Missouri Lawyers Weekly articles from September 2008

Missouri Lawyers Weekly archives from September 2008

Employers brace for federal genetics privacy law.
September 1, 2008... Byline: John O. Cunningham, Lawyers USA Employers, health insurers and their attorneys must start planning now for a new federal law that will force them to protect genetic privacy and prevent discrimination based on genetic information....

Mergers and turnover in Missouri.(Stinson Morrison Hecker and Blumenfeld Kaplan and Sandweiss )
September 1, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole Turnover numbers are in for two of Missouri's largest law firms following year-ago mergers with smaller firms, and they tell different tales. Kansas City-based Stinson Morrison Hecker's July, 1, 2007, combination...

Party time: Missourians make trips to Democrat and Republican National Conventions.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale officer Kevin O'Malley forded through hip-deep snow in Iowa in early 2008 to campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. His more recent campaign duties were...

Commentary: Aftermath of 9/11 still felt in courtrooms.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Will Connaghan Almost seven years ago the world was shaken by the tragic events of Sept. 11. The terrorist attacks launched against our nation changed the way we look at the world and prompted some citizens to harass anyone who...

Missouri Supreme Court: Lawyer's interview not discoverable by grand jury.(John Rogers)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka Criminal defense attorney John Rogers was surprised when he was subpoenaed by a St. Louis County grand jury last year and asked to turn over witness notes. Rogers had been hired by Dawan Ferguson, a suspect in the...

Natural selection: Greg Linhares takes over Office of the State Courts Administrator.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Bryan Utter As a former administrative counsel and legislative liaison for the Missouri Supreme Court, Greg Linhares knows the ins and outs of surviving Jefferson City politics. With familiarity of both the judicial and...

Choosing morals and money: Plaintiffs settle with Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Scott Lauck and Allison Retka Normally when one speaks of settlements, money matters. The more money, the larger the attempt to reconcile wrongs and make the plaintiff whole. But in lawsuits seeking redress for systematic abuse...

Former altar boy wins $5M verdict from St. Clair County jury.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka Six years after filing an injury suit against the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, former altar boy James Wisniewski had his day in court and won a $5 million verdict from a St. Clair County jury. While it was not...

Missouri Bar: The return of the Ad wars.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole A Missouri Bar committee's suggested tightening of attorney advertising rules has reignited a debate smoldering since the last changes to the rules took effect almost three years ago. Among other changes, the...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Notice Of Appeal - Deficient - Grounds Where an unemployment compensation claimant failed to mention in her notice of appeal the grounds upon which her claim was dismissed, no...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Amendment - Affirmative Defense - Hearsay Where a trial court allowed defendants to amend their answers the morning of trial to include an affirmative defense, the court did not...

Missouri Court Of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Attorney's Fees - 'Agency Proceeding' - Action In Equity Where plaintiff filed an action in equity for a declaration of non-paternity, an award to plaintiff of $12,624 in...

Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Work Product - Grand Jury Subpoena - Undue Hardship Where a criminal defense attorney interviewed the older son of a client being investigated in the disappearance of his younger son...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - App. Panel, 8th Circuit Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Secured Claim - Manufactured Home - Anti- Modification Provision Where a creditor held a secured claim in debtors' manufactured home, which was their principal residence, Section...

United States Court Of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Judgment - Dischargeability - Willful Conduct Where a judgment for sexual harassment and retaliation was entered against the business partner of a debtor, the $360,000 judgment was...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Farmer's cooperative settles seed dispute.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Pilot Grove Cooperative Elevator Inc. agreed to pay $275,000 to Monsanto Co. and Monsanto Technology to settle a patent infringement claim. The cooperative also agreed to buy $1.1 million worth of Monsanto products...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Former employee proves hostile work environment.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Angela Riley A St. Louis County jury awarded an ex-state employee $337,000. He claimed he had endured a hostile work environment due to his race and religion after Sept. 11. Mohamad Alhalabi served as the regional director of...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Railroad must pay $260,000 to family.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese A St. Louis jury found a man struck by a train was largely at fault in the collision, but still awarded his heirs $260,000. The wife, children and parents of Robert Heimann first filed a lawsuit in St. Louis City...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Nurse settles claim for $538,118.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A nurse injured on the job has reached a $538,118 global settlement of her workers' compensation claim filed with the Division of Workers' Compensation in St. Louis. Teresa Kaestner, 44, was employed as a nurse...

