After six years, The Daily Record has a new look for its annual Legal Leaders awards. For the first time, the paper has chosen a Legal Leader of the Year award and created a series of categories for other awardees. ...

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Armstrong Teasdale has joined the ranks of Missouri law firms laying off attorneys and staff. The St. Louis-based firm this week let go seven lawyers and 23 staff members, or 6 percent of the firm’s total personnel, managing partner Michael ...

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An Illinois man convicted of the 1992 murder of a southeast Missouri woman has been exonerated by Cole County Circuit Judge Richard B. Callahan. Joshua Kezer was found guilty of the murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless at a 1993 jury ...

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Eight of the 58 attorneys laid off by Bryan Cave on Thursday had worked in the firm’s Missouri offices, according to former Bryan Cave attorneys and lawyers at other firms who received phone calls about possible job interviews. Bryan Cave’s ...

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The 2009 BTI Client Service All-Star Team report honors four attorneys in Kansas City. Included in the 176-attorney list are Edward R. Spalty, a partner at Armstrong Teasdale; Rick E. Frawley, an associate with Bryan Cave; William E. Corum, a ...

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Citing a deteriorating economy, Bryan Cave is laying off 58 attorneys and 76 staff members firmwide and freezing salaries for 2009. The steps followed efforts throughout 2008 to slash expenses in an attempt to avoid layoffs. "Over the course of the past year, we implemented a number of measures to reduce our costs," Chairman Don Lents said in an e-mail sent firmwide Thursday. "Unfortunately, the economy has continued to deteriorate, and we have concluded that further steps are necessary to adapt to this business climate."

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Gov. Jay Nixon’s pick for director of the Department of Economic Development was approved by the Missouri Senate on Tuesday, but not before a St. Charles County senator delivered a fiery rebuke of the governor. Several Republican senators had been ...

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Two more attorneys will be following class action defense lawyer Charles Newman to Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Newman, formerly of Bryan Cave, started at Sonnenschein’s St. Louis office last week along with fellow partners Jason Maschmann and Elizabeth Ferrick. A ...

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Jeff Berman, a former campaign aide to President Barack Obama, joined Bryan Cave’s new public policy and governmental affairs practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Berman was the national delegate director for the Obama campaign and came up with ...

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Linda Martinez’s path to leading Missouri’s Department of Economic Development hit yet another roadblock on Wednesday. Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, blocked the St. Louis attorney’s nomination from coming up for a vote in the Missouri Senate after he expressed displeasure ...

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Connie Hoffman clearly enjoys her job. As Bryan Cave's chief information officer, Hoffman is heavily involved in developing computer- and Web-based programs to help the firm's lawyers deliver better services for their clients. That type of work does not go unnoticed. On Monday, Hoffman will be in New York City to accept the IT Director of the Year Award from Law Technology News. The award ceremony will be held during the LegalTech conference.

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