St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from August 2006

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from August 2006

MO-based Bryan Cave, Cleveland-based Squire Sanders call off merger.
August 1, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole (The following story originally appeared in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) Bryan Cave and Cleveland-based Squire Sanders & Dempsey called off their merger talks. ...

Case settled with gun maker in U.S. District Court for $357,500.
August 1, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A teenage boy injured when a hunting rifle accidentally discharged settled his lawsuit against the firearm manufacturer for $357,500 and court costs. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry approved the settlement on...

St. Louis jury awards $13M in second trial of wrongful death suit.
August 2, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Seven years and two trials after a Joplin couple died in 1999 from carbon monoxide poisoning, the couple's survivors finally received closure in the form of $13 million awarded by a St. Louis jury. Last...

St. Louis cardiologist on trial over man's death.
August 2, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A Belleville, Ill., couple faced a St. Louis cardiologist Monday in a wrongful death trial in St. Louis County Circuit Court over the death of their son. Robert Hicks Jr. died in November 2001 of a pulmonary...

OSHA revises its procedures for safety complaints.
August 2, 2006... Byline: Lawyers USA (This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication). OSHA has revised its policies and procedures for handling workplace safety and health complaints. The guidance...

Commentary: Chicken or egg: The answer may surprise you.
August 2, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken Quote is: "What comes first, the chicken or the egg?" You have probably heard this question while in hundreds of meetings both in your law firm and community activities. After the question is...

St. Louis judge issues TRO against online matchmaking service.
August 3, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Not even the sultry voice of Carmen Electra could disguise the belief of 140 St. Louis-area phone subscribers that the telephone calls bearing her name were the result of telemarketers. Upon request by the...

Missouri accident victim's family gets $507,000 in mediation of case.
August 3, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter The family of a man killed in a car accident in Warren County has settled for $507,000 its lawsuit against the owner-operators of the tractor trailer involved in the accident. The settlement still needs court...

Appellate mediation catches on in federal, state courts.
August 3, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This article was originally published in Lawyers USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Robert Rack's caseload at the 6th Circuit includes appeals of bankruptcy proceedings, employment...

Law firms and businesses need to prepare for bird flu.
August 4, 2006... Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Writer With the World Health Organization reporting the first confirmed case of human-to-human transmission of the bird flu last month, and with the Congressional Budget Office warning that the...

Advancement can be sought in foreign court, 7th Circuit says.
August 4, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer An employee seeking to compel his employer to advance his attorney fees can do so in Delaware state court, even though the lawsuit is pending in federal court, the 7th Circuit held on July 25. After Jacob Citrin...

Commentary: Marketing assistants - a rainmaker's greatest tool.
August 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Powers One question I constantly grapple with is this: how can good lawyers, whose days are filled with constant interruptions, difficult staffing issues and demanding clients, become great marketers? Most attorneys are...

Contracts advised for cohabitating seniors.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher Long Island elder law attorney Stephen J. Silverberg has a standard piece of advice for older clients considering marriage: "Don't do it." While Silverberg, a partner in the trust and estate practices group...

Rules change for 'offers in compromise'.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA Taxpayers submitting "offers in compromise" will be required to pay up front, under a provision in a new law that went into effect on July 16. The "offer in compromise" program allows taxpayers unable to pay...

Private judges in the public eye.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson Private judges may not conduct jury trials, the Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled, ending the practice of private jury trials held at taxpayers' expense. The use of private judges, a popular practice in...

Lawyer is an unlikely anti-spyware crusader.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh Shawn Collins is not the kind of lawyer you'd expect to file the first-ever class action against spyware companies. The Chicago environmental law specialist didn't even know how to use the Internet until last year. ...

FDA reconsiders restricting access to contraceptive pill.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Monday that it will consider over-the-counter sales of a drug some call an emergency contraceptive and others refer to as an abortion pill. This move could reverse an earlier...