Commentary: Yet another proposal to amend advertising rules.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Maridee F. Edwards Missouri's five-year unbroken record! No, it's not the Olympics, but it may be a record nonetheless. Missouri's attorney advertising rules have been revised or reconsidered every year since 2003. Will there be a...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff The Missouri Bar announced the recipients of its 2008 awards, to be presented at the annual meeting Sept. 17-19 in Kansas City. Following are the award winners. President's awards, for service to...

Estate lawyers keep vacation homes all in the family.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh/Dolan Media Newswires By the end of the summer, many families have hosted gatherings at their family vacation homes and decided to talk to their lawyers about keeping their homes in the family for future generations....

Yo quiero a search warrant: Missouri lawyer succeeds in suppressing evidence found in client's taco.(Eric Farris )
September 8, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole If police want to search a taco, they probably need to get a warrant. That's the message from a drug case in Taney County in southwestern Missouri, where Branson attorney Eric Farris succeeded in suppressing as...

Missouri attorneys are disciplined.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole The Supreme Court suspended Clayton attorney W. Kenneth Alderfer's law license for four years on Aug. 15. Alderfer hadn't paid state taxes and continued to represent clients even though he didn't keep up with...

Husch Blackwell hires New York real estate consultant.(Husch Blackwell Sanders and Newmark Knight Frank)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole Husch Blackwell Sanders hired New York real estate company Newmark Knight Frank to address one of the knottier real estate issues arising from the law firm's merger earlier this year - melding its two offices. ...

Commentary: Trucking industry regulated for good reason.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Will Connaghan Is it my imagination or do there seem to be more tractor-trailer accidents spawning lawsuits lately? Anyone who ventures out on our highways knows that these large trucks are an ever-present part of the daily traffic...

Road map for derivative actions.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka Bankruptcy courts in the Midwest could see a sharp rise in avoidance claims from creditors trying to recoup funds paid out in the months just before a business goes bankrupt. Now creditors potentially can pursue...

Lawyers see green niche.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese and Dick Dahl The meteoric rise of the green building industry has seemed like a feel-good tale suited for the Disney Channel. Builders, contractors and tenants all want to be part of energy-efficient projects....

Is LEED misleading?(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Dustin Block/Dolan Media Newswire Juli Kaufmann never did answer the question: Can a building be LEED certified without being green? The question arises because Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the most popular...

Work at the Overland site for new headquarters St. Louis-based construction company Alberici.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka The "before" and "after" images of the Overland site for the new headquarters St. Louis-based construction company Alberici could not be more dramatic. Before: dingy brick, concrete and metal buildings on a...

USGBC trusts that builders will tell the truth.(U.S. Green Building Council)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Robbie Whelan If you say your building is green enough, the U.S. Green Building Council will take your money and your word. The council argues it has little choice because, on any given day, it is shepherding about 12,000...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: September 8, 2008.(White Goss Bowers March Schulte & Weisenfels )(Consolidated Health Care Plan Board of Trustees)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff St. Louis-based Bryan Cave announced Terry Brummer joined the firm as chief operating officer and Connie Hoffman was promoted to chief information officer. Brummer, who was formerly with Kansas...

