Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from July 2006

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from July 2006

Commentary: Business fraud will never go away.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Tracy L. Coenen The following article was originally published in the Wisconsin Law Journal, a sister publication. Massive frauds at companies such as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom brought significant attention to the subject of...

Commentary: Retaliation protections cover non-discriminatory conduct.
July 1, 2006... Byline: John Finerty The following article was originally published in the Wisconsin Law Journal, a sister publication. The U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of the extent to which Title VII protects employees who report workplace...

Commentary: Instant replays: Jurors can review trial tapes.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. "Are you ready for some football?" Within a few weeks, that cry will permeate the land as professional football teams,...

Commentary: Buffett demonstrates that genuine riches exceed wealth.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Warren Buffett gets it. While recent headlines have boldly exposed corporate corruption at the expense of the working class, it was uplifting this week to see one man, whose dollar value is beyond imaginable for most...

Professional actors portray witnesses in real trials.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. For his role as an unsavory accountant, actor Greg Durkin donned a tan sports coat and brown golf shirt....

Commentary: Is the handwriting on the wall for the virtual lawyer?
July 1, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. When a technology company decides technology is the problem and not the answer, it's worth listening. ...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri adds to staff.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff D. Warren Hoff Jr. and Tim Fallon have joined Legal Services of Eastern Missouri as staff attorneys in the Immigration Law Project. Hoff and Fallon will be responsible for representing clients on a...

Citizens National Bank hires assistant vice president of commercial banking.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Brian M. Glarner has joined Citizens National Bank as assistant vice president of commercial banking at the bank's Westport Banking Center. Prior to joining the bank, he was a commercial loan officer at...

Showalter & Jabouri PC adds to auditing department.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tricia E. Kozlowski has joined the auditing department of Schowalter & Jabouri PC Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. She holds an undergraduate degree in business administration, with a...

The Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Committee honors Springfield attorney.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Committee recently honored Springfield attorney David W. Ransin with the Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his leadership and service to the bar. He has helped...

Evans & Dixon hires markeitng administrator.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Andrea L. Shomidie has joined Evans & Dixon LLC as marketing administrator. In her new position, Shomidie provides marketing and public relations support to the firm's offices in St. Louis, Kansas City,...

Law firm celebrates 100th anniversary by donating to St. Louis for Kids.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff To commemorate its 100th anniversary, law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP made a $50,000 gift to St. Louis for Kids, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of nonschool...

Armstrong Teasdale named one of the top corp. law firms in St. Louis.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The July/August 2006 issue of Corporate Board Members magazine has identified Armstrong Teasdale LLP as one of the top corporate law firms in the St. Louis, Missouri area according to the article...

MAC Meetings and Events names general counsel/chief legal officer.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff D. Scott Casanover has been named the general counsel/chief legal officer of MAC Meetings and Events, a creative agency specializing in the management and production of meetings, events, destination...

Williams Venker & Sanders adds associate to firm.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Marcus A. Thorpe has joined the law firm of Williams Venker & Sanders as an associate. He will concentrate his practice in the area of toxic tort litigation, with an emphasis on asbestos litigation....

Missourians in the news.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff

BJC Corporate Health Services names new vice president.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kim Gladstone, RN, CPHRM, ARM, MA, has been named vice president of BJC Corporate Health Services. Gladstone has spent 12 years at BJH as insurance manager and risk management coordinator, and she spent...

Frontenac Bank announces promotions.
July 1, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kamesha Robinson has been promoted to loan review officer at Frontenac Bank, and Steven J. Landry has been promoted to vice president of the post-loan closing division. Robinson will support the...

Can an unconscionable attorney's fee agreement still be ratified?
July 2, 2006... Byline: Helen Nguyen The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. The rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd made millions of dollars from songs such as "Sweet Home Alabama." An attorney...

Can an unconscionable attorney's fee agreement still be ratified?
July 2, 2006... Byline: Helen Nguyen

ABA endorses voluntary mediation in med mal cases.
July 2, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Rochester Staff The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. For decades the ABA has supported the use of, and experimentation with, voluntary...