'My Cousin Vinny' still the winner among criminal defense lawyers.
August 5, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher Fourteen years after its release, "My Cousin Vinny" retains a devoted audience in the criminal defense legal community. This spring, two presenters at a National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers...

John W. Howald named one of the best estate-planning lawyers in the U.S.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John W. Howald, a member of the Jefferson County law firm of Thurman, Howald, Weber, Senkel & Norrick LLC, has been selected as one of the best estate-planning lawyers in the United States by Best of...

William M. Corrigan Jr. to serve as delegate to American Bar Assn.'s House of Delegates.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William M. Corrigan Jr., a past president of The Missouri Bar and a partner at Armstrong Teasdale, was elected by The Missouri Bar to serve as a delegate to the American Bar Association's House of...

Missourians in the news.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William M. Corrigan Jr., a past president of The Missouri Bar and a partner at Armstrong Teasdale, was elected by The Missouri Bar to serve as a delegate to the American Bar Association's House of...

St. Louis-based McGrath & Associates hires project engineer.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates has hired Daniel Gold of Webster Groves as a project engineer. He will assist project managers with all aspects of a project. Gold earned his...

Helfrey, Neiers & Jones P.C. changes name.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Helfrey, Neiers & Jones P.C. has changed its name from Helfrey, Simon & Jones. Established in 1991, the firm provides services to businesses and individual clients in the areas of business transactions,...

Two appointed to the St. Charles County Regional Advisory Board at Midwest BankCentre.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Daniel J. Barnard, president of Greater Missouri Builders Inc., and Steven J. Lierman, managing partner of ElderCare Management Services, have been appointed to the St. Charles County Regional Advisory...

The First Bank board of directors announces promotion of seven officers in Missouri.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The First Bank board of directors recently announced the promotion of seven officers in Missouri: Marlys R. Iverson (Arnold) has been promoted to vice president; Michelle Dunnavant (Creve Coeur) has...

Owner of Brinkmann Constructors to transfer 15% ownership to 7 employees.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff After 22 years as sole owner of Brinkmann Constructors, Robert G. Brinkmann is transferring 15 percent ownership of the 90-person company to seven longtime employees. Brinkmann, 57, remains president...

Husch & Eppenberger associate wins case in cooperation with Lesbian & Gay Rights Project.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger LLC associate Lisa Brunner, through her pro bono efforts, has achieved a significant victory for Missouri's foster children and gay and lesbian people who want to help children in...

J.W. Terrill names new vice president.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John Patterson has been promoted to vice president at J.W. Terrill. In his new position, Patterson will continue serving Terrill's more than 2,225 commercial clients. He joined the firm in 2000 and most...

Schowalter & Jobouri P.C. adds senior accountant to tax department.
August 5, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Craig R. Schatz, CPA, has joined Schowalter & Jobouri P.C. as a senior accountant in the tax department. He holds a master's degree in accounting, with a tax certificate, from the University of...

Employers get tough about laptop security.
August 6, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson Another day, another story of stolen laptops filled with personal information. The spate of thefts began in February 2005 when the laptop of an employee at consumer data broker ChoicePoint containing the...

Medical marijuana laws going up in smoke.
August 6, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl Although the medical marijuana movement received a devastating blow last year when the U.S. Supreme Court negated legal protections in 11 states, lawyers involved in several pending actions say the issue is far from dead....

Where's that file? Tracking technology can tell you.
August 6, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore Where did you last see that file? A colleague's office? Your secretary's desk? The break room? You absolutely have to find it - now - so you can begin working on that temporary injunction my client just requested! ...

Finding clients, or rather, having someone find them for you.
August 6, 2006... Byline: Sheryl M. Vassallo It's 11 p.m. and you're ready to call it a night, but you can't sleep. Your mind is racing and you can't stop wondering if tomorrow will be the day you will find your match, that perfect someone who supports...

