Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) articles from December 2006

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) archives from December 2006

After leaving victim in trash, Kansas City man faces several charges.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A Kansas City man faces kidnapping, robbery, burglary and assault charges for a Nov. 25 attack that left his victim in a school trash bin. According to a police report, Christopher A. Bates, who will turn 19 on...

Kansas City juvenile to be tried as adult for murder in Jackson County Family Court.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A 16-year-old Kansas City boy was certified as an adult by a Jackson County Family Court judge and charged with second-degree murder on Tuesday. Jaron A. Bradley was charged by Jackson County prosecutors in...

Jackson County prosecutors bring charges against man in double homicide.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Jackson County prosecutors charged a Grandview man Wednesday for a shooting that left two dead and a 9-year-old boy seriously injured. According to court documents, Wardell L. Williams Jr., 20, demanded money...

State and Region Briefs.
December 1, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff After leaving victim in trash, man faces several charges A Kansas City man faces kidnapping, robbery, burglary and assault charges for a Nov. 25 attack that left his victim in a school trash...

Nation Brief.
December 1, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff Bush administration ordered to resume hurricane aid The Bush administration must resume making housing benefit payments to thousands of people displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a...

Lawyer picked as KC Chamber's Kansas Citian of the Year.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick Of all the chamber dinners Drue Jennings has attended, this year's will be the most memorable. In front of his colleagues, friends and family, a "shocked and surprised" Jennings was named Kansas Citian of the Year...

Commentary: Simplicity makes strong point.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Mike Hoeflich Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 is eloquent in its simplicity: "A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and...

New York, Nebraska business owners plea in Lipitor case.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Two business owners from Nebraska and New York pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to participating in a $42 million dollar conspiracy to sell counterfeit, illegally imported and misbranded Lipitor and a...

Pleasant Hill man charged with tax evasion.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Pleasant Hill man for tax evasion. Terry L. Gerber, 47, was charged with failing to file an income tax return and pay taxes for 2000 and 2001. According to the...

Don't confuse clients with legal jargon, says University of Missouri-KC law professor.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Bridget Heos To wit. Any and all. Party of the first. Party of the second. We are in agreement. Said client effected a breach in the construction contract when he effected a payment schedule that differed to the detriment of the...

Commentary: Scheming for more business is tricky.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Craig Napier OK, so a big municipal court trial win under my belt. Enough trial preparation experience to know I can at least prepare for a trial. Some depositions and an uncanny ability to make a mist when it needs to rain. My...

State and Region Briefs.
December 4, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff New York, Nebraska business owners plea in Lipitor case Two business owners from Nebraska and New York pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to participating in a $42 million dollar...

Commentary: Second-guessing comes naturally for most attorneys.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken I recently attended a bar meeting in our state capital, and had an opportunity to listen to a political science professor as the speaker at the noon luncheon. He used one of the best proverbs, I believe I have ever...

Univ. of MO-KC community honors former professor.
December 6, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick Before a jury box holding family members and a courtroom filled with colleagues and former students, Robert Popper's voice filled with emotion as he spoke. For more than an hour Monday evening, the former University...

KC Metropolitan Bar Assn. expects record crowd for annual meeting.
December 6, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association is expecting a record turnout for Thursday's annual luncheon. A sold-out crowd of 880 people is expected to fill the ballroom at the Marriott Downtown's Muehlebach Tower...

Kansas City Legal Briefs: December 6, 2006.
December 6, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record Staff Southwest Baptist University sued by photographer Southwest Baptist University faces accusations that it did not follow through with an agreement when it printed photographs in promotional...

Kansas City Legal Briefs: December 8, 2006.
December 8, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff Kansas City woman charged in 10-year-old homicide case Jackson County prosecutors charged a Kansas City woman Wednesday for a 1996 murder. Tamika L. Goss, 36, faces a second-degree murder...

Message of activism tops Kansas City Metro Bar Assn. meeting.
December 8, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick John Danforth wants lawyers to speak up. The former U.S. senator urged lawyers Thursday afternoon at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's annual luncheon to help the country's legislators address more...

Pick up a paper at our office.
December 8, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff Because of weather problems, today's papers will not arrive in your mail this afternoon. Feel free to stop by The Daily Record's office at 405 E. 13th St., Suite 101, in downtown Kansas City to...

Commentary: Juxtaposition of love, other food for thought.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Craig Napier Well, this week I will marry a pair of my friends and get a client divorced. All within 72 hours of one another. That's right; I will marry a friend of mine. Adding to my somewhat humble list of credentials and...

Kansas City Legal Briefs: December 9, 2006.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick Discovery issues delayed a trial involving a 2004 fatal rollover accident that was set to begin last week. The plaintiffs, Shaun and Karen Hachinsky, formerly of Independence, filed a motion for protective order and...

Kansas City federal judge's ruling relieves insurer of medical bills.
December 12, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick The plain language of a divorce decree settled a dispute between two insurers. A federal judge in Kansas City awarded summary judgment to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, despite the fact that it insured Julie Ann...

Ready or not: Lawyers prepared for federal e-discovery rules.
December 12, 2006... Byline: Bridget Heos What's on your client's blackberry? How does he store e-mails? Are important voice mails archived? What old electronic documents are incompatible with the client's present computer system? As of Dec. 1, under the new...

Commentary: Prioritizing life's plates will keep them spinning.
December 12, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken Most of you reading this article probably have never seen The Ed Sullivan Show. It was a variety show on TV Sunday evenings, and it was famous for introducing many talented performers to the United States and probably...