Federal study says faults remain in oversight of labs.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. There still are weaknesses in the nation's clinical laboratories and the process that oversees them, according...

Some professors believe laptops in the classroom do more harm than help.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Writer The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. Whether it be a tool for legal research or speedy note-taking in class, the laptop...

Student-run business sues over Rolex watch.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Washington University sophomore Chad Fite was cruising through his final day of classes this spring. He took his last final exam, moved out of his dormitory room and packed for his flight home to San Francisco. ...

Insurer must pay sexual harassment settlement.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter An insurance company must cover the Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund for a settlement with a woman who was sexually harassed by her employer, the Andrew County prosecuting attorney, said the 8th U.S. Circuit...

Commentary: Government and media seek a balanced relationship.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Government officials and news organizations have had a longstanding relationship. Depending on the day of the week and what either group wants at the moment, that association can be either congenial or hostile regardless...

Restaurant industry may face a spate of food allergy suits.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl (The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication). The restaurant industry and other food purveyors are worried that escalating consumer concern about exposure to food...

Lawyers seek strategies to overcome anti-plaintiff bias.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl (The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication). Ever since they began a systematic study of juror bias 10 years ago, plaintiffs' lawyers Greg Cusimano and David Wenner...

St. Louis City jury finds defendant guilty in murder case.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A St. Louis City jury found a man who led police on a high-speed pursuit down Interstate 70 guilty last week on one count of murder in the first degree. Diallo Davidson, 32, fled police three weeks after the body...

MO Court of Appeals, Western District elects Victor C. Howard chief judge.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick (The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). Judge Victor C. Howard begins his two-year term this week as chief judge of the Missouri...

Commentary: Federal, state panels ponder pregnancy problem.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication). Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination against women because of pregnancy. The federal Pregnancy...

Commentary: More lawyers mean more problem solvers.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken Quote is: "There are too many lawyers." I must admit that I have been looking forward to talking about this week's quote for a long, long time. I never cease to be amazed at the number of people,...

Attorneys question unanimous jury verdict in St. Louis County.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Deliberating for four hours without a lunch break, a St. Louis County jury returned a unanimous verdict to a laser eye surgery patient who sued his eye surgeon, claiming the procedure left him with permanent double...

Does a Chapter 7 debtor have a right to convert?
July 6, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. Does a Chapter 7 debtor have an absolute right to convert to a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing? The U.S. Supreme Court...

Court rules on the admissibility of 911 calls, statements to police.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Reni Gertner The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that an emergency 911 call was admissible under the Confrontation Clause but a...

Juror background checks to get a look.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication.) The corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan generated headlines from the beginning. Starting with...

Juror background checks to get a look.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson

Commentary: Managing the relationship between an independent judiciary and free media.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Steven I. Platt (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, Md., another Dolan Media publication.) In recent years, courts throughout the nation have been faced with an ever-rising tide of litigation....

Labor Department issues compensation discrimination notices.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Lawyers USA Staff (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication.) The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has published two final notices that pertain to...

Social networking site set up for lawyers.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Amy Johnson Conner (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication.) Lawbby.com - a sort of MySpace for the legal profession - has caused a fair amount of head scratching since it was...

Internet providers gain varied support to fight child porn.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon

Aging tire lawsuits gain traction nationwide.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication.) Three years ago, Gregory Wilkinson bought a vintage 1978 Ferrari from a Wyoming physician. The tires on the car were...

Commentary: Employees are the weakest link in office technology.
July 8, 2006... Byline: Bruce L. Dorner (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication.) I'm writing this column as a few of my tech friends and I sit around a table at a meeting of the ABA General Practice Solo...

Moore, Sung join Armstrong Teasdale LLP associates.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Holly N. Moore and Amy K. Sung have joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale LLP associates. Moore is a member of Armstrong Teasdale's intellectual property practice group, focusing primarily on the...

