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

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

Meth suits target cold medicine makers, sellers.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Cold medicines are the subject of several new lawsuits that claim manufacturers and...

Experts share secrets for attracting clients.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Sheryl M. Vassallo (The following article was originally published in the Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Detroit, MI, another Dolan Media publication.) With immense changes happening in the law every day, lawyers have no shortage of...

Commentary: Bill collecting can put you between a rock and a hard place.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) We are continuing to talk about the last area of the five areas that make up every business in the world, this...

Olivette municipal worker's suit revived by Missouri Supreme Court.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an Olivette employee a second chance to bring his retaliation, wrongful termination and breach of contract claims against his former employer. A St. Louis County trial...

Employee's qualifications do not need to 'jump off page'.
March 2, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer (The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication. An employer's stated reason for an allegedly discriminatory hiring decision need not "jump off the page and slap...

St. Louis-based Tarlton announces promotions.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, announced the promotions of Martin Jung to corporate safety manager and Angela Lovatto to human resources...

Corson joins St. Louis-based Ascent.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Meghan Corson has joined Ascent L.L.C. as marketing coordinator. Ascent designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical facilities and building technology infrastructure for clients across North...

Angela Poe joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Angela Poe has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as an interiors technician in the firm's corporate interiors group. In her new position, she assists designers on projects....

St. Louis-based Gershman Mortgage finances millions for three developments.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gershman Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage lenders in St. Louis, closed loans totaling more than $24 million for three commercial developments in St. Louis in December. For more than 50 years,...

St. Charles.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cissell Mueller recently completed construction of the $1.2 million Bryan & 70 Commons retail center on Bryan Road. Cissell Mueller served as general contractor and real estate broker for the...

St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group hires two.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Frank Robinson has joined Kwame Building Group as project engineer. His responsibilities include electrical inspections on KWAME's Meramec River Wastewater Treatment Plant project and monitoring...

Underground utilities present challenges to engineers, excavators.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn., another Dolan Media publication.)So, how often do you think of exactly what's under your feet as you make your way along a suburban...

Lisa Pool Byrne tackles future of St. Louis commercial real estate.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild A snapshot of a day in the life of Commercial Real Estate Women-St. Louis President Lisa Pool Byrne is representative of the gusto that local chapter members seem to impart in their busy civic, professional and...

Teams selected for Urban Land Institute competition.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Teams representing Columbia University, Harvard University (two), and the University of California, Berkeley have been selected as the finalists for the fourth annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines...

Commentary: Fixing eminent domain: not a job for the courts.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Dale A. Whitman Few decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court have proven as controversial as Kelo vs. City of New London, Conn., decided on June 23 of last year. The court upheld the city's authority to use the eminent domain power to...

Web site shines a spotlight on eminent domain.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bill Clements (This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). The Institute of Justice has the Web site for you. The site comes compliments of the Castle...

Home sellers recommend using a professional broker.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication). Ivy and Doug Van Wickler tried to sell their house themselves. "We had a few open houses, and there were all...

Gregory A. Beck joins St. Louis-based Clayco.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gregory A. Beck, CPA, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Clayco. Beck is working directly with Clayco's Mike Murphy, senior vice president and CFO, on transitioning...

Marx joins St. Louis-based Sachs Properties.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jamie Marx has joined Sachs Properties as a leasing director. As part of its marketing team, Marx is responsible for marketing and leasing Sachs' existing and future properties and developments. Prior...

Even joins Balke Brown Associates in St. Louis.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Pam Even has joined Balke Brown Associates as vice president of commercial brokerage. In her new position, Even will handle new business development and third-party leasing accounts as well as the...

Suing family members can be a trying experience.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - On her way to the airport to catch a flight, a woman was injured when the car in which she was a passenger...

Defense lawyer ferrets out potential mass tort scam.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - It's every lawyer's dream: uncovering the smoking gun, nailing a witness on the stand - and saving your...

Commentary: Port dispute, forest plans raise questions regarding contracts.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Everything might have a price, and ownership can change, but the concern for many is what the ultimate cost could be. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., expressed concern along that line after he learned that the Bush...

