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The Missouri Supreme Court issued a six month suspension for St. Charles attorney Joel Eisenstein for using documents unlawfully obtained by a client. The discipline case arose from Eisenstein representing Gregory Koch in his divorce case against Katie Koch, who ...

When Dan Diekemper, a pretrial services officer, started to get choked up while telling the stories of graduates of a new diversion program in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri, he made no apologies. “I’m going ...

A Springfield jury awarded a 27-year-old woman $20.6 million in damages in a case alleging the woman’s chronic disease was caused by an exposure to a toxic chemical dumped by a Missouri-based ball bearings manufacturer. The case arises from ground ...

A man confined in Fulton State Hospital who was caught in the middle of a disagreement between two Missouri circuit courts must now be released, but could still face jail time for his original charge. Shanon Swickheimer has been held ...

Attorney General Chris Koster on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against Critique Services and its attorneys to “end the defendants’ predatory business scheme.” The lawsuit, filed in St. Louis Circuit Court, alleges violations of Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act, a press release ...

  Reginald Clemons appeared in St. Louis Circuit Court this week to determine counsel for his capital double-murder retrial, but no decision was made and the delay is likely not the last complication for attorneys on both sides. The case ...

Reginald Clemons appeared in St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison’s courtroom Wednesday at a hearing meant to determine his counsel for his new double-murder case, but no decision was made. Clemons was convicted of the April 4, 1991 murders of ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the Missouri law license of Dean Meriwether, who had his license to practice in bankruptcy court suspended by a federal judge in December. Meriwether was the latest attorney from Critique Services to have ...

After listening to speakers at a symposium on challenges women face in the workplace, a law school student in the audience asked a key follow up question – what should she and other young women ask firms during interviews? Joyce ...

Polsinelli is in talks with leadership at intellectual property firm Novak Druce about merging the two firm’s intellectual property practices and bringing a group of IP attorneys to Polsinelli. “This will further build the firm’s nationally recognized Intellectual Property practice ...

Claire McCaskill is one of two U.S. senators introducing legislation to end the exemption from jury duty for members of Congress. McCaskill, D-Missouri, teamed up with Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, to introduce the Civic Duty Act on Thursday. The act “would ...