Commentary: Mathematics and certainty in the law.
August 6, 2006... Byline: Rick Trilling As we continue to look at the core subjects taught in business school M.B.A. programs, each first from a business perspective followed by how it can be applied to the practice of law, the examples proffered have been...

Missouri Research Park hotel depends on eastbound off ramp.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The construction of a new eastbound off ramp to the Missouri Research Park in Weldon Spring is the next step in making one of the country's finest research business parks more accessible. But it is also...

Time Warner says it will keep most of Mo.-based Xspedius's employees.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Andrea James In an effort to leave a fingerprint in more areas of the United States, Time Warner Telecom Inc. recently announced the acquisition of Xspedius Communications for $531.5 million. Xspedius employs a total of 700...

Partners for Progress puts teachers to work outside classroom.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask There is an old saying: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. That's not necessarily so, if some St. Charles County teachers' experiences this summer are any indication. For the second consecutive year,...

Top draft pick selects T.R. Hughes.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask An increasing number of professional athletes are making St. Charles County their home. That is especially true when it comes to St. Louis Rams football players, probably due in part to St. Charles' proximity to the...

Steak 'n Shake, Great Clips open in Lake Saint Louis.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A Steak 'n Shake restaurant, located at 835 Robert Raymond Drive, and a Great Clips hair salon, located at 6295 Ronald Reagan Drive, opened with ribbon-cutting ceremonies on July 27. The stores are...

Trinity Executive Suites, Heritage Pointe Commons open in Wentzville.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Trinity Executive Suites, located at 24 W. Main in Wentzville, opened for business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 1. Owner Brian Goss can be reached at 636-332-8916. Heritage Pointe Commons...

Red Realty, One Hot Cookie open in St. Peters.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Karen Kelsay and Cindy Wilson opened a new real estate office, Red Realty, at 55 Centre Pointe Drive in St. Peters, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 29. The phone number is 636-441-8200. One...

St. Louis Flooring opens in St. Charles.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Louis Flooring Warehouse celebrated its grand opening at 4536 Park Towne Drive in St. Charles with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 18. The owner is Melvin Wilkins. The shop's phone number is...

AAA Insurance opens in O'Fallon.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff AAA Insurance and Travel, located at 2277 Highway K in O'Fallon, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting celebration on June 21. Arthur Johnson is the president. The phone number is...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes new cardiologist.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Interventional cardiologist, Michael Missler, DO, is the newest addition to Cardiology Diagnostics Ltd. at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Missler obtained his doctorate of osteopathic medicine...

St. Charles Pediatrics turns 25.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles County Pediatrics celebrated its 25th anniversary with a grand remodeling ribbon cutting. Several family generations, new patients, the staff, doctors and the St. Peters Chamber of...

St. Charles Yellow Cab celebrates 50 years.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff For the past half century, St. Charles Yellow Cab has provided public service and continues to grow in size. The fleet has nearly doubled in size, has added four-passenger vans, a 15-passenger van...

Two join St. Charles County Regional Advisory Board at Midwest BankCentre.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Daniel J. Barnard, president of Greater Missouri Builders Inc., and Steven J. Lierman, managing partner of ElderCare Management Services, have been appointed to the St. Charles County Regional...

Bridgeway Counseling Services adds two to board.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Dwayne Johnson, attorney and chief partner of the Johnson Law Firm in St. Charles, and Michael J. Prost, CPA, have joined as members of Bridgeway Counseling Services board of directors. Johnson has...

St. Charles Community College Foundation honors members, re-elects officers.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Two members of the St. Charles Community College Foundation board recently were recognized for completing three terms and 12 years of service on the board. R. Brad Pring of the Bank of Old Monroe...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital installs new volunteer auxiliary.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital held its installation of officers on June 23. The newly elected officers are: Nancy Schmitz, first vice president; Jan Gagliano, second vice president; Mary Braun,...