Former Kansas City employee claims race discrimination.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick A former water services department employee has filed a race discrimination lawsuit against Kansas City. In her lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Lakiska Chatman claimed that she was subjected to verbal...

National survey of federal judiciary to evaluate courtroom use.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick A requested survey of the federal judiciary will attempt to determine whether courthouses are being overbuilt. Congress asked the judiciary to document how often the country's 500 buildings that house at least one...

Today is last chance for KC Council to fill judicial seat.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick A Municipal Court judicial opening is in danger of being left permanently vacant. After debate Wednesday during the Finance and Audit Committee meeting at City Hall, today marks the final opportunity for the Kansas...

Federal jury finds drug dealer murdered Independence man.
December 14, 2006... Byline: The (Kansas City) Daily Record staff A federal jury convicted a former Jackson County man Tuesday in the 1998 death of an Independence man. John "Phil" Street, 44, was found guilty of murdering Douglas C. Weil, whose body was...

Third defendant sentenced in federal court for participating in meth conspiracy.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff A third defendant was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, primarily in the Lee's Summit area. Christopher S. Dettlaff, 29, was sentenced by U.S....

Five-year partnership between two Kansas City lawyers comes to an end.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick A nearly five-year partnership between two Kansas City lawyers has come to an end. The Henning & Bough law firm, which was created in February 2002, officially split last month when Denise Henning and Steve Bough...

Jackson County woman alleges pregnancy led to firing by Little Caesar's.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick A Jackson County woman is claiming she was fired from her pizza job because she was pregnant. In her lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Paula M. Bronfman claimed Little Caesar's...

Commentary: How do you decide who should decide?
December 15, 2006... Byline: Mike Hoeflich One of the most basic, and most difficult ethical rules to understand and obey, is Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(a). This is the rule that lays out the basic allocation of decisional authority between the...

Interviews set for Circuit Court of Jackson County's Division 43 commissioner.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick Applicants seeking the family court commissioner opening in Division 43 of the Circuit Court of Jackson County will interview for the position today. According to Presiding Judge J.D. Williamson, 20 people applied...

Kansas City Council rejects municipal court panel again.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick In two weeks, the Kansas City Municipal Court will operate with only four full-time judges. Surrounded with accusations that the judicial selection process was flawed, the Kansas City Council deadlocked Thursday...

Commentary: What to do when your client is a louse.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Craig Napier Do you ever want to strangle your client? I have had several less-than-desirable clients in my two years as a solo Joe, but a recent appearance in a night municipal court just east of Kansas City takes the cake. My guy...

Commentary: Lawyers need to make time for family.
December 19, 2006... Byline: Jim Wirken Just recently, I had a client in my office who was talking to us about a legal matter. While I was involved with him in the intake interview, he made a very interesting comment that I thought I would pass on to you. When...

Independence attorney chosen for family court.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick An eastern Jackson County lawyer was selected Wednesday afternoon to become the next commissioner in Division 43. Patrick Campbell, of Campbell & Simpkins, was one of 20 applicants who pursued the opening and were...

Kansas City company alleges conspiracy stifled credit competition.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick One of the world's largest banking institutions and a local company face accusations that they schemed a Houston firm out of millions of dollars. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Independence, Pier to Pier...

Missouri soon to require advocates to register as lobbyists.
December 21, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick and Mike Trask A law that will take effect at the beginning of the year will require lawyers who lobby to perform some extra financial reporting. According to the Missouri Ethics Commission, beginning Jan. 1 a...

Directors of canceled raffle ordered to pay $100,464.
December 22, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The promoters of a high-profile raffle that was canceled after ticket sales have been ordered to pay $100,464 and are banned from operating a raffle or soliciting charitable donations in Missouri under a default...

Attorney Steve Gorney helps raises $26, 000 for Leukemia & Lymphoma.
December 26, 2006... Byline: Charles Emerick In the end it equaled more than $82 per mile. Steve Gorny's yearlong campaign to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ended earlier this month when he reached the 314.4 mile marker, the finish line at the...

Kansas City Legal Briefs: December 26, 2006.
December 26, 2006... Byline: The Kansas City Daily Record Staff Memorial Mass scheduled for Ernest 'Ernie' Brasier A memorial Mass for Ernest "Ernie" Brasier, who was killed last week in his Clayton office, will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Clement Parish at...

Enrollment of women slows in law schools.
December 28, 2006... Byline: Bridget Heos Enrollment of women at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School has taken a different turn from the school's undergraduate trend. Female enrollment at the law school has hovered about 42 percent for three...

Coming to lawyers' aid: Investigators find it all.
December 29, 2006... Byline: Bridget Heos Need to find a client whose whereabouts were last known in 1952? Or a witness who changes his name and address as often as his shirt? For some attorneys, this sounds impossible. For private investigators, it's all in a...

Second K.C. man pleads guilty to identity theft.
December 29, 2006... Byline: The Kansas City Daily Record Staff A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to participating in an identity theft conspiracy. Charles W. Vann, 32, admitted he was involved in using stolen information and...

Commentary: Watering down zealousness makes us diligent.
December 29, 2006... Byline: Mike Hoeflich When the Model Rules of Professional Conduct were drafted to replace the Model Code, the drafters made an important change to a long-held attribute of the lawyer-client relationship. They changed the requirement that...