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Supreme Court of Missouri enters COVID-19 order, modifies own operations
JEFFERSON CITY – In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Supreme Court of Missouri today suspended – subject to certain listed exceptions – all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts, including all associate, family, juvenile, municipal and probate divisions, through Friday, April 3. The Court may extend its order as circumstances warrant.The Court’s order authorizes the presiding judges of each of the state’s 46 judicial circuits and the chief judge of each of the three districts of the state’s court of appeals to determine the manner in which the listed exceptions to in-person proceedings are to be conducted. -
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT: 16th circuit commission announces nominees for Wolf circuit judge vacancy in Jackson County
The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission has met and selected a panel of three nominees for the circuit judge vacancy, in Division 11 of the Jackson County circuit court, created by the retirement of Judge George E. Wolf. -
Landmark law on public sector unions heads for the Missouri Supreme Court
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Supreme Court will decide whether a law severely curtailing the activities of many public sector unions is unconstitutional. -
Phoenix attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following suspension in Arizona
JEFFERSON CITY – Phoenix attorney Don W. Cartier has been reciprocally suspended following a Feb. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order and his suspension last year in Arizona for allegedly forging his client's name to a court document. -
Missouri Supreme Court reciprocally reprimands Denver attorney following discipline in Colorado
JEFFERSON CITY – Denver attorney Josue David Hernandez has been reprimanded following a Feb. 4 Missouri Supreme Court order issued after he was found to have failed in his duties to opposing party and counsel and his ethical obligation to follow court rules. -
AG asks court to lift bar on enforcing fine, fee cap, municipalities consider response
Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants a bar on enforcing a more stringent cap on revenue generated from fines and fees in St. Louis County to be lifted. -
LWV director says Missouri voter ID bill end-run to make stricter ID requirements
ST. LOUIS – The executive director for the League of Women Voters (LWV) in Missouri said a state bill in the Assembly HB1600 is an end-run attempt to enforce stricter voter ID laws after the Missouri Supreme Court decided a photo ID would not be required to vote. -
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT: 21st circuit commission postpones meeting to select nominees for Reno circuit judge vacancy, Dodson associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County; interviews to take place as scheduled
Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.22(c), the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission announced today it will not meet Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at the St. Louis County Court Building, as previously scheduled, to select a panel of three nominees for either the circuit judge vacancy created by the impending retirement of Judge Gloria Clark Reno or the associate circuit judge vacancy created by Governor Michael L. Parson’s appointment of Judge Jason D. Dodson as circuit judge. -
MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Schmitt Argues Court Should Allow Enforcement of Senate Bill 5 Provisions in St. Louis County
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a motion in the Cole County Circuit Court, arguing that because of a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, the Attorney General’s Office should be allowed to enforce certain Senate Bill 5 provisions. -
Missouri's highest court affirms arbitration ruling in favor of employee, reverses trend
Missouri's highest court has ruled against a company that attempted to arbitrate a disability discrimination claim. -
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT: 16th circuit commission announces nominees for Gillis associate circuit judge vacancy in Jackson County
The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission has met and selected a panel of three nominees for the associate circuit judge vacancy in Division 27 of the Jackson County circuit court, created by the December 31, 2019, retirement of Judge Gregory B. Gillis. -
Raytown attorney suspended, Clayton attorney no longer on probation in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY – Raytown attorney Brooke Roelofsen Biggs has been suspended, and Clayton attorney Christopher T. Risler is no longer on probation following separate recent Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
Longtime St. Louis attorney disbarred by default following alleged rules violations
JEFFERSON CITY – Longtime St. Louis attorney Elbert A. Walton Jr., suspended more than two years ago following "obnoxious and disrespectful" behavior during a 2013 bankruptcy case, has been disbarred by default following a Dec. 24 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Governor promises announcement supporting further tort reform in next session
While advocates for tort reform, including business groups, had success passing their agenda in the last session, the state's governor believes more can be done. -
Kirkwood and Kansas City attorneys indefinitely suspended in separated Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY – Kirkwood attorney John Kevin Sheehan has been suspended and Kansas City attorney Vanessa Rene Elizabeth Curran has been indefinitely suspended following separate recent Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
Crane attorney who allegedly used money to spend on debts instead of placing in operating account disbarred
JEFFERSON CITY – Crane attorney John Dale Wiley has been disbarred following a Nov. 19 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations in four client matters. -
Lack of good faith hard to prove against Rams owners, NFL: sports lawyer
Proving a lack of good faith on the part of the NFL over the relocation of the Rams to Los Angeles is going to be a difficult task without written or recorded evidence, according to a leading California sports lawyer. -
Kansas attorney reciprocally suspended in Missouri over handling of drug clients' cases
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas attorney David E. Herron II has been reciprocally suspended following an Oct. 29 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations stemming from his representation of two clients as a public defender in drug cases. -
Kansas City attorney reciprocally suspended after allegedly threatening elderly clients
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Linda S. Dickens has been reciprocally suspended following an Oct. 29 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations she threatened elderly clients to gain additional legal fees. -
Kansas City attorney disbarred after alleged irregularities in trust, operating, personal accounts
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney John W. Stapleton Jr. has been disbarred following an Oct. 29 Missouri Supreme Court order over allegations arising from irregularities in his trust, operating and personal accounts.