Deciding fault: lying clients or negligent attorneys.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole A trial is set to start Feb. 23 in a $12.2 million legal malpractice case that casts Lathrop & Gage against a former bank client over the handling of a trade secrets lawsuit. St. Louis City Circuit Court Judge...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Wikipedia use leads to remand.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Stephanie Maniscalco The use of information from the collaborative Wikipedia Web site clouded the decision-making process in an immigration case this week, according to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Lamilem Badasa, an...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: September 8, 2008.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Discovery - Sanctions - Dismissal Where a trial court dismissed plaintiffs' cause of action for their failure to reimburse the defendants for failing to execute a medical...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: September 8, 2008.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Damages - Remittitur - Improper Use Where a trial court reduced damages because of a party's claim of error in the admission of evidence, the reduction was not an authorized use...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: September 8, 2008.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Auto Repair - Breach Of Agreement - Statute Of Limitations Where plaintiff's 2006 action for breach of an agreement to repair his automobile, delivered to defendant in 1998, was...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Case Summaries: September 8, 2008.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Deduction - Allowable Expenses - Transportation Ownership Where above-median income debtors calculated their disposable income by deducting transportation ownership expenses for...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: September 8, 2008.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Derivative Standing - Avoidance Claims - Trustee's Consent Where a creditor sought to bring avoidance claims in place of the trustee and the trustee consented to the action, in a...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2008: Acquitted man wins $16M in civil rights lawsuit.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Angela Riley A man who served five years in prison before he was acquitted of molesting his adopted daughter was awarded $16 million by a federal jury in a suit against his ex-wife and a Lee's Summit police officer. Theodore W....

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2008: Police officers hit with $107,000 verdict.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A federal jury in East St. Louis, Ill., awarded $107,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to two men accusing several police officers of excessive force during an arrest stemming from an altercation outside a...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2008: Man settles trucking collision case for $1.5M.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale An Ohio man injured in a collision with a commercial truck has reached a $1.5 million settlement in his federal lawsuit against the truck driver and the trucker's employer. Carl Williams, 65, was driving his...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2008: KV directors, officers will repay $3 million.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Brentwood-based KV Pharmaceutical is entitled to more than $3 million from officers and directors who backdated stock options, according to a settlement approved Sept. 2 by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey. The...

Commentary: When lawyers can tape their phone calls.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Thomas Spahn The recent controversy about lawyers' involvement in surveillance brings to mind the decades-long debate about lawyers' tape recording their own telephone calls. Not surprisingly, bars have always condemned lawyers'...

Knowing military law can broaden your practice.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Donald G. Rehkopf Jr./Dolan Media Newswires Not since the height of the Vietnam War has the United States had the number of men and women in service or as veterans. Unlike Vietnam, where there were no mobilizations either of the...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Jury clears heart surgeon of malpractice after head-on.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka A St. Louis County jury cleared a heart surgeon of malpractice in the paralysis of a woman who underwent emergency surgery after a 1999 car crash. At the conclusion of the two-week trial, the jury deliberated less...

Commentary: Debunk medical myths for your client's win.
September 15, 2008... Byline: James P. Lemonds Linda Francis, overweight and suffering from ulcerative colitis, was 27 years old and 26 weeks pregnant, when her doctors made the decision to perform emergency gallbladder-removal surgery. Before the surgery,...

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association looks around for headquarters.(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole It's been nearly 20 years since the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association renewed its lease at Traders on Grand, and now it's decision time again. The bar association is considering whether to lease space...

What economic slowdown? St. Louis corporate firm is in growth mode.(Danna McKitrick)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole Layoffs may be hitting other law firms, but St. Louis corporate firm Danna McKitrick is in growth mode. Danna McKitrick is diverse for a 25-lawyer firm and is doing well despite a "strange economic time," said firm...

For art's sake: Kansas City-based law firm sponsors St. Louis Art Fair.(Spencer Fane and Ogletree Deakins)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole The patronage system of supporting artists may be long gone, but Spencer Fane and Ogletree Deakins stepped into the gap at the St. Louis Art Fair in early September. After earlier spending about $20,000 on seven...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: September 15, 2008.(USLAW Network Inc.)(Husch Blackwell Sanders)(Legal Services of Eastern Missouri )
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Kevin L. Fritz, a partner with St. Louis firm Lashly & Baer, was recently named an officer of the USLAW Network Inc.'s transportation practice group. USLAW is a national organization composed of more...

