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Joe Rathert of the Rathert Law Firm in Fenton has been selected as the county’s next municipal court judge by the county executives. The county council will still need to make final approval.

Almost four years after former Gov. Matt Blunt, left, dipped Missouri’s toes into the national immigration reform debate, the issue is still kicking around the court system.

Veteran TV reporter Mike Owens, left, is the newest attorney in Chet Pleban’s, right, Richmond Heights law firm, Pleban & Petruska. Owens finally put his neglected Saint Louis University law degree to work almost two months ago. The hard-hitting and often controversial investigative reporter, who spent most of his career at Gannett Co.’s KSDK NewsChannel 5, joined what is now a four-attorney criminal defense and employment firm.

The specter of police trying to catch registered sex offenders in the act of passing out Halloween candy to young ghosts and goblins no longer frightens all of the state’s offenders.

A Lexington personal injury and product liability law firm is expanding and opening a new office more than a year after half its attorneys quit to start a new firm.

A federal jury returned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case alleging a nurse’s negligent care of a 9-year-old after surgery led to lasting health problems.

Real estate developer Nat Walsh stands outside the Packard Lofts building in downtown St. Louis.

Missouri’s State Public Defender System is getting a couple free attorneys of its own.

The Missouri Supreme Court has agreed to hear an issue that has split the state’s appellate courts: Can police officers take the U.S. Supreme Court at its word?

Charles Weiss, Stephen Snodgrass and James Wyrsch of Bryan Cave’s St. Louis office have received the 2010 Paul H. Chapman Award from the Foundation for Improvement of Justice. The award is in recognition of their work in the pro bono ...

Both plaintiffs personal injury lawyers and civil defense lawyers are claiming a win with this week’s Missouri Supreme Court decision on the value of medical care.