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In his latest response to Gov. Jay Nixon’s July announcement that he would cut $3.5 million in funding for the public defender’s office, Missouri State Public Defender Executive Director Michael Barrett sent a letter to the governor appointing him as ...

Although the general election still looms ahead, with no Republican opponent Kimberly Gardner is more than likely St. Louis’ next circuit attorney after winning the Democratic primary on Tuesday. Gardner was among four candidates seeking the position, which also included ...

A federal judge imposed almost $3,000 in sanctions on an attorney from the St. Louis County Counselor’s office “because of the disturbing pattern” of the attorney’s “abuse of the discovery process.” The order, written July 19 by U.S. District Judge ...

The lawyer representing a St. Louis attorney involved in a fatal crash earlier this month says he is “not aware of” any racing involved in the incident. “I’m not sure where that came from,” Travis Noble, who represents personal injury ...

National and local law students and activists gathered at St. Louis City Hall Friday morning to call for a critical look at the criminal justice and for reform, such as increased training for police. “We stand in solidarity to call ...

A Clayton personal injury attorney is one of the two men police say were involved in a crash in which two vehicles that were street racing hit and killed a 73-year-old woman. Police said they plan to seek charges of ...

The Missouri State Public Defender and the Missouri State Public Defender Commission on Wednesday filed a court challenge to Gov. Jay Nixon’s withholding of $3.5 million in caseload relief funding. The petition, filed in Cole County, challenges the constitutionality of ...

When the leaders of the National Black Prosecutors Association decided to include a panel discussion on prosecuting police shootings at its annual conference, they had no idea that events in the week leading up to the event would make the ...

A bankruptcy court was within its right in suspending two St. Louis attorneys from practicing in bankruptcy court and in imposing large monetary sanctions, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The attorneys in the case, James C. Robinson ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a Kansas City attorney with a discipline history a one-year suspension, despite a recommendation of probation from the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and a disciplinary hearing panel. Kenneth J. Geniuk, who ...

A grand juror who wants to discuss her experiences with the Darren Wilson case will be able to pursue her First Amendment claim in federal court if she is unsuccessful in state court, following a Monday ruling by the Eighth ...