Barbara Glesner Fines has been named as the permanent dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Glesner Fines, a member of the law school’s faculty since 1986, has been serving as interim dean since March 2017. She ...
Read More »Suspect in Pickert murder appears in court
A Raytown man accused of murdering a Kansas City attorney to whom he lost at trial made a brief court appearance on May 3 and is due back on June 11. Jackson County prosecutors charged David Jungerman on April 11 ...
Read More »Lawyers in Greitens’ investigation duel over due process
The Missouri House investigation of Gov. Eric Greitens lies somewhere between a legal and a political proceeding, as dueling statements from attorneys illustrated last week. Catherine Hanaway of Husch Blackwell, an attorney for Greitens’ campaign, blasted a special House committee’s ...
Read More »Former Rep. Steve Brown regains law license
The Missouri Supreme Court has restored the law license of a former state representative who lost it during a political scandal in 2009. Steve Brown, a Democrat elected to a St. Louis County seat in 2008, surrendered his law license ...
Read More »Robertson, Kempton aiding committee investigating Greitens
A House committee investigating allegations against Gov. Eric Greitens has hired former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward “Chip” Robertson Jr. and Sedalia attorney Mark Kempton as special counsel. “Judge Robertson provides experience and knowledge to our committee as we ...
Read More »Reptile evidence leads to second order for retrial
The Court of Appeals Western District on Tuesday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of fatal child abuse, ruling that evidence of the large reptiles he kept in his home was “irrelevant and inflammatory.” The ruling in favor ...
Read More »Kansas City church loses zoning fight involving digital sign
A digital display sign in front of a historic Kansas City church may have to come down as a result of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday. Antioch Community Church installed the digital sign in 2010, only to learn ...
Read More »Supreme Court weighs fate of Grain Belt power line
Not that he would put it this way, but former Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday urged the Missouri Supreme Court to find that one appellate judge he appointed got it wrong and another he named got it right. Nixon urged ...
Read More »‘Safe harbor’ bill for insurers heads to governor
The Missouri House on Wednesday sent the governor the first tort-related bill of the year. The bill is intended to provide a “safe harbor” for insurers in cases in which there are multiple claimants whose damages likely exceed the available ...
Read More »Reptile evidence earns woman new trial on abuse charges
The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Tuesday that a woman convicted of child abuse is owed a new trial — one where there is less discussion of the large reptiles in her home. A Clay County jury convicted Rebecca ...
Read More »Baker Sterchi and Williams Venker to merge
Williams Venker & Sanders will become part of Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice on July 1, the firms announced Wednesday. The merged firm will continue to be known as Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice and will remain headquartered in Kansas ...
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