Commentary: Railroad makes tracks for Springfield.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Will Connaghan Most of the major railroads that operate in Missouri have used St. Louis County as the base for their registered agent for many years. Tort reform in 2005 tightened the venue requirements for suits against railroads....

Who the heck is Zel Fischer? One of three judges being considered for Missouri Supreme Court.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Scott Lauck and Allison Retka Highway 275 no longer runs in front of the newly opened 275 Cafe in Oregon, Mo., but people there have long memories. Tradition is one of those values that make rural areas what they are. And as the...

Missouri OK's ethics of collaborative law.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole Following a Colorado bar committee opinion saying the collaborative approach isn't ethical, a Missouri Supreme Court advisory committee has given the approach its OK. The Missouri committee is adding its weight to...

Collaborative law slow to gain ground.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole South central Missouri family law attorney Gary Smith isn't opposed to collaborative law; he just doesn't practice it. Under the collaborative method used primarily in family law, clients and sometimes their...

Keeping alumni in the loop.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Bridget Heos Several years after leaving Shughart Thomson & Kilroy in Kansas City for a smaller firm, Karen Glickstein decided she missed the support system a big firm offered. Fortunately, Glickstein had stayed in contact with...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District denies judicial review for Medicaid eligibility.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka A Missouri appeals court has rebuffed a woman's attempt to go to circuit court to adjust her Medicaid allowance and boost her husband's Medicaid eligibility. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District issued a...

Offset of attorney's fees overturned by 8th Circuit.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Stephanie Maniscalco The Eighth Circuit held this week that the government cannot offset attorney's fees by a Social-Security claimant's debt. The decision is contrary to the holding of several other circuits. In Ratliff v....

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: September 15, 2008.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Medicaid Eligibility - Exhaustion Of Remedies - Jurisdiction Where a plaintiff filed a petition in the probate division of the circuit court for a determination of Medicaid...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: September 15, 2008.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Medicaid - Reimbursement Rates - Proposed Amendments Where the state Division of Medical Services proposed amendments to the regulation governing Medicaid reimbursement rates and...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Appellate Panel Case Summaries: September 15, 2008.(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Motion To Amend - Dischargeability Where a bankruptcy court found more credible debtor's testimony that he believed a loan from creditor would enable him to generate more money than...

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Case Summaries: September 15, 2008.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Attorney's Fees - Equal Access To Justice Act - Offset Where an attorney received an award of fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act for her representation of Social Security...

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: 2008 Awards.(Awards list)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Spurgeon Smithson Awards Missouri Bar Foundation awards acknowledging significant contributions to the administration of justice. * Hon. Gene Hamilton Jr., Boone County * Doreen D....

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: A look at the bar's new governors.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Eight new governors - six men and two women - will take their seats on the Missouri Bar's Board of Governors at the conclusion of the Bar's annual meeting in Kansas City. Steven R. Bough *...

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: Networking under the bright lights.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Betsy Lee As John Johnston puts it, the upcoming annual meeting is all about bringing the profession together. The Kansas City attorney for Shook, Hardy & Bacon said it's invaluable for attorneys to connect, share ideas and...

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: New immigration law fans intense debate.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Both supporters and critics of Missouri's immigration law agree it's one of the toughest in the country. Whether that makes it one of the best or one of the worst will be the subject of debate this week at The Missouri...

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: Diversity gains traction, seat on board.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Joy Byrd Diversity has long been a concern among Missouri lawyers. But traditionally it's been geographic diversity. Are there enough St. Louis or outstate representatives on the Supreme Court? Or professional diversity. Do big...

Missouri Bar Foundation conference: The right path? Re-examining the Missouri plan.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Angela Riley The discussion of the merits and disadvantages of Missouri's Nonpartisan Court Plan has existed since its implementation in 1940, but with recent political developments and uses of the plan, attorneys and lay people...

Partially paralyzed motorist recovers $6M in Barry County Circuit Court.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A motorist who suffered partial paralysis in a trucking accident has reached a $6 million global settlement in her Barry County case against the owners of the tractor and trailer. The settlement is the largest...

