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

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

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District hears case about new St. Louis Univ. arena.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, heard oral arguments Tuesday in what is yet another saga in the long-proposed redevelopment plans for the Midtown area. The court is set to decide whether Saint...

Questions raised about DWI expungement process in Missouri.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A former Missouri resident has requested a 26-year-old DWI charge be cleared from her record, in the hopes of likewise expunging an existing FBI record on the incident. The woman arranged for the filing of the...

Solar power grows faster than supply can keep up.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik This article originally appeared in the Long Island Business Review, another Dolan Media-owned publication. Peter Moloney, president of Moloney Family Funeral Homes, last spring decided to install solar panels at...

Kansas City's urban core undergoes an economic rebirth.
June 2, 2006... Byline: John L. Snyder Kansas City is currently undergoing a major economic rebirth of sorts, with much of the development occurring in the urban core. Some reports state that approximately $4-5 billion of construction is underway or...

Minnesota attorney says crossing state borders may come with risks for contractors.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Brian Johnson This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn., another Dolan Media-owned publication. Venturing into other states can be a good way to expand your business, but construction...

The development of high rises present many construction risks for contractors.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Brian Johnson This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn., another Dolan Media-owned publication. It's no secret that moisture problems and "toxic mold" are big concerns in single-family...

Getting government construction jobs takes thorough preparation work.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Ken Levy This article was originally published by Idaho Business Review, Boise, Id., another Dolan Media-owned publication. Contractors and others wishing to add government agencies to their list of customers need to do a...

Executives considering jobs at OSI Pharmaceuticals take a tour of Long-Island.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media-owned publication. It wasn't your typical bus tour. But then, they weren't your typical tourists. About a...

Companies turn to the Internet to ease the relocation process.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media-owned publication. Movers may still do the heavy lifting, but more and more employers are letting the mouse...

The National Association of Minority Contractors welcome businesses to its annual conference.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Michael Krieger The following article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, another Dolan Media-owned publication. The National Association of Minority Contractors will welcome about 200 businesses to its annual...

FTC issues report about gas price manipulation.
June 3, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Rochester Staff Writer The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a report entitled...

Missouri Court of Appeals says court did not lack jurisdiction in divorce settlement.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Marital settlement agreements are sacrosanct even if a true trial would likely turn the tables on the outcome. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District reversed and remanded a marital spat saying that...

Commentary: Hiring entry-level paralegals: Why take the risk?
June 3, 2006... Byline: Linda S. Jevahirian The following article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication. One of the most powerful tools a hiring employer has is evidence of how a person performed in prior...

Commentary: Corporate scandal trials have historic similarities.
June 3, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Do the names Max Blanck and Isaac Harris mean anything to you? For some people they will, for most they will not. Blanck and Harris were at the center of a corporate scandal and trial that captured national attention...

Commentary: Too old to practice law?
June 3, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication. Two recent items on the topic of age and the practice of law caught my eye. One, an article in...

Brevity key to effective brief writing.
June 4, 2006... Byline: Jane Pribek The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. No judge has ever thrown a brief down in disgust and exclaimed, "This brief is too damn clear!" So says...

Denial of expert witness leads to new murder trial.
June 4, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The sentence won't likely change much if he is convicted of murder again, but the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, said a defendant's expert witness will be able to testify in a new trial. Justin...

Legal marketing is a fast-growing field.
June 4, 2006... Byline: Jane Pribek The following article was originally published in the Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. Probably one of the fastest growing law-related fields is legal marketing - and it's no wonder, when...

Commentary: Law firms need strategic business planning.
June 4, 2006... Byline: Rick Trilling The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication. So the business aspects of your law practice are taking up time and other limited resources that you...

The line forms here: Changeover to new case system may mean delays for attorneys.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright More bureaucracy is heading to the St. Louis Circuit Court, and from the looks of things, attorneys filing cases will need to arrive early at the cashier's office. On Monday the circuit court begins implementing...

Bankruptcy filings back off after last year's surge.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka After a "deluge" of bankruptcy cases in the last 12 months, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, has seen a slowdown in bankruptcy filings. National figures released in May by the federal...

