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Recent News About Missouri Bar
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Kansas City attorney reinstated after more than decade of disbarment
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Disbarred Kansas City attorney Roderick E. Smith has been reinstated and placed on probation following an Aug. 21 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Jefferson City, O'Fallon attorneys reinstated in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Jefferson City attorney Georgia Ann Mathers has been reinstated following her 2013 suspension and O'Fallon attorney Gary Randall Long has been reinstated after resolving a tax issue in separate and recent Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
POLSINELLI PC: Polsinelli Litigator Phillip Zeeck Honored with Pro Bono Publico Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service and Professional Character
Polsinelli litigation attorney Phillip Zeeck has earned the Missouri Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Publico Award, which honors Missouri lawyers for their exemplary professional commitment in pro bono service. -
THOMPSON COBURN LLP: Bill Bay elected chair of the ABA House of Delegates
Thompson Coburn partner Bill Bay has been elected chair of the American Bar Association House of Delegates. -
Lebanon attorney suspended by Supreme Court over undisclosed professional conduct rules violation allegations
JEFFERSON CITY – Lebanon attorney Jeffrey Bryan Allen has been placed on interim suspension following a July 31 Missouri Supreme Court order over professional misconduct allegations. -
PAULE CAMAZINE & BLUMENTHAL: Lisa Moore and Alan Freed speaking at 18th Annual Misouri Bar Family Law Conference
Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal family law attorneys Lisa G. Moore and Alan E. Freed will be presenting seminars at the 18th Annual Missouri Bar Family Law Conference, being held in Branson, Missouri from August 2 through 4, 2018. -
POLSINELLI PC: Prominent Trial Attorney Dan Boulware Honored with Purcell Professionalism Award for Success in Professional and Civic Activities
Long-time Polsinelli shareholder and trial attorney R. Dan Boulware is to receive the Missouri Bar Foundation’s Purcell Professionalism Award, which honors Missouri lawyers who have shown outstanding professionalism. -
St. Louis attorney no longer on probation over alleged trust account irregularities
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney Daniel Lee Sayle, on probation since 2014, is no longer on probation following a June Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Raymore attorney disbarred after allegedly misappropriating settlement of client who committed suicide
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Raymore attorney Robert E. Arnold III has been disbarred following a June 12 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations he misappropriated a client's $25,000 personal injury settlement. -
Kansas City attorney reciprocally disbarred
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Luke B. Harkins has been reciprocally disbarred following a June 5 Missouri Supreme Court order after he was voluntarily disbarred in Kansas. -
Attorney convicted in payday loan scam suspended
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Timothy Muir, former attorney for Leawood businessman and professional race car driver Scott Tucker, has been suspended following a June 5 Missouri Supreme Court order after both men were sentenced earlier this year in an illegal payday loan scam that reportedly netted billions of dollars. -
Supreme Court disbars one lawyer after a decade of trouble, lets another resume his practice
Jefferson City attorney Nathan James Forck has been disbarred by default and Manchester attorney Charles A. Pirrello has been reinstated following separate Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
St. Louis attorney is off probation
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney James Windsor Eason is no longer on probation following a May 24 Missouri Supreme Court order following his suspension about a year ago after he was charged with committing a criminal act of misconduct. -
St. Louis attorney receives stayed indefinite suspension
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney Brandon LaMonte Williams has received a stayed indefinite suspension following a May 22 Missouri Supreme Court order after his paralegal failed to disburse settlement funds to clients. -
Platte County prosecutor reprimanded, Kansas City attorney suspended
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Platte County prosecutor Eric Glen Zahnd has been reprimanded and Kansas City attorney Doc Netterville IV has been suspended following separate May 22 Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
Seven Missouri attorneys reinstated follow brief suspensions over tax issues
JEFFERSON CITY – Seven attorneys practicing in Missouri have been reinstated following their suspensions earlier this month for tax issues, according to recent and separate orders issued by the Missouri Supreme Court. -
Plattsburg attorney disbarred, former Gov. Blunt deputy legal counsel reprimanded
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — A Plattsburg attorney has been disbarred and former Gov. Matthew Roy Blunt's deputy legal counsel, currently living in Utah, has been reprimanded in separate orders recently handed down by the Missouri Supreme Court. -
Two attorneys indefinitely suspended over misconduct allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Two attorneys, one from Springfield and the other from Liberty, have been suspended following Missouri Supreme Court orders issued this week after probable cause was found that each "is guilty of professional misconduct." -
Former Missouri state representative's law license reinstated
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Former Missouri Rep. Mark Steven "Steve" Brown, voluntarily disbarred in 2009 following his guilty plea to federal obstruction charges, has been reinstated to practice law in the state following a Missouri Supreme Court order handed down this week.