States move to curb witness intimidation.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - In October 2002, a firebomb went off in Angela Dawson's east Baltimore home, killing Mrs. Dawson, her...

Commentary: Is a secret ballot or a show of hands better for the jury?
March 4, 2006... Byline: Edward P. Schwartz The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - When going to trial, a litigator always asks herself the same question: "How will the jury vote?" This is a...

Commentary: E-mail clients at work and kiss privilege goodbye.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Brian Levine This article originally was published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. DETROIT - We all remember horror stories of that proverbial attorney who inadvertently waived attorney-client privilege by...

RubinBrown CPA named to Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James G. Castellano, CPA, chairman of RubinBrown L.L.P., has been named on CPA Magazine's list of Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners. Castellano is chair of the American Institute of Certified...

Evans & Dixon adds to civil practice group.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Daniel T. Simpson Jr. has joined the civil practice group of Evans & Dixon L.L.C. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the...

St. Louis office of Stinson Morrison Hecker adds to staff.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Thomas B. Smallwood joined the St. Louis office of Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. and will serve as an associate in the firm's real estate division. Smallwood's experience includes representing...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri names new director of volunteer lawyers program.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jim Guest has joined Legal Services of Eastern Missouri as the new director of the volunteer lawyers program. As director of the volunteer lawyers program at LSEM, Guest will be responsible for...

Armstrong Teasdale adds to staff.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Beverly A. Creaghan has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. as a member of the firm's litigation department, focusing primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and pharmaceutical...

Triad Bank announces staffing changes.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Triad Bank has added Frank Sgroi as executive vice president of banking operations and finance and recently named Kelly Eldridge assistant vice president and retail banking manager. A 30-year banking...

Justices nearly drowned in Clean Water Act cases.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - In the first oral arguments before the newly constituted U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices nearly drowned...

EEOC nailed for 'frivolous' sexual harassment prosecution.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Natalie White The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - A California federal court judge recently ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay more than...

Gilbert Heintz & Randolph: The Harley-Davidson of big law firms.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Bill Ibelle The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - The minute you step off the elevator, you realize that Gilbert Heintz & Randolph is not your typical law firm....

Commentary: Who owns your blog? IP issues to consider.
March 5, 2006... Byline: John E. Ottaviani The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. BOSTON - Your new client calls with a question. She has heard about other business owners who are operating...

Behind the bench: Judge Smith takes podcasting to court.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Broadcast straight from Division 40 of the St. Louis County Circuit Court, Associate Judge Dennis Smith brings family law issues and updates to the forefront via podcast. Every week, Smith hauls out his...

Extraordinary experiences seem common to Truman's grand-nephew.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon John Ross Truman was not yet a 5-year-old boy when his grand-uncle became president of the United States on April 12, 1945. Nearly a year later - March 5, 1946 - that same grand-uncle played host to Sir Winston Churchill...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case highlights the importance of public trials.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore (This article was originally published in The Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication.) P>The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a man's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse on the grounds...

St. Louis City Court rules neck manipulation did not lead to strokes.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Attorneys transformed St. Louis City Judge Steven Ohmer's courtroom last week into an anatomy class equipped with textbooks, brain X-rays and a spinal model. Faced with determining whether chiropractor Darrell...

8th Circuit rules parents cannot be forced to have disabled child screened.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A school district cannot force a disability screening upon a child if the parents refuse consent and waive benefits under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said...

Breathalyzer accuracy questioned, but not disproved, rules Western District Court of Appeals.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)Challenging the accuracy of a state-approved breathalyzer machine didn't fly with the Missouri Court of...

Commentary: To sue or not to sue: That's entirely up to you.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)We are continuing to talk about the last area of the five areas that make up every business in the world; this fifth...

Lawyers Association of St. Louis to honor Frankie Freeman, Margaret Bush Wilson.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Longtime legal and civil rights leaders Frankie Freeman and Margaret Bush Wilson will receive the Lawyers Association of St. Louis' Award of Honor Saturday, April 22.Attorney and 1954 Lawyers Association past...

Commentary: Court may be ready to tackle definition of term 'supervisor'.
March 9, 2006... Byline: John Finerty The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - In the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a "supervisor" in the workplace is someone "with the power to directly...

