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The Appellate Judicial Commission is accepting applications for judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District to fill the impending vacancy that will created when Judge Robert S. Barney retires next month.

Judge David Jones ruled this morning in Greene County Circuit Court that a Missouri couple will retain custody of a 5-year-old boy born to a Guatemalan illegal immigrant and mostly raised by the Carthage couple.

An employer did not have a heightened burden to prove that an employee fell within an exemption from federal overtime requirements, the 10th Circuit has ruled in reversing a jury verdict.

The Appellate Judicial Commission on Tuesday released the names of the applicants it will interview in October to replace Judge William Ray Price Jr. Price, a 20-year member of the court, is retiring on Aug. 1.

Lately I’ve been burned out at work. Yes, I realize that being a lawyer is the most fulfilling profession known to man, blah blah blah. But lately I’ve been feeling like I’m missing something and maybe there’s another profession out there that’s better suited for me.

Premarital agreements have become increasingly common. No longer just for the wealthy, they are sought by many couples who wish to achieve a solid financial foundation for their relationship.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Charles Rendlen III on Monday said he would approve a plan to pay approximately $26.5 million to consumers and others owed money by US Fidelis.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, witnesses saw the Frederick Law Offices, at 4647 Hampton Ave., engulfed in flames and then saw the suspect run from the scene. Police are looking for a thin, 6-foot white male. He was seen carrying a brown bag and wearing a green and white hat, a light blue mechanic-type uniform and blue latex gloves.

Three separate yet interwoven developments illustrate a dangerous trend: focus on the cost of legal service at the expense of the value of justice. How does each of them strike you?

Every year Missouri Lawyers Weekly hands out dozens of Up & Coming awards. And every year the selection committee finds that they could have given out many more.

A lawsuit is challenging the way proposed changes to the Nonpartisan Court Plan are being described on the November ballot.

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