Cupples Station in St. Louis move still possible for Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. continues to flirt with commercial space at Cupples Station as an option for a possible move, but its current lease at 500 N. Broadway may yank it from the running. Jack Pruellage,...

Partner votes on a merger of Missouri- and Cleveland-based law firms could be this summer.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole (The following story originally appeared in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) Partner votes on the merger of Bryan Cave and Cleveland-based Squire Sanders & Dempsey could be...

Missouri courts see rise in employment suits.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka When plaintiffs' attorney Kristin Whittle Parke fielded an employment discrimination lawsuit for her client Tarek Al-Birekdar, an automotive electrician of Syrian decent, she had little doubt as to the preferable...

A closing argument can arm advocates on the jury, advises expert on juror behavior.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore (The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication). At a recent continuing legal education seminar, Dr. Susan E. Jones, an expert on juror behavior, said that...

Issues of material fact send loan dispute back to trial court.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran the The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). Summary judgment granted to a bank over a loan dispute was premature, according to the Missouri Court of...

Commentary: There is never a need to make a client more angry.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken quote is: "You are already mad at somebody, I don't want you mad at me also when this matter is over!" Boy, have I used this quote a lot. I think it is almost universally true that nobody calls a...

Supreme Court creates new hurdles for patent holders.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - The U.S. Supreme Court created new hurdles for patent holders seeking to enjoin their competition in a closely...

8th Circuit rules debtor's failure to list family leave claim as asset not fatal.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA (The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). A debtor is not barred from pursuing a Family Leave Act claim by his failure to list the claim as...

Jefferson County follows a new path to progress.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Changes to the building process in Jefferson County are expected to provide more flexibility for developers. Representatives from the county addressed the Home Builders Association at "The Path to Progress: Jefferson...

Two buildings in St. Louis named one of this year's most enhanced buildings.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Landmarks Association of Saint Louis recognized the Alexander Lofts and The Spool Thread Building as one of the 11 "Most Enhanced Buildings" in St. Louis during National Preservation Week last...

MO Court of Appeals, Western District rules former property owner must pay for cleanup.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Under the current climate of condemnation for commercial redevelopment, a Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District ruling regarding environmental clean-up responsibilities could be crushing. Kansas City...

For contractors, unknown perils can hide underground.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). So, how often do you think of exactly what's under your feet as you make your way along a...

Wine storage gets trendy for home improvements.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article was originally published in New Orleans CitiBusiness, New Orleans, LA., another Dolan Media publication.) Add one more luxury to the list of trendy home improvements. In addition to...

Pitfalls of loft condominiums and how to avoid them.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Don Dagenais Kansas City is a national leader in turning warehouses and other commercial buildings into loft apartments. These projects are often structured as condominiums. The Missouri Condominium Law was drafted in response...

As sizzle fizzles, for sale sign no longer enough in residential real estate market.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Dawn Wotapka Hardesty (This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). Like many real estate listings, 48 Maple St. in West Babylon, N.Y. has its own Multiple...

St. Louis law firm names James E. Adkins real estate law practice group manager.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Attorney James E. Adkins has been named real estate law practice group manager at the legal firm of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C. Adkins concentrates his practice in real estate, municipal and...

John Champer has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John Champer has joined the St. Louis office of HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) Inc. as an architectural technician in the firm's science and technology group. His project portfolio includes design...

St. Louis-based Walton Construction receives high national ranking.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff General contractor Walton Construction has been ranked #56 on Engineering News Record's 2006 list of Top 400 Contractors, up 42 spots from its ranking of #98 in 2005. Nationwide, the firm achieved...

Two Clayton-based law firm attorneys selected as Best Lawyers in America.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John A. Blumenfeld and Hal A. Tzinberg have been selected as Best Lawyers in America in the area of Real Estate Law by American Lawyer Media Inc. (ALM), publisher of Corporate Counsel Magazine....

Plaintiffs' lawyers eye fast settlement in contact lens litigation.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication. Jennifer Samuel, 59, of Miami, had been using Bausch & Lomb's Renu with Moisture Loc contact lens solution for...

Estate planners find new niche: Pet trusts.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication. A growing number of states are recognizing that just like human beings, people's pets can be protected by trusts. As...

