MO Lawyers Blog

Solo attorney Greg Stewart dies 

Greg Stewart, a St. Louis solo attorney who was featured in a series of articles in Missouri Lawyers Weekly last year, died Monday evening from a heart condition related to his battle with leukemia.

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Public defender appeal over caseload back before Supreme Court  

After initially passing on the case, the Missouri Supreme Court has agreed to consider a Springfield-area case refused by public defenders due to caseload limits.

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Husband of Springfield bar leader succumbs to cancer 

Tedd Hamaker, the husband of Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association Executive Director Crista Hogan, died Monday after a seven-month battle with cancer.

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Missouri Supreme Court kicks back defender’s request for relief 

The Missouri State Public Defender System may have made the wrong move in taking its case refusal problems straight back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

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Cape Girardeau attorney pleads guilty to stealing  

A Cape Girardeau attorney who admitted to taking $325,000 from a client’s trust account pleaded guilty Monday to a stealing charge.

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Defenders ask Supreme Court to take up decision on case refusal 

Missouri's public defender system has taken the next step in its fight to refuse new cases in overburdened defender offices.

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Missouri Supreme Court won’t alter school district ruling 

The Missouri Supreme Court has denied all requests to reconsider or delay a July decision that ruled accredited schools in St. Louis County must accept students from the unaccredited St. Louis school district.

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Public defenders lose again  

OZARK, Mo. - A Christian County judge rejected three hours of argument from the Missouri State Public Defender System and again ordered the office to represent a poor defendant.

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Clayton school district asks Supreme Court for rehearing 

Lawyers for the Clayton School District want the Missouri Supreme Court to take a second look at a July decision that rocked school districts across St. Louis County.

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Public defender system closes second office to new cases 

The Missouri State Public Defender System announced it is closing a second office to new cases.

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