Avenevoli joins J.W. Terrill as vice president.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ramona Avenevoli has joined the commercial lines division of J.W. Terrill as vice president - account executive. In her new position, Avenevoli will seek to add to Terrill's client base and to serve its...

Foster, McCarthy among nation's top 100 labor lawyers.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James N Foster Jr. and Thomas O. McCarthy of the law firm of McMahon Berger were recently named to the list of Top 100 Labor Attorneys in the United States for 2006, as compiled by Labor Relations...

Buckingham Asset Management hires three new associates.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Buckingham Asset Management Inc. added three new associates: Jalal Chafai, portfolio analysis/Monte Carlo analysis specialist; Dan Grubbs, client account information specialist; and Alanna Sablotny, Web...

Miriam Foundation names new board of directors.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Miriam Foundation has announced its new board of directors appointments: Roger Beaman, a financial consultant and trust specialist with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.; Gretchen Davis, a volunteer active...

Brennan joins St. Louis-based Mullenix Cos.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul Brennan has joined St. Louis-based Mullenix Companies LLC as corporate controller. In his new position Brennan is responsible for overseeing accounting and finance functions for the three primary...

Darnell joins ARCO Construction.
July 8, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kyle Darnell has joined ARCO Construction Co. as project manager. Darnell holds a degree in architectural engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla. His responsibilities include estimating and...

Man exposed to asbestos as a child awarded $13 million.
July 9, 2006... Byline: Natalie White The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. A Texas jury recently returned a $13.5 million verdict to the family of an East Texas man who died of cancer caused by asbestos...

Stay-at-home lawyer mom can show her lost earning capacity in court.
July 9, 2006... Byline: Deborah Elkins The following article was originally published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. A government lawyer who took a 12-year career hiatus for childrearing can cite her record of promotions and...

Insurer needn't show prejudice to avoid claim, 8th Circuit says.
July 9, 2006... Byline: Lawyers USA Staff The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. An insurer needn't show prejudice in order to avoid a claim for coverage where the insured failed to notify the company of...

Commentary: Getting the most from your juror questionnaire.
July 9, 2006... Byline: Edward P. Schwartz The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. Whether the challenge is making the most of time-limited voir dire or encouraging potential jurors to fess up to biases and...

Court ruling could influence opinions on executions.
July 10, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon The results of a court-ordered reorganization within the Missouri Department of Corrections could not only impact how executions by lethal injection are performed here and in the 36 other states, but also stir a national...

Court ruling could influence opinions on executions.
July 10, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon

Report finds products liability cases on the decline.
July 10, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright After a historic high of nearly 28,000 products liability case filings flowing into federal courts during 2004, new numbers suggest an ebbing of the tides. Federal products liability cases nationally slipped 14...

MO Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit rules son's prior settlement precludes mother's suit.
July 11, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A mother can't sue for the wrongful death of her son when he had already settled the wrong, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said recently. David Stern fixed the negligence dispute with his doctors when he...

Boy, health department settle on $43.1 million.
July 11, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick (The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication). A 7-year-old boy received $43.1 million in a settlement for a vaccine that rendered him a...

Vaccine lawsuit settles for $43.1 million.
July 11, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick

St. Louis Circuit jury verdict stands despite juror feeling pressure to sign.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright It was the case of the juror who changed her mind... and a judge who did so as well. Within minutes of discharging a jury in a personal injury case, St. Louis Circuit Judge Lisa Van Amburg declared a mistrial...

Jury verdict stands despite juror feeling pressure to sign.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright

Commentary: Paper documents still rule in most law firms.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll (The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication). Technology advocates regularly proclaim that we will all soon use only plastic to pay our bills, and...

The right way to sell your law firm.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick (The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication). It's a rare occurrence for a law firm to be sold. A rule slightly more than a decade...

