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Longtime Riverside attorney on probation follow fee issues
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Longtime Riverside attorney Patrick Michael Davis is on probation following a Oct. 29 Missouri Supreme Court order over issues with fees and other allegations. -
Springfield attorney suspended following DWI guilty plea
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Springfield attorney Terry Lee Garner has been suspended following an Oct. 29 Missouri Supreme Court order and his guilty plea in Hickory County to driving while intoxicated. -
U.S. Supreme Court decision leading to reversals of talc verdicts in St. Louis could bear on 'hellhole' status
WASHINGTON – A two-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling cited this month in vacated verdicts against talcum powder producers could well have bearing on St. Louis Circuit Court's high 'judicial hellhole' ranking. -
St. Louis attorney disbarred following alleged unauthorized settlement of client's personal injury case
JEFFERSON CITY – St. Louis attorney Stacey Rosa Hancock has been disbarred following an Oct. 15 Missouri Supreme Court order after she allegedly settled a client's personal injury case without authorization and irregularities were found in her client trust account. -
Springfield attorney indefinitely suspended after allegedly mishandling two dissolution cases
JEFFERSON CITY — Longtime Springfield attorney Anissa Faye Bluebaum has been indefinitely suspended following an Oct. 15 Missouri Supreme Court order after she allegedly mishandled two unrelated marriage dissolution matters. -
Missouri appeals panel tosses another J&J talc-cancer award based on U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction decision
ST. LOUIS – A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday tossed out a $110 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America Inc., saying a lower court lacked jurisdiction. -
Springfield attorney off probation after being disciplined for assisting bail bond agent in 2012
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Springfield attorney Rita Kay Sanders is no longer on probation following an Oct. 7 Missouri Supreme Court order, two years after the court disciplined her over allegedly helping a bail bond agent friend of hers in 2012. -
Rolla attorney reinstated following suspension over 2018 DWI conviction
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Rolla attorney Bryce C. Crowley has been reinstated to practice law following an Oct. 3 Missouri Supreme Court order and his suspension two years ago after a driving while intoxicated conviction. -
Kansas City attorney reinstated after more than decade suspended
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Kansas City attorney Edward Francis Walsh IV has been reinstated following an Oct. 1 Missouri Supreme Court order and his reciprocal suspension more than a decade ago over alleged dishonest behavior in a real estate transaction. -
Two attorneys suspended, another reinstated in separate Missouri Supreme Court orders
JEFFERSON CITY – Springfield attorney Brandy Mellissa McShane and Nevada, Mo. attorney Corey Michael Swischer have been suspended and Overland Park attorney Samuel Scott Burnett has been reinstated following separated recent Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
St. Louis attorney indefinitely suspended after blaming client for 'non-coital intimacy'
JEFFERSON CITY— Longtime St. Louis attorney Stephen G. Bell has been indefinitely suspended following a Sept. 17 Missouri Supreme Court order after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a client. -
Emery says impact of tort reform laws on joinder and seat belt use already being felt
JEFFERSON CITY – Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) believes the impact from two recently enacted tort reform laws - Senate Bill 7 and SB 30 - are already being felt in Missouri. -
Missouri Supreme Court reciprocally suspends Kansas City attorney over estate planning and probate case complaints
JEFFERSON CITY – Kansas City attorney David Preston Crandall has been reciprocally suspended following a Sept. 3 Missouri Supreme Court order and his suspension by a split Kansas Supreme Court in November 2018. -
Illinois attorney reinstated in Missouri after successfully completing year's probation
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Longtime O'Fallon, Illinois, attorney Hrant "Hud" Norsigian Jr. has been reinstated to practice law in Missouri following an Aug. 22 Missouri Supreme Court order. -
Legislature overhauls state's civil litigation laws as Johnson & Johnson cases clog courts
JEFFERSON CITY – Thanks to a series of last-minute negotiations, the Missouri legislature ended its last session by sending a series of bills to the desk of Gov. Mike Parson that could dramatically affect the future of civil litigation in the state. -
Missouri Chamber CEO says its gathering information for next steps regarding injury fund decision
JEFFERSON CITY – A recent decision by the Missouri Supreme Court has business owners across the state left with serious questions about who pays for employees who have been injured on the job.. -
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT: 16th circuit commission announces nominees for Grate 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 17 of the Jackson County circuit court created by the retirement of Judge Jack R. Grate. -
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT: 31st circuit commission seeks applicants for new circuit judge position in Greene County
The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the office of circuit judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County), pursuant to the creation of that position by the General Assembly. -
Associated Industries of Missouri CEO: Supreme Court's Second Injury Fund ruling 'got it right'
JEFFERSON CITY – The state's oldest business association believes that the state Supreme Court's ruling declaring that workers injured on the job after Jan. 1, 2014, could not be compensated from Missouri's Second Injury Fund was the correct one. -
Missouri Supreme Court's Second Injury Fund ruling limits claimants
JEFFERSON CITY – Injury claims are now under new limitations in the wake of a Missouri Supreme Court decision regarding who is eligible for compensation from the Second Injury Fund.