BigKahuna Celebrity Bartenders Challenge raises $8,000.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The BigKahuna Celebrity Bartenders Challenge raised more than $8,000 to benefit Living Community Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with disabilities. The challenge took place at...

St. Charles Community College Foundation gives Daniel Barklage PEAR award.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles Community College Foundation has chosen local attorney and judge Daniel Barklage of St. Charles as the 2006 recipient of the Professional Excellence Achievement Recognition award. A...

St. Louis-area lifeguard teams place in competition.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Louis area chapter of the American Red Cross trains nearly 37,000 people in water safety programs each year. In support of the Red Cross mission to save lives, the chapter recently hosted...

Perry Television Repair moves to New Town in St. Charles.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Kate Halter Richard Perry, born in 1941, was often called "the tinkerer" by his late father for always playing with his father's tools at a young age. "He encouraged me to put my tinkering to use and earn money while taking...

River City Bistro wants to reel in families.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Amy Amour Taking kids to a restaurant can be stressful when they start screaming, throw food and color on the table. But one restaurant manager is up for the challenge. Matt Gleason, manager of River City Bistro, said the...

New River City Rascals owner sees opportunity to gain more corporate support.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Anyone familiar with St. Charles County's recent history knows a good many people have opened businesses there and have made considerable amounts of money. The owners of local sports franchises aren't among that...

Lifeworks Business Center offers new businesses a chance to grow.
August 7, 2006... Byline: Amy Amour ome-based businesses ready to step off of the front porch and into an office space now have a place to call a home, close to home, in WingHaven. "We've found that a ton of people have [worked out of their homes] in...

Two join The Lawrence Group.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sandy Chiu of St. Louis and Matt Forman of Brentwood, Mo., have joined The Lawrence Group, a St. Louis-based architectural and interior-design firm. Chiu has joined The Lawrence Group as a...

J.W. Terrill names new vice president.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff John Patterson has been promoted to vice president at J.W. Terrill. In his new position, Patterson will continue serving Terrill's more than 2,225 commercial clients. He joined the firm in 2000 and...

Robert Brinkmann expands ownership of Brinkmann Constructors.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff After 22 years as sole owner of Brinkmann Constructors, Robert Brinkmann is transferring 15 percent ownership of the 90-person company to seven longtime employees. Brinkmann, 57, remains president...

Cass Information acquires Kan.-based NTransit's auditing system.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Cass Information Systems Inc. has acquired the parcel auditing services of Wellington, Kan.-based NTransit Inc. NTransit's Unlock service protocols provide auditing and expense management of parcel...

Q10 Triad Capital secures millions in new loans.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kansas City, Mo.-based Q10 Triad Capital Advisors announced it has arranged five loans for properties located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and Springfield, Mo. Q10 Triad secured: a $13 million...

St. Louis-based THF Realty ranked among fastest-growing private developers.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff For the fourth straight year, St. Louis-based THF Realty has ranked among the fastest-growing private retail developers in the nation according to an annual survey by Retail Traffic magazine, a...

New outer-belt, north-south corridor closer to becoming reality.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The East-West Gateway board of directors approved on July 26 a transportation improvement program that will create a new outer-belt corridor for St. Louis County. The fiscal year 2007 to 2010...

Taylor-Morley Homes contributes to charities.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Community Partnership at Taylor-Morley Homes recently made donations to: Marygrove, Ronald McDonald House and Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. Marygrove, an organization that...

St. Louis Rams' No. 1 draft pick building house in St. Charles County.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff An increasing number of professional athletes are making St. Charles County their home. That is especially true when it comes to St. Louis Rams football players, probably due in part to St. Charles'...

Edward Jones adviser says investment in minor-league baseball team worth it.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Edward Jones' Don W. Boschert Jr. is a well-respected financial adviser in St. Charles, but in the late 1990s, he made an investment he never would advise his clients to make. Boschert invested...

