Harvey Harris gave up the chairmanship of The Stolar Partnership as the 37-attorney St. Louis firm revamped its management structure. The firm has revamped its governance and management structure and elevated four partners to new executive leadership positions. Ravi Sundara ...

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St. Louis attorney Charles Seigel, known by friends and colleagues as a supporter of minorities and legal services for the poor, died on Thursday. He was 77. Seigel had practiced law for more than 50 years. After he graduated from ...

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American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells Jr. will be at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary. The roundtable is hosted by the Bar Association of Metropolitan ...

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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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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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A St. Louis attorney is receiving a national award from the American Bar Association for her outreach efforts to enhance the public’s awareness of the need for a fair and impartial judiciary. Doreen Dodson, of The Stolar Partnership, will receive ...

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