WI Seventh Circuit Court rules insurance policy's act of war exclusion includes drunk driving.
March 9, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on Feb. 27 that a health insurance policy's act of war exclusion also...

Killeen Studio Architects becomes own client to revive warehouse.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess Doctors may make the worst patients, and lawyers the worst clients, but a St. Louis City architecture firm served itself well by becoming its own rehabber.Killeen Studio Architects didn't travel far when it moved its...

St. Louis County glows with rosy construction forecast.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess St. Louis City's new construction and renovation projects continue to make headline news, from the Bottle District to the lofts to the Pinnacle casino development. Now, St. Louis County looks to emerge from its...

I-435 bridge rehab begins.
March 10, 2006... Byline: The Kansas City Daily Record Staff Writer (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication).Rehabilitation of the Interstate 435 bridge over the Missouri River closed the...

St. Louis-based Home Decorators Collection enters Oklahoma market.
March 10, 2006... Byline: David Page This article originally appeared in The Journal Record, another Dolan Media publication.OKLAHOMA CITY - A St. Louis-based home furnishings and accessories company has entered the Oklahoma market with stores in Tulsa and...

Rhode Island high court denies state eminent domain for parking garage.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Barbara Rabinovitz This article originally appeared in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, another Dolan Media publication.PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.'s application of a "quick-take" condemnation statute...

Commentary: Legislation needed to protect U.S. private property rights.
March 10, 2006... Byline: William O. Pitts (This article was originally published in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK, another Dolan Media publication).OKLAHOMA CITY - Private property rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, long a...

Concrete Strategies adds Christy A. Myrick as administrative assistant.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Christy A. Myrick has joined Concrete Strategies as an administrative assistant. Myrick brings to Concrete Strategies 10 years of administrative experience. In her new position, she is responsible for...

Clayco adds Forps Kuawogai as senior project engineer in St. Louis office.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Forps Kuawogai as a senior project engineer in the company's St. Louis office. In his new position, Kuawogai assists the project manager with all design coordination, preconstruction...

Negwer Materials appoints William R. Marler as architectural manager in St. Louis.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William R. Marler has been appointed architectural manager at NMI Associates, a division of Negwer Materials Inc. Based in St. Louis, Marler promotes NMI Associates and Negwer Materials Inc. to...

Kwame Constructors completes renovation, its president honored.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kwame Constructors recently completed a $300,000 warehouse renovation for Centric Group at 10900 Linpage in Overland, Mo. The 45,000-square-foot facility, renovated in three months, will be used as...

Crystal Stone joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Crystal Stone has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as a structural engineer. In her new position, she is responsible for structural analysis and design. Stone's project...

Fred Foan joins Ascent L.L.C. as project engineer.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Fred Foan has joined Ascent L.L.C. as a project engineer. Ascent designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical facilities and building technology infrastructure for clients across North...

St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers recognizes The Lawrence Group.
March 10, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers recently honored The Lawrence Group and Volk Construction for a $5.1 million project at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in downtown St. Louis. The...

New Web sites make condo shopping more convenient.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Bob Geiger This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, another Dolan Media publication.MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis-based Kamper Brands launched its UrbanSearch condominium search engine in February in a move that...

Is time finally running out for condo developers?
March 10, 2006... Byline: Jen DeGregorio This article originally appeared in the (Baltimore) Daily Record, another Dolan Media publication.BALTIMORE - The frenzied pace of condominium conversions across the nation has become "played out" in some housing...

REIT outlook remains strong for coming year.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Mark Anderson This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, another Dolan Media publication.MINNEAPOLIS - The REIT market has been on a long-running boom since the stock market hit its monumental 2000 slide, sending...

Despite rate hikes, mortgage rates hold steady.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik This article was originally published in Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication.LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Everyone has said it. Mortgage rates would shoot right through the roof as the Federal Reserve...

Metal thefts at job sites hit their all-time high in Oregon.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Libby Tucker This story originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, Ore., a sister publication.PORTLAND, Ore. - When two men pulled into his scrap yard one Monday morning in September with 500 pounds of copper...