IP plaintiffs flocking to small town in eastern Texas.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication. There's nothing in the outward appearance of this small east Texas city to suggest its prominent role in the world of...

Commentary: Educated integration requires more than shifting students.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon The Supreme Court announced Monday that it intends to decide how public schools can use race to designate what students may attend what facilities. Such an action could prove as significant today as Brown vs. The...

Commentary: Do Americans think estate tax repeal is a good idea?
June 10, 2006... Byline: Jeffrey A. Baskies The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. Earlier this spring, Diane Freda announced the results of a new poll on the federal estate tax in BNA's Daily Tax Report....

Commentary: Managing the check deposit function at your bank.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication. For the most part, lawyers still get paid by personal checks from clients, and must physically deposit...

SSE Inc. hires new account executive.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Richard M. Demko II has joined SSE Inc. as an account executive. Demko is responsible for marketing SSE's newest product offering, PretechtSM by SSE, which provides preventive and proactive network and...

Cass Information Systems adds to board of directors.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Robert A. Ebel has been elected to the board of directors of Cass Information Systems Inc. Ebel is chief executive officer at St. Louis-based Universal Printing Co., where he also serves as a director.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal adds associate attorney to group.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. has added Tina N. Schniepp as an associate attorney in its litigation practice group. Schniepp received her law degree in 2004 from the University of California,...

Blackwell Sanders adds to St. Louis office's corporate department.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Alisha Logan Huls has joined Blackwell Sanders' corporate department in the firm's St. Louis office, where she will focus her practice in the area of intellectual property. Huls, a registered patent...

Welsch, Flatness & Lutz hires benefits specialist.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Welsch, Flatness & Lutz has hired Georgia Kamp of Jerseyville, Ill. as a benefits specialist. She has previous experience as an insurance underwriter.

Missourians in the news.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff NALS of Greater St. Louis installed their new officers on May 24, 2006, at the Omni Majestic Hotel. The officers are (from left to right in the attached photo): President - V. Cheryl Hartman, PLS;...

Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. adds to staff.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Andrew Kefalonitis Jr. has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. He is a member of the firm's intellectual property practice group and will focus his practice in the preparation and...

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne adds new associate to staff.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kevin C. May has joined the litigation department of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P. as an associate. Before joining Spencer Fane, he was an attorney with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. Prior...

Missourians in the news.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff

St. Louis-based EQUIS Hospitality Management hires accountant.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael Manna has joined St. Louis-based EQUIS Hospitality Management L.L.C. as an accountant. In his new position, Manna will handle the financial reporting for the seven hotels managed by the company...

13 Lathrop & Gage attorneys to receive national honors.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff National honors were announced for 13 Lathrop & Gage attorneys along with top three rankings among six practice areas in Kansas, Missouri and Colorado by Chambers USA, the producer of an annual guide to...

J.W. Terrill hires client services manager.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Mary Ann Gould has joined J.W. Terrill as client services manager. In her new position, Gould will oversee customer service representatives in the commercial lines division of J.W. Terrill. She will also...

29 to participate in Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin's 2006 Summer Associates Program.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A total of 29 summer associates will participate in Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin's 2006 Summer Associate Program in the firm's Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Mo.; Omaha, Neb.; and Washington,...

North American Securities Administrators assn. honors Clayton attorney.
June 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David B. Cosgrove of Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan was recently honored by the North American Securities Administrators Association at its annual public policy conference in Washington, D.C. Cosgrove...

Commentary: Courts consider couple of contract conundrums.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication. Most employees do not have employment contracts. Those in labor unions are governed by collective...

Lawyers: Med-mal study misread.
June 10, 2006... Byline: Noah Schaffer The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. A Harvard study touted by tort-reform advocates as showing a prevalence of "frivolous" medical-malpractice...

Income limits on Roth IRAs to end in 2010.
June 11, 2006... Byline: Reni Gertner The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, another Dolan Media publication. A new law that abolishes the income limits for converting an IRA into a Roth IRA goes into effect in 2010 - and...