St. Charles businessman authors book to help start-up companies.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Author! Author! Dick Sacks, St. Charles businessman and expert on entrepreneurship, has authored a book aimed at helping start-up companies survive. "The Twelve Commandments for Small Businesses"...

St. Charles County's next director of administration unknown.
August 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff If Steve Ehlmann knows who will become the county's next director of administration, he's not telling anyone. Ehlmann, a Republican, has no opposition in the August primary election for county...

St. Louis County jury clears cardiologist in wrongful death case.
August 8, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A St. Louis cardiologist was not negligent when he did not order emergency tests for a Illinois man who died four days after seeing the doctor, a St. Louis County jury decided Wednesday night. Jury members...

St. Louis County software company settles class-action securities suit for $3.15M.
August 8, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A federal judge on Friday approved the $3.15 million settlement of a class-action securities lawsuit against Tripos Inc., a drug-development services and software company based in St. Louis County. The lawsuit...

American Airlines counters discrimination claim in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
August 9, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka American Airlines defended its termination of former employee Lamonte Young on Tuesday morning, asserting a supervisor did not fire Young because he is black. In fact, defense attorney Jerry Carmody said the...

Murder trial in St. Louis County ends abruptly as man admits his guilt.
August 9, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka The murder trial for the death of Affton Fire Chief Jerry Buehne ended abruptly Tuesday morning when Claudex Simmons pled guilty to all five counts against him. His surprise plea followed testimony from the...

Employee retaliation claims have more teeth now.
August 9, 2006... Byline: Barbara L. Jones (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, another Dolan Media publication). Advising employers to be careful when responding to employees who have brought discrimination claims has always...

Commentary: Make change at your firm or board : Break the circle.
August 9, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's Wirken Quote is: "The most important thing to do is to break the circle." When I first heard this week's quote, I must admit I was totally blown away. The comment had come from one of the most...

St. Louis-based fantasy baseball Web site wins in federal court.
August 10, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A St. Louis-based fantasy baseball provider hit a home run out of the federal courthouse on Tuesday when a judge said selling names and statistics of Major League Baseball players does not violate their right of...

Republicans vie for judgeships in St. Charles County primary.
August 10, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Tuesday's primary elections in St. Charles County decided several contested Republican races for judgeships, with voters mustering behind attorney Rick Zerr for a circuit court judge seat. Zerr, a longtime...

Jefferson County primary features tight races, low turnout.
August 10, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Voter turnout was much less than expected considering the large slate of candidates running in the primary election Tuesday. While turnout was estimated to be around 30 percent, the figure was closer to 15 percent....

NY investor settles with St. Louis air cargo company.
August 11, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A New York investor settled with the owners of two air cargo centers in St. Louis and Kansas City on Tuesday, halting an in-progress jury trial on the case in St. Louis County Circuit Court this week. Attorneys...

St. Louis attorney files suit in the U.S. District Court against feds over attorney fees.
August 11, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter St. Louis attorney John J. Allan is suing the federal government for payment of attorney fees arising out of his representation of a construction company in a dispute related to the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse...

Commentary: Appellate actions address antenuptial agreement attacks.
August 12, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick Trends in wedding garb and ceremonies may come and go, but antenuptial agreements are never out of fashion. These premarital instruments in which aspiring spouses generally renounce an interest in the other's...

Appellate actions address antenuptial agreement attacks.
August 12, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick

Broker wins $1.25 million arbitration award on ADA, FMLA claims.
August 12, 2006... Byline: Ertel Berry A Charlotte, N.C. broker has won a $1.25 million arbitration award on claims that he was improperly demoted - then had to quit - after returning from a brief hospital stay for treatment of a bipolar disorder. The...

Class-action lawsuits moderate as consumers set standards.
August 12, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Class actions give the little guy muscle to take on large challenges. They generally take aim at specific industries or corporations and have become a valuable tool in protecting consumer rights and expectations. ...