Some lawyers fail to understand the operation of the firm as a business with a budget, collections, profit and loss.
Read More »Bartimus Frickleton merges with Goza Honnold
The law firms of Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny and Goza Honnold said on Thursday that they were merging, effective immediately.
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Read More »State executes Smulls after high court lifts stay
The state of Missouri on Wednesday night executed its third inmate in three months after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay. (Updated 1:30 at 10 a.m.)
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Read More »AG’s office ordered to withdraw from Woodworth case
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office said it won’t appeal a judge’s order that it bow out of the murder case against Mark Woodworth. (Updated 5:20 p.m.)
Read More »Commentary: Economic mobility, stuck in neutral
As the rungs of the economic ladder move further apart, a stable level of mobility becomes a more serious problem, because it matters a lot more whether your parents are rich or poor. The “birth lottery" ends up having bigger consequences.
Read More »Missouri bill would require judge recusals
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill on Monday evening that would disqualify judges on appellate courts and circuit courts under the Nonpartisan Court Plan from hearing cases from attorneys who sat on the judicial commission that nominated the judge.
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Read More »Execution set as Appeals Court OKs execution team secrecy
On the same day that the Missouri Supreme Court set a date of execution for a murderer, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the identities of the physician, pharmacist and laboratories responsible for providing the execution drugs could remain secret.
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Read More »Thompson Coburn Chairman Minogue wins second place in dance competition
Thompson Coburn Chairman Tom Minogue and his dance partner, Angie Brooks, tangoed their way to second place in the Dancing with the St. Louis Stars competition Saturday night.
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Read More »Missouri judge blocks law restricting Obamacare navigators
A Missouri law requiring licenses for counselors who help consumers find health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges was temporarily blocked by a U.S. judge, setting back a measure by Missouri lawmakers who are hostile to the federal health care law.
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Read More »Woodworth case set for third trial
Commentary: Financial openness enhances financial performance
In today’s legal environment, becoming a law firm partner may be less of an achievement than ever.
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