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Conservatives fear approval of HR 11 over empowers new House Speaker
Rep. Dean Plocher was elected Speaker of the House on Jan. 4.
Armstrong Teasdale Managing Partner Patrick Rasche Named Among Titan 100
Armstrong Teasdale announces that Managing Partner Patrick Rasche has been named among the St. Louis Titan 100, a list of the area’s most accomplished business leaders based on demonstration of exceptional leadership, vision and passion.
Kansas City Life Insurance accused of overcharging, jury awards $28.4 million to policyholders
Jackson County Circuit Court considers awarding $13.5 in prejudgment interest
Missouri Supreme Court reverses lower court's ruling that denied state trooper's immunity
Judge John D. Beger allowed Osborn’s injury lawsuit to proceed by denying Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Mayela Barron official immunity
St. Louis County Bar Association to Honor Lauren Surdyke With Young Lawyer Award
Lauren E. Surdyke, an attorney in Greensfelder’s Trusts & Estates practice group, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Roy F. Essen Memorial Award for Outstanding Work as a Young Lawyer.
Fifth Circuit struck order requiring Jen Psaki's deposition in former AG's censorship lawsuit
A Fifth Circuit panel of judges determined that Psaki’s deposition is not necessary because there are other means to gather the information.
8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds woman's $21 million jury award involving hip implant defect
Plaintiff Mary Bayes allegedly had a Biomet M2a-Magnum improperly implanted
Congratulations to the new Thompson Coburn partners for 2023
Thompson Coburn is proud to announce that the Firm has elected 10 attorneys to partnership, effective January 1, 2023.
Family court critics allege popular GAL has too many cases to adjudicate competently
A search on Casenet revealed Attorney Elaine Pudlowski has 40 cases with trials and hearings scheduled over a 22-day period
2023 legislative priorities of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce include short-term credentialing
The legislature returned to the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on Jan. 4
Partner Jaimie Mansfield to Co-Lead Armstrong Teasdale Inclusion Committee
Armstrong Teasdale announces that Partner Jaimie Mansfield has been named co-leader of the firm’s Inclusion Committee. Mansfield will serve alongside Partner and Co-Leader Sarah Sise, who stepped into the role in March 2018.
Shook Begins 2023 with Vital Management Changes
Shook is excited to share it has changed the firm’s leadership in three important roles nationally and in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Local 'Jan.6er' sentenced to 7 days of imprisonment for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol
U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan also ordered Witzemann serve 60 hours of community service, 2 years probation, and pay a $500 restitution fee.
Shook Announces Key Leadership Changes in New Year
Premier trial firm Shook changed the firm’s leadership in three key roles nationally and in Philadelphia and St. Louis. Beginning January 1, 2023, Shook Partner Adam Miller will co-lead the firm’s highly lauded environmental and toxic tort litigation team and Partners Erin Leffler and Sue Werstak will lead the Philadelphia and St. Louis offices, respectively.
Missouri Chamber reacts to St Louis slipping lower on the Judicial Hellholes list
St. Louis has dropped from 8th to 7th place in the American Tort Reform Foundation’s Judicial Hellhole ranking
Family gets $900K wrongful death settlement after man hangs self in Missouri jail
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A Missouri county will pay $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who committed suicide in its jail.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to sit at William Jewell College in Liberty
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is scheduled to convene court Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at William Jewell College in Liberty.
Parents who lost custodial rights in family court oppose Judicial Commission nominees for St. Louis circuit judge
Parents and their advocates say they have contacted Gov. Mike Parson’s office to complain about the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission’s nominees for circuit judge
Gov. Parson extradited a Nevada man charged with kidnapping his guardianized elderly mother
U.S. Marshalls arrested Roger Hillygus in Clay County on Oct. 3, 2022.
HB Elects Two New Partners
LaDonna Boeckman and Adam McGonigle have been elected partners of HeplerBroom LLC. Boeckman practices in the firm’s Chicago, and McGonigle is based in the St. Louis office