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

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

Stern Brothers assists financing of projects in St. Charles County.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady As the county faces pressure from employers to provide more affordable housing to residents, a local financial broker is working to assist in that goal. Stern Brothers & Co., an investment banking firm and...

O'Fallon-based Vantage Homes to host grand opening.
June 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon-based Vantage Homes will host a two-weekend grand-opening celebration at the new Westwind Park residential development in Lake Saint Louis from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 3, 4, 10 and 11....

Bureau of Economic Analysis: Disposable income, wages increase.
June 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In the month of April, personal income and wages increased from the prior month, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income increased $57.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable...

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, another Dolan Media-owned publication. Venturing into other states can be a good way to expand your business, but construction attorneys are warning...

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., a sister publication. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a report entitled "Investigation of...

Missouri Court of Appeals says circuit 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...

Interview with Bill Popp of the St. Charles Historical Society.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Wm. Stage Had it not been for a newspaper notice perused by chance in the classifieds, Bill Popp might not have brought his considerable energies to the St. Charles Historical Society and the many researchers who use the society's...

Growth continues at Shoppes at Hawk Ridge in St. Charles County.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Despite the plethora of retail stores popping up on Highway 40 in St. Charles County, development at the Shoppes at Hawk Ridge has not slowed. The city of Lake Saint Louis recently approved the plans for a...

Workplace stress increases health care costs.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Amy Gillentine This article originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media publication. Attention bosses: If your workers are stressed, you could be the one paying for it. Nearly half the...

Wentzville TIF to terminate early.
June 5, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On June 1, Wentzville completed a transaction to retire $1 million of the bonds used to finance public improvements for the Edinger Road tax-increment financing redevelopment area. The transaction...

St. Peters completes Lakeside 370 sale.
June 5, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of St. Peters and a partnership group, including Kaplan Development, Duke Realty and Gundaker Commercial Group, have signed the closing documents for the sale of the Lakeside 370 property,...

Wentzville's TIF bonds to retire early.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The city of Wentzville announced it paid about $1 million on the bonds it used to finance public improvements at the M&B Sachs Business Park. As a result, the entire debt will be paid off almost eight years early....

Members decide St. Charles Chamber of Commerce's mission, Scott Tat says.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce in recent years hasn't been that vocal in its criticism of local government officials, and on those few occasions when the board has taken a stand, the chamber has been blasted by some...

Sarbanes-Oxley bill gives some a free pass.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Adina Genn (This story originally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication.) A Capitol Hill battle is brewing over financial reporting requirements in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Lawmakers are...

GM names new manager of the Wentzville assembly plant.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady General Motors named Mike Dulaney plant manager of the Wentzville assembly plant. Dulaney will relinquish his title as plant manager of GM's Pontiac, Mich., assembly plant and take the helm in Wentzville on July...

GM names new plant manager.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady

Compensation: Putting the 'earn' back in 'earnings'.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik (This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). In an effort to connect an executive's earnings to a company's revenues, some are pushing for...

In job recruiting, even partners are fair game.
June 7, 2006... Byline: Claude Solnik (This article originally appeared in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). R-r-r-ring. R-r-r-ring. Who's calling? You'd like to recruit who? If you're a...

O'Fallon-based T.R. Hughes Inc. breaks ground in north St. Louis.
June 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon-based T.R. Hughes Inc. broke ground recently on the first large-scale, new-home community in the neighborhood of Bellefontaine since the 1960s. The north St. Louis neighborhood will be...

O'Fallon's River City Rascals host three-game series this weekend.
June 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The River City Rascals baseball team in O'Fallon will host the Evansville Otters in a three-game series at the T.R. Hughes Ballpark from Saturday, June 10, to Monday, June 12. The series opener will...

Missouri employment reaches all-time high.
June 7, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri has reached 2.7 million jobs - more jobs than ever before in state history - according to employment data for the state's Department of Economic Development. In April, unemployment across...

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...

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...

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...

Conference attendees will see examples of St. Charles tax-incentive programs.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles will have the opportunity to showcase itself to developers and financiers on Thursday and Friday when the Missouri Economic Development Financing Association holds its annual conference here. The MEDFA...

Conference attendees will see examples of St. Charles tax-incentive programs.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask

Major development in Foristell embraced by most.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Andrea James The city of Foristell recently approved a mixed-use development that, upon completion, could potentially quadruple the town's population in a matter of 15 years. KC Land Development is slated to start construction...

Ameristar Casino St. Charles garners 33 awards.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Ameristar Casino St. Charles recently earned top honors in the annual Casino Player magazine's "Best of Gaming" and Midwest Gaming & Travel magazine's "Readers Choice Awards" reader surveys....

Kim Holder of Luetkenhaus Properties in O'Fallon honored for achievements.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kim Holder, realtor with Luetkenhaus Properties Inc. in O'Fallon, has been honored for her key role in the company's achievements as the No. 1 commercial realtor in St. Charles County. Holder was...

Frontenac Bank expands operations center at St. Charles facility.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Frontenac Bank, a rapidly growing locally owned bank, has centralized its loan department into an expanded operations center at the bank's St. Charles facility. Frontenac has rented about 4,000...

Scheidegger-York celebrates 12 years at Corporate Group Inc. in St. Charles.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kim Scheidegger-York, current president of Corporate Group Inc., recently celebrated her 12-year anniversary with the company. Scheidegger is also a broker/manager of the Corporate Group's...

Gilroy joins SSM St. Joseph Health Center, St. Joseph Medical Park staff.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Joseph Health Center and SSM St. Joseph Medical Park have welcomed Jeffrey Gilroy, M.D., to the radiation oncology departments of the H.W. Koenig Cancer Centers, located at both facilities....

Wentzville chamber welcome news members.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The following people joined the Wentzville Chamber of Commerce in May: Be Fit Health Services, represented by Chuck Gatschenberger; CD Marie's Music Therapy, represented by Catherine Decker; Re/Max...

St. Charles area chambers of commerce hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
June 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Friday, May 12, the Lake Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce and city officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Maurice's, located at 6237 Ronald Reagan Dr. in the new Shoppes at Hawk Ridge...

U.S. Supreme Court creates new hurdles for patent holders seeking to enjoin their competition.
June 8, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (The following article was originally published in Lawyers USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court said patent holders must be...

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...

Jefferson County follows a new path to progress.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley

Two buildings in St. Louis named one of this year's most enhanced buildings.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business 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...

Pitfalls of loft condominiums and how to avoid them.
June 9, 2006... Byline: Don Dagenais

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...

Building up Missouri.
June 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff

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...

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,...

Missourians in the news.
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...