Income limits on Roth IRAs to end in 2010.
June 11, 2006... Byline: Reni Gertner

The evolution of a legal malpractice dispute.
June 11, 2006... Byline: Michael Dayton The following article was originally published in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. It's every law firm's nightmare - a $2,000 opinion letter that turns into a multi-million dollar malpractice...

Internal Revenue Service clarifies rules for QTIP-IRAs.
June 11, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, a sister publication. The IRS has issued a revenue ruling changing the rules for leaving an IRA to a QTIP trust for the benefit of a surviving...

Tips for how lawyers can manage time more effectively.
June 11, 2006... Byline: Sheryl M. Vassallo The following article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication. Nothing is more precious than time. Especially for attorneys. Everyone gets the same 24 hours in...

Jury Project Commission for 7th Circuit issues report.
June 11, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer The following article was originally published in the Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. If you've participated in a civil jury trial in federal court recently, you may have noticed some...

Bail bond system changes in St. Louis Circuit Court.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright People posting bail for defendants may find some changes at the St. Louis Circuit Court. Traditionally, the circuit used the bonds to compel a defendant's appearance in court, securing the funds with either a...

Bail bond system changes in city court.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright

Malpractice trial begins in St. Louis County.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A few inches of dead tissue from the large intestine are the focus of a medical malpractice suit that started last week in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. The husband of Genevieve White filed suit against...

Miranda decision: Prosecutor recalls conviction.
June 13, 2006... Byline: Daniel Burnette (The following article was originally published in the Arizona Capitol Times, Phoenix, AZ., another Dolan Media publication). The confession in which a suspect in a crime admits to his deeds was at the heart of...

MO Court of Appeals, Western District rules state must pay attorney's fees in Medicaid suit.
June 13, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, determined on rehearing last week the state is still on the hook for attorney's fees in a Medicaid waiver dispute. And the importance of that ruling could be...

Two St. Louis area priests subpoenaed for Alaska abuse case.
June 13, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A St. Louis County judge has issued subpoenas for two priests employed by a Catholic treatment center in Dittmer, Mo., in relation to a sex-abuse case pending in an Alaska superior court. On May 25, Judge Ellen...

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District sues restaurant for dumping grease.
June 14, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka In a "very, very rare" last-straw measure to prevent dangerous sewer backups, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has sued a restaurant/bar in Overland. The establishment, formerly known as the Longbranch...

LLCs make a move on the exchange.
June 14, 2006... Byline: Bill Bower (The following article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication). The growing trend for the formation of new business entities in recent years has been the Limited...

Commentary: Turning bad news around is a lawyer's goal.
June 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken Quote is: "Nobody calls a lawyer with good news!" Every time I make this comment in front of an audience I get nervous laughter! Yes, it is a humorous comment, but unfortunately as is true with...

Timing is everything for new bankruptcy judge.
June 15, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Time has run in favor of Judge Charles "Sketch" Rendlen III, who stepped onto the bench of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri May 23. The Hannibal, Mo., native spent much of his...

Parc Ridge Estates under construction in St. Louis.
June 16, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Parc Ridge Estates is under construction at 5700 Arsenal, the site of the former Truman Restorative Home, a city-owned nursing home. The city decided to close the nursing home in 2003 because it was too...

Katrina causes depreciation in New Orleans real estate.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Fritz Esker (The following article was originally published in New Orleans CityBusiness, another Dolan Media publication.) Lakeview homes sold for an average price of $327,104 before Hurricane Katrina - a 16 percent...

New Orleans residents work to save architectural elements.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Angelle Bergeron (The following article was originally published in New Orleans CityBusiness, another Dolan Media publication.) Joyce and Pat Blaize faced a problem familiar to owners of historic homes demolished by Hurricane...

Refinancing market cools across the nation.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik (The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication.) The red-hot refinancing market is cooling off. An increase in mortgage rates is heralding the...

Birds bring Wisconsin construction projects to a halt.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Joe Grundle (The following article was originally published in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) While it hasn't reached Hitchcockian proportions just yet, the birds are making their presences...

St. Louis home builder launches his own construction company.
June 16, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff After securing three prime residential development sites adjacent to the Page Avenue corridor in St. Charles County, Michael Manlin is launching his own home-building company, Manlin Homes. Manlin, 38,...