, James A. Clampitt used a credit card from their former ...

A federal judge is considering plaintiffs’ arguments that banks connected to Martin Sigillito’s Ponzi scheme have some liability for their losses. Sigillito was a St. Louis attorney and American Anglican Convocation bishop convicted in 2012 of orchestrating a massive real ...

The number of people sitting for the Missouri bar exam dropped again this year, as did the number passing the test. A total of 771 people sat for the bar exam in July, down from the 792 that sat for ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a discipline case involving a central Missouri attorney who, along with his now-disbarred son, used a credit card from their former law firm to pay for expenses to start a ...