A St. Louis estate attorney who was once on the wrong side of an $857,000 legal malpractice verdict has been disbarred.
Read More »Husch Blackwell opens office in Cortex research district
Husch Blackwell attorneys working out of the firm’s new office, in St. Louis’ Cortex research district, are excited to be working so close to the start-up companies that also occupy the building.
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Read More »Joplin attorney to serve two years for embezzlement
A Joplin attorney who admitted to stealing nearly $600,000 from clients must serve two years in federal prison and pay more than $400,000 in additional restitution.
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Read More »Judge rejects former A-B exec’s request for new trial
St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Tuesday denied a former Anheuser-Busch executive’s request for a new trial after the executive lost a lawsuit against the company for discrimination.
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Read More »Attorney loses license over financial exploitation
A Brentwood attorney who admitted to financially exploiting a client was disbarred Thursday.
Read More »July bar exam numbers, pass rate dip
As predicted this time last year, the number of people taking and passing The Missouri Bar has decreased.
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Read More »St. Louis paralegal sentenced for fraud charges
St. Louis-area paralegal Jillian Nichols was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison for charges that include wire fraud and making false statements.
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Read More »Missouri Bar elections include historic VP choice
Dana Tippin Cutler made Missouri Bar history Wednesday at the group’s annual conference when she became the first black woman elected as the board’s vice president.
Read More »Lawmaker takes birth control challenge to Eighth Circuit
In wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling, an attorney argued Monday to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that the same standard should apply to a Missouri state representative’s lawsuit that opposes insurance coverage of contraceptives for his three daughters.
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Read More »Judge hears request for new trial against Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Thursday heard arguments over whether Francine Katz, who sued Anheuser-Busch for discrimination, should get a new trial but did not make a decision on the request.
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Read More »Brown had no serious juvenile convictions, lawyer says
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Levy Siwak took under advisement Wednesday a request to open Michael Brown’s juvenile record, but arguments at a hearing indicated Brown had not been charged with certain felony offenses as a juvenile.
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