Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) articles from April 2004

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) archives from April 2004

Legal Leaders lunch approaches.
April 1, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer The Daily Record's Legal Leader's of the Year award luncheon is less than two weeks away, but there is still time to purchase tickets for the event. Ten leaders from Kansas City's legal community were chosen by a...

UMKC Law School earns spot on Top 100 list.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Staff Writer When the Interim Dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, heard the school had jumped the 4th tier to the Top 100 list of U.S. News & World Report, he ran out to find a copy of the magazine. ...

Commentary: Police training workshop gives new perspective on driving drunk.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Tony Miller As a few of you know, I work for the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office in Independence, Missouri. Although I primarily handle drug-related cases, we as an office handle numerous felony level driving while intoxicated...

Commentary: Keeping your closed files organized until they are destroyed.
April 6, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken Well, we have finally gotten to the end of the "fail-safe tips". For the last several weeks we have talked about a comprehensive set of tips in the area of "administration" that should enable you to set up your law...

Commentary: Challenge: Laugh, it's good for you!
April 7, 2004... Byline: Christine Ann Hughes How important is having fun? I say very important. Remember, "Laughter is the best medicine," and "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." I'll leave it up to the scientists and medical community to...

Dispatch testimony was hearsay, Missouri Court of Appeals rules.
April 8, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Officer testimony describing a DWI suspect as "slumped over the wheel" should not have been admitted in court because it was hearsay, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a...

Commentary: Kudos to the UMKC School of Law.
April 12, 2004... Byline: Erika Wirken As a recent UMKC School of Law graduate, I wanted to take this opportunity to sing a few praises on behalf of the UMKC Law community. The Rookies Column is written by four UMKC School of Law graduates, and in...

Commentary: Recap of eighteen 'fail-safe tips' for running a legal office.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken For the last eighteen weeks we have been talking about "fail-safe tips" in the area of "administration," that will allow your law firm to operate on auto-pilot. This area "administration" is one of the five areas...

Kansas City Legal Leaders shine at Daily Record's event.
April 19, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Presiding Judge Jay Daugherty, of the 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, banged his gavel to command the attention of a crowd of nearly 300 gathered at the Hyatt Regency for The Daily Record's inaugural KC...

Commentary: Suggestions to young lawyers for choosing your path.
April 19, 2004... Byline: Chris Wirken We want it all! We want experience! We want a six-figure income! We want a life outside the office! We need to pay the bills! We need a vacation! Don't we? How much of these do we really want? What are we willing to do...

Commentary: Fail-safe concepts for maintaining a clean desk and office.
April 20, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken These next two weeks I will be talking about two of my absolute favorite "administrative" tips for making your law firm operate more efficiently. You are probably asking how can someone have "favorite" administrative...

Attorney v. physicians' advocate; debate over Med-Mal.
April 21, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Physicians' advocates say large court verdicts are causing medical malpractice insurance rates to soar, while attorneys representing the injured argue state caps on court verdicts violate constitutional...

Commentary: Hubris, arrogance, celebrity -the Martha Stewart mess.
April 21, 2004... Byline: Bob Barton Hubris. My Webster's dictionary defines the word as "exaggerated pride or self-confidence often resulting in retribution." The same book says its cousin, arrogance, is "a feeling of superiority manifested in an...

Court denies fictitious company to intervene in garnishment action.
April 22, 2004... Byline: Christine Kayola A partnership has every right to sue on its own behalf, but when that company is not a legally recognized company it doesn't have those same rights. This conclusion was made by the Western District Court of...

Commentary: Issues with bankruptcy and disclosure statements.
April 23, 2004... Byline: Daniel D. Doyle Somebody once said that laws never seem to catch up with current technology. The Bankruptcy Code is no exception, particularly as more and more debtors in possession are posting Chapter 11 plans, disclosure...

Court of Appeals overturns adoption case.
April 26, 2004... Byline: Christine Kayola When Lisa Meade was denied the right to adopt a three-year-old child she had questions, but when the child was put in the hands of her former foster mother, Meade wanted answers. Meade appealed her case to the...

Commentary: Reflections on your law school days.
April 26, 2004... Byline: Dana McFarland When thinking of what to write for this week's article, my mind kept wandering back to law school. For those of you who didn't go to law school, it is wonderful and miserable all at the same time. For those of...

Commentary: Fail-safe administrative tips for getting rid of the clutter.
April 27, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken I mentioned last week that I would be talking about two of my absolute favorite "administrative" tips for making your law firm operate more efficiently last week and this week. If the truth of the matter were to be...

Employee makes submissible whistleblower case.
April 29, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Despite not pleading wrongful discharge under a whistleblower theory, a discharged employee made a submissible whistleblower case, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed...

Breach of contract may be suitable in asbestos case.
April 30, 2004... Byline: Christine Kayola Spirtas Company was wrongly granted compensation for construction work not performed the Western District Court of Appeals decided last week. The COA reversed and remanded the trial court's decision to grant...