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Dawn Parsons prosecuted five trials by the time she graduated law school. Supervised by an attorney, she did research, examined witnesses and gave opening remarks while juggling law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She did this under Missouri ...

Less than a week remains until hundreds of Missouri lawyers converge in downtown St. Louis for The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting. The Renaissance Grand Hotel will be the site of the meeting, which will begin Wednesday afternoon with The Missouri ...

In a 200-page lawsuit filed earlier this month, a St. Louis family sued three attorneys from Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, including a partner and managing partner. The suit, padded with another 200 pages of exhibits, alleges James Dankenbring, James ...

Murder charges filed in Grandview shootout A 17-year-old faces murder charges for a late-night shooting Sept. 15 near the Truman Corners Shopping Center in Grandview. According to court records, Rodney L. Addison, of Grandview, started a shootout near 54th Street ...

Following the release of their names, 10 lawyers who lent money to former Municipal Court Judge Deborah Neal are beginning to tell their stories. The move Tuesday afternoon to unseal their names followed a unanimous decision in August by the ...

About a year ago, Judge Peggy Stevens McGraw was congratulated on getting married. Well-wishing newlyweds is typical. For McGraw, it was unexpected. Her ceremony had happened nearly four years earlier. The marriage of McGraw, a Jackson County Circuit Court judge, ...

A St. Louis jury has awarded $150,000 to a police officer struck on the back of her neck by a light grill that crashed down from the ceiling when her boss slammed his door. The jury returned a 10-2 verdict ...

A Michigan automaker cannot avoid Rhode Island’s punitive-damages statute in a suit against the manufacturer over a fatal car fire, a Superior Curt Judge has ruled. Ford Motor Co. argued that Michigan law – which prohibits punitive damages – should ...

A disciplinary proceeding against a veterinarian for allegedly demonstrating how not to choke a cat has just gotten one more life. Dr. Kim Hammond, owner of the Falls Road Animal Hospital, observed technician Shannon Gallagher accidentally compromising the animal’s breathing ...

BP should pay $1 billion in punitive damages on top of any compensation claims for last year’s fatal Texas City refinery explosion, a lawyer for the daughter of two workers killed said. If the claim is successful, it would push ...

California is suing General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and four other automakers for making vehicles that contribute to global warming, causing pollution and erosion that costs the state millions of dollars. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court ...