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Women share tips on effective communication

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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Make sure to discuss your positive outcomes. Don’t get sloppy in emails or too informal in discussions. Try to meet your colleagues and clients in person. Leadership often means consensus building. A panel of four women lawyers shared those tips and others Wednesday at a St. Louis breakfast forum hosted by Missouri Lawyers Weekly.

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Callahan named U.S. attorney

Friday, September 25, 2009

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It’s finally official. Judge Richard Callahan has been tapped to become the federal prosecutor for Eastern Missouri. President Barack Obama today announced his picks for four U.S. attorney openings. He chose Callahan, a circuit judge in Jefferson City, to take over the U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis. The previous U.S. attorney was Catherine Hanaway. [...]

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St. Louis cop pleads guilty to federal corruption charges

Friday, August 28, 2009

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St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Bobby Garrett pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, wire fraud, making false statements and theft of government funds. Garrett and another officer, Vincent Carr, were indicted in December 2008, accused of planting evidence, stealing money and dealing drugs. Officer Leo Liston was also indicted in April 2009 for similar charges. Carr [...]

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Court says no prosecutorial misconduct in cop case

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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A federal judge said no prosecutorial misconduct occurred in the case against Bobby Lee Garrett, a St. Louis police officer accused of planting evidence, stealing money and dealing drugs. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber, of the St. Louis-based federal court, on Wednesday denied the defendant’s claims that former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway and St. [...]

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Ashcroft, Hanaway to investigate US Fidelis

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

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One of Catherine Hanaway’s first gigs as an ex-U.S. Attorney will be investigating US Fidelis, a Wentzville auto service warranty company under fire for allegedly misleading customers. Former U.S. Attorney John Ashcroft will be an independent monitor of the company, Ashcroft said Wednesday in a press release. Hanaway, recently hired as a partner in the Ashcroft Law [...]

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Hanaway confirms exit to Ashcroft’s firm

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Eastern District U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway confirmed that she is joining a firm headed by former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on stepping down from her position. Hanaway is slated to leave the U.S. Attorney position Monday for a law firm to be known here as Ashcroft Hanaway. Mike Reap, first assistant U.S. attorney, will [...]

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St. Louis attorney faces 20 years in prison for embezzlement

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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A St. Louis attorney pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $520,000 from his 65 clients. Frank N. Carter Jr. pleaded guilty to one felony count of mail fraud and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway’s office, Carter would divert money [...]

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Barge firm, workers pay $3 million fine for dumping oil

Friday, April 3, 2009

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American River Transportation Company and two of its employees pled guilty today to illegally dumping oil into the Mississippi River and lied about the source of the oil when questioned by Emergency Responders, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced on Friday. The company pled guilty to knowingly violating the Clean Water Act and paid a $3 [...]

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ACORN worker charged with voter fraud

Monday, January 5, 2009

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Federal prosecutors in St. Louis indicted Deidra Humphrey, an ACORN voter registration