Commentary: This optimist always uses plan one of three.
July 12, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken Quote is: "Murphy's Law, O'Connor's Comment and O'Toole's Observation." Every time I think about the above quote I smile. This is one of the more fun quotes that I speak about in a lot of the...

Disabled Missouri student has long struggle for accessibility.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Getting to and from class is something most students take for granted, but for a wheelchair-bound high school junior in the Normandy School District it's a constant struggle. That struggle may be near an end now that...

Disabled student has long struggle for accessibility.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter

Trial over alleged assault, burglary begins in St. Louis County.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Last spring a St. Louis County woman was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend's father before a neighbor burst into the house to restrain him. The criminal trial for the man, Dale McKenzie, started Tuesday in St....

St. Louis County Court prepares for Judicial Information System startup.
July 14, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka By this time next year, the St. Louis County Circuit Court will be nearly finished with its conversion to a new filing system, becoming one of the last court systems in Missouri to implement the Judicial Information...

Lawyers battle in federal court over removal of Exxon lawsuits.
July 14, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. Three groups of lawyers battled in federal court Wednesday over whether a new law requires that all cases...

Rules change Sunday if you want to make a deal with the IRS.
July 14, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. Individuals and businesses struggling to pay federal taxes face major changes next week in a program...

Commentary: World Cup recalls soccer litigation feats.
July 15, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. The FIFA World Cup of Soccer, one of the globe's most widely followed sporting events, attracted increased attention...

Courtroom of the future implemented in Buffalo.
July 15, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Rochester Staff The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. Eighth Judicial District Administrative Judges Sharon S. Townsend and John M. Curran,...

Tips offered for effective law practice management.
July 15, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Bar Association's Practice Management & Marketing Section is looking at ways attorneys...

Skepticism rides along with gasoline ethanol requirement.
July 15, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Gov. Matt Blunt and Missouri corn growers logged road miles last week. The state's chief executive and industry representatives made select stops across the state as Blunt signed the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard Act....

Anders Minkler & Diehl names new manager.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael D. Morhaus, CPA/ABV, CVA, ASA, has joined the valuation and litigation services group at Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP as a manager. Morhaus has more than 10 years of experience as an adviser for...

Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell adds to St. Louis office.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Theresa Phelps, a former litigation attorney at the law firm of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh has joined Quincy, Ill., law firm Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell and will practice from its St. Louis...

Missourians in the news.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael D. Morhaus, CPA/ABV, CVA, ASA, has joined the valuation and litigation services group at Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP as a manager. Morhaus has more than 10 years of experience as an adviser for...

Midwest BankCentre adds to Clayton Regional Advisory Board.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ellen M. Murphy, president and chief executive officer of Walsh & Associates, Inc., has been appointed to the Clayton Regional Advisory Board at Midwest BankCentre. Murphy joined Walsh & Associates in...

AAIM Management Assn.-St. Louis branch adds HR consultant to staff.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Stephanie Auping recently joined AAIM Management Association-St. Louis branch as an HR consultant, and Marvis Meyers was appointed to director, training and organizational development. Meyers, who brings...

The Stolar Partnership LLP adds associate to staff.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Stolar Partnership LLP has added Kathleen S. Selinger as an associate. Selinger, a 2005 cum laude graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law, earned her undergraduate degree also cum laude from...

First National Bank of St. Louis hires vice president.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First National Bank of St. Louis has hired Matthew E. Marting as a vice president in the bank's investor services department. Marting will be assigned to First National's Des Peres, Mo., branch. Marting...

Brown Smith Wallace adds intern to info. technology group.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Todd Gile has joined Brown Smith Wallace as an intern in the information technology group. Gile will plan, implement and deploy Windows server environments and desktop workstations to external clients -...

Missouri Assn. of Trial Attorneys elects new officers.
July 15, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff At its annual meeting last month, The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys elected its new officers: Thomas L. Stewart of Zevan Davidson Farris Stewart, president; Grant L. Davis of Davis, Bethune &...