Do you really want to be a 'friend of the court'?
March 11, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore This article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication.MINNEAPOLIS - Amicus curiae really does mean "friend of the court," appellate attorneys stressed at a recent continuing legal education...

Commentary: Anatomy of a trial: Theory in practice, Part 1.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Paul Mark Sandler The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication.BALTIMORE - In 2004, a University of Wisconsin law professor named Marc Galanter published a revealing report...

Missouri's funeral legislation draws reactions regarding civil rights.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon A bill signed into law last week by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has drawn mixed reactions and set the stage for potential clashes between those adamantly backing civil rights and those strongly desiring a right to...

Commentary: Legal aid to poor gaining international momentum.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Wilhelm H. Joseph Jr. and Joe Surkiewicz The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication.BALTIMORE - The concept of providing legal counsel to low-income people in civil cases...

Commentary: Surviving a tax audit takes help from a professional.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Tracy L. Coenen The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - With tax time upon us, it seems fitting to discuss tax audits. Whether you are being audited personally or as a...

Commentary: Every lawyer should be part of a team.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Edward Poll The following article was originally published in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication.PROVIDENCE, R.I. - When we're on the road to handle a trial, negotiate a deal or market our practice, there is a...

Blackwell Sanders adds to to St. Louis office.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Eric F. Kayira and Danica L. Mathes have joined Blackwell Sanders' corporate department in the firm's St. Louis office and will focus their practice in the areas of media and creative arts, advertising...

Bryan Cave L.L.P. adds associate to St. Louis office.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Elizabeth J. Romines has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave L.L.P. as an associate in its St. Louis office. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial litigation and class actions....

J.W. Terrill adds account executive to staff.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Karla S. Blackwell has joined the employee benefit administration division of J.W. Terrill as an account executive. In her new position, Blackwell will seek to add to Terrill's client base and to serve...

Foley & Mansfield names new partner.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Foley & Mansfield has named Michael W. Newport a new partner. Newport has 26 years of legal experience in law firms and as in-house counsel. He focuses his practice on litigation in the areas of toxic...

Moser and Marsalek P.C. adds three new associates.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Moser and Marsalek P.C. has added three new associates: Tricia A Gould, Richard Gray and Justin Hardin. Gould is an associate in the medical health care liability group. She concentrates...

The Carson Law Firm announces book drive.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Carson Law Firm has announced its third "Occasional" Book Drive. Bring new and used children's books (and puzzles and games), or call them at (314) 721-2422, and they will pick them up. All...

CEO of St. Louis company elected to Brown Shoe Company board.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael F. Neidorff, chairman and chief executive officer of Centene Corp., a leading multiline healthcare enterprise headquartered in St. Louis, has been elected to the board of directors of Brown...

Two from Anders Minkler & Diehl make CPA Magazine's Top 100 list.
March 11, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Thomas E. Hilton, MS, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, a partner at Anders Minkler & Diehl L.L.P. and co-director of AMD's valuation and litigation services group, has made CPA Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential...

Compliance officers will take their place in legal landscape.
March 12, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication.LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Patrick Gnazzo arrived at CA a little over a year ago, becoming the company's first chief...

Mock juries offer a trial run for savvy lawyers.
March 12, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication.LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - Call it a tale of two trials.When John P. McEntee was trying a breach of contract case in 2003...

Commentary: What to do when the job offer comes too soon.
March 12, 2006... Byline: Stephen Seckler This article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication.BOSTON - The bonus check has cleared, winter is half over, and you are ready to "see what is out there." Months ago, you...

Commentary: 'Conviction': A new legal drama as plain as potatoes.
March 12, 2006... Byline: David Yas The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication.BOSTON - Potatoes.That's more or less what NBC served us last Friday night when it unveiled its latest legal drama,...

Commentary: Economic theory and the law twine together.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Judge Steven I. Platt This article originally appeared in The (Baltimore) Daily Record, another Dolan Media publication.BALTIMORE - The social and economic "costs" of initiating and applying public policy in accordance with a...

Lawyer finds room to soar in both career and sky.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Morry Cole learned early how to play nicely and share. It is a trait he seems to have carried over into adulthood both personally and professionally, and one that has served him well.In his office at Gray, Ritter &...