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From left, Eric Wesson of Kansas City newspaper The Call, Robert Carr, executive director of the National Bar Association, and Jon Gray, Shook Hardy & Bacon partner, met at Shook Hardy’s Crown Center office Tuesday. Carr visited the Kansas City legal community Monday and Tuesday to speak about the relevance of the association and its programs and infrastructure needs. The association is the oldest and largest national association in the United States that is predominantly composed of African-American lawyers and judges.

SCC’s McDorman to head NCMPR Heather McDorman, associate vice president for marketing and communications at St. Charles Community College, has been named the 2010-11 president of the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations. McDorman, of Wentzville, has worked at ...

Local woman pleads guilty to embezzlement Laura Louise Troutman of St. Charles last week pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with the embezzlement of escrow funds from her St. Louis employer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. ...

Hearing set for water rate hike proposal The Missouri Public Service Commission has scheduled a public hearing on a request by Missouri-American Water Co. to raise its customers’ water rates. The hearing is set to begin at 6:30 p.m., April ...

Dear Editor: This letter is written to correct the misinformation conveyed to Missouri residents and serious errors contained in the March 19 commentary “What to do when you need a will quickly,” written by Oklahoma attorney Mark Hamby. I usually ...

Libby Orendorff makes her case to the judges Friday during the 2010 Final Argument Moot Court Competition in the William H. Kniep Courtroom at Saint Louis University School of Law as part of the Court Week.

The St. Louis County Judicial Commission announced two panels to be submitted to Gov. Jay Nixon to fill the vacancies created by the elevation of Circuit Judge Gary M. Gaertner Jr. to the appellate court and the retirement of Circuit Judge Larry L. Kendrick.

Frank H. Plescia has joined Bryan Cave as senior policy adviser in the firm’s St. Louis and Jefferson City offices. Working within the firm’s environmental practice, Plescia will focus on expanding the firm’s state government affairs practice. Plescia has more ...

Synergetics doubles quarterly profit O’Fallon-based Synergetics USA Inc. reported last week that its profit for the second quarter more than doubled. The company, which makes surgical devices, reported a profit of $877,000 for the quarter that ended Jan. 31, compared ...

Attorney Jim Holloran, grand marshal of a St. Patrick’s Day parade, sits with his granddaughters, Ella Holloran and Tedda Joan Bock, both 5. The parade was Wednesday in the St. Louis neighborhood of Dogtown. Holloran is a founder of John D. McGurk’s Irish Pub in the Soulard neighborhood.

Cutting waste That’s a responsibility my administration is seeking to fulfill every single day. Over the last year, we’ve gone through the budget line by line looking for places to trim the fat out of government. And we’ve found a ...