Oral surgeon cleared of dental negligence by Buchanan County jury.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A Buchanan County jury returned a verdict in favor of an oral surgeon accused of dental negligence. The patient had claimed the oral surgeon misdiagnosed a fracture, causing him to endure two and a half years of...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Alarm company must pay $1M for restaurant fire.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese A St. Louis jury awarded more than $1 million to a restaurant business that sued its fire alarm company after a blaze destroyed the building. Dudley's Steak House of Poplar Bluff sued Alliance Security and its...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Stubbed toe leads to $450,000 settlement.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale A hotel patron who stubbed his toe, resulting in chronic pain, has reached a $450,000 settlement of his Jackson County lawsuit against a Marriott Hotel in Kansas City. Plaintiff claimed doorstops mounted in the hotel...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Secretaries settle for $200,000 against union.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Anne C. Vitale Two secretaries employed by a St. Louis County labor union have settled their sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge claims against the union and its president for $200,000. Margaret L. Milster, 62, and...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Boy reaches deal with insurance from 2005 crash.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Angela Riley A boy injured in a car accident reached a $200,000 settlement with the driver's insurance companies. On Nov. 5, 2005, Neal Unverferth was a passenger in his stepfather's car. His stepfather, Rickey D. Rice, had...

Do you suffer from 'seminar syndrome shame'?
September 15, 2008... Byline: Nancy Byerly Jones/Dolan Media Newswires What steps does your firm take to ensure the maximization of continuing legal education dollars and time spent? Here are some tips to guarantee mileage beyond earning CLE credits for time...

Group for blind settles Web site access case.(National Federation of the Blind)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson/Dolan Media Newswires In a case watched closely by Internet retailers, the National Federation of the Blind recently reached a preliminary settlement in its suit against Target alleging that Target.com's lack of...

How much rent for Armstrong Teasdale headquarters at Met Square in St. Louis?
September 22, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole A document that outlines what Armstrong Teasdale and two other law firms have paid for their headquarters space turned up in a recent Missouri Lawyers Weekly search for information on Armstrong's planned move to...

Kansas City attorney disciplined for his handling of estate case.(Ronald Thiewes)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Heather Cole After 33 years of practice, Kansas City estate planning attorney Ronald Thiewes was disciplined for the first time when he was reprimanded July 30 for his handling of an estate case. Thiewes represented a couple...

Missouri Lawyers in the News: September 22, 2008.
September 22, 2008... Byline: Missouri Lawyers Weekly Staff Thompson Coburn received a perfect grade on national civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign's 2008 Corporate Equality Index, an annual scorecard. The St. Louis firm jumped up 15 points from its...

Commentary: With your help, Missouri Lawyers Weekly wins the gold.(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Richard Jackoway Journalism is a performance art. Our stage is the printed page. And every reader is a potential critic. Sometimes the criticism is a letter to the editor; sometimes it's a subscription purchased or canceled....

Attorney's work with homeless veterans helps firm win recognition as Pro Bono Firm of the Year.(Gloria Colon of Simmons Cooper)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Betsy Lee In her small windowless office, Gloria Colon settles into a chair. Her lips lengthen into a smile, but her coffee-colored eyes stay sharp almost rabid in their intensity. She channels that intensity into her work...

Illinois-based law firm provides help to veterans, former nuclear workers.(SimmonsCooper)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka SimmonsCooper's work in helping more than 100 homeless military veterans in St. Louis is not the only pro bono work undertaken by the 60 attorneys at the East Alton, Ill.-based firm. Attorneys have also provided...

Weighing Missouri Governor Blunt's options for the Supreme Court.(Matt Blunt)
September 22, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese Gov. Matt Blunt has roughly another month to decide what he wants to do about the pending Supreme Court vacancy. Speculation flies around the state about which of the three finalists the Republican governor will...

Missouri Court of Appeals allows alternative notice in 'first impression' tax case.
September 22, 2008... Byline: Stephanie Maniscalco Owners of a downtown St. Louis apartment building won a property tax refund when the Court of Appeals interpreted a statutory amendment to allow a new method of notice in tax protest cases. Although the...