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Recent News About Missouri Supreme Court
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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 rules to dismiss case against PPG Industries
JEFFERSON CITY – The Supreme Court of Missouri has granted a request from PPG Industries to have a negligent representation case against it dismissed. -
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. -
Appeals court affirms judgment against Kansas City regarding trash pickup rebates
KANSAS CITY – Missouri's Western District Court of Appeals Western District recently affirmed a Platte County Circuit Court decision awarding over $10 million to plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Kansas City after the city discontinued a rebate program for trash pickup in multi-unit buildings and trailer parks. -
3 principals in St. Louis firm successfully complete probation
ST. LOUIS -- Three longtime St. Louis attorneys placed on probation about a year ago after funds were discovered stolen from their client trust account have been reinstated following separate Nov. 1 Missouri Supreme Court orders. -
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. -
Montana-based attorney reciprocally disbarred over claims made during race for judge
The Missouri Supreme Court reciprocally disbarred Robert C.B. Myers, a Montana-based attorney, following "reckless" statements made about his opponent in a 2016 campaign for judge. -
Suspended Gladstone attorney reciprocally disciplined in Missouri following disbarment in Kansas
JEFFERSON CITY (St. Louis Record) — Suspended Gladstone attorney Kenneth J. Geniuk has again been indefinitely suspended following an Aug. 21 Missouri Supreme Court order and his disbarment earlier this year in Kansas. -
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. -
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. -
Client seeks more than $1 million from St. Louis attorney over allegations appeal was not timely filed
ST. LOUIS – An Arnold man alleges a St. Louis attorney failed to timely file an appeal with the Missouri Supreme Court.