Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Recent News About Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel
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Overland Park attorney disbarred following guilty plea, imprisonment for tax evasion
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Imprisoned Overland Park attorney David Ben Mandelbaum was recently disbarred following his guilty plea in Kansas last summer to federal tax evasion charges. -
Rolla attorney who was indicted on rape and sodomy charges is indefinitely suspended
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Rolla attorney Brant L. Shockley, who arrested three months ago after being indicted on rape and sodomy charges, was recently indefinitely suspended following a Jan. 23 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Imprisoned Liberty attorney disbarred following obstruction of justice conviction
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Suspended Liberty attorney Robert J. Young II, currently in federal prison after being sentenced in 2018 on an obstruction of justice charge for stealing victim restitution funds, has been disbarred following a Jan. 14 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Suspended Lebanon attorney disbarred over multiple professional misconduct allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Suspended Lebanon attorney Jeffrey Bryan Allen has been disbarred following a Jan. 9 Missouri Supreme Court corrected order following multiple professional misconduct allegations. -
Illinois attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following trust account allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Attorney Babette Pauline Salus of Springfield, Illinois, has been reciprocally suspended following a Dec. 27 Missouri Supreme Court order after she was disciplined in Illinois for allegedly mishandling trust account funds. -
Arkansas governor's son receives stayed suspension, probation after felony guilty plea in Alabama
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Arkansas attorney William Asa Hutchinson III, son of the governor of that state, has received a stayed indefinite suspension following a Dec. 18 Missouri Supreme Court order over his guilty plea to a felony in Alabama. -
Clayton attorney suspended after being found guilty in fatal street racing crash in Frontenac
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Clayton attorney Scott Alan Bailey, convicted earlier this year in a street racing crash that killed an elderly woman in Frontenac more than two years ago, has been indefinitely suspended by the Missouri Supreme Court. -
Kansas City attorney reprimanded over diligence, communication misconduct allegations
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Brent Lee Winterberg recently received a reprimand following a Missouri Supreme Court order regarding misconduct allegations. -
Dexter attorney successfully completes probation, Missouri Supreme Court rules
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Dexter attorney Jay R. Yorke is no longer on probation following a Dec. 6 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Principals in Kirkwood law firm receive reprimands for professional conduct violations in separate court orders
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Kirkwood attorneys and partners Joe George Harms II and David Charles Salivar were reprimanded following separate Dec. 4 Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
Hays attorney indefinitely suspended following sentencing for selling marijuana edible
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Hays attorney Bryan Eugene Bennett, who sentenced to probation last summer on a drug charge, was indefinitely suspended following a Dec. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Missouri Supreme Court order takes St. Louis attorney off probation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — St. Louis attorney Bradford C. Emert is no longer on probation following a Nov. 26 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
St. Louis attorney receives stayed indefinite suspension, O'Fallon attorney reinstated in separate orders
St. Louis attorney Raymund Jared Capelovitch has received a stayed suspension and O'Fallon attorney Charles Christopher Lozano has been reinstated following separate Missouri Supreme Court orders handed down this month. -
St. Louis attorney indefinitely suspended for allegedly forging notary attestation
St. Louis attorney Mary L. Lemp has been indefinitely suspended following a Nov. 20 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations she forged a notary's signature blocks on motions for time extension filed with the state court of appeals. -
Macon attorney disbarred after mishandling trust account and other allegations
JEFFERSON CITY – Macon attorney Richard L. Winkie was disbarred following a Nov. 20 Missouri Supreme Court order regarding allegations he converted client funds, mishandled his trust accounts and knowingly deceived clients. -
Rolla attorney, Illinois lawyer suspended in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) – Rolla attorney Bryce C. Crowley, who was charged with driving while intoxicated last fall, and Illinois attorney James William Davis have been suspended following separate Oct. 30 Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
Princeton attorney disbarred over allegations stemming from 2016 divorce, child custody matter
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Princeton attorney Jennifer Ann George has been disbarred following an Oct. 30 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations arising from a single client matter. -
Kansas attorney reciprocally disbarred in Missouri over allegations linked to foreclosure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Attorney L. J. Buckner Jr. of Lenexa, Kansas, has been reciprocally disbarred following an Oct. 22 Missouri Supreme Court order after a similar discipline handed down in a split Kansas Supreme Court proceeding last summer. -
Missouri Supreme Court reciprocally reprimands brothers practicing in Omaha
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Record) — Omaha attorneys and brothers Joseph P. Cullan and Patrick J. Cullan have been reciprocally reprimanded following separate Oct. 19 Missouri Supreme Court orders after the two were similarly reprimanded by the Iowa Supreme Court in May. -
Kansas City attorney completes probation
The Missouri Supreme Court released Kansas City attorney Randall Dean Crawford from probation a year after the high court found him guilty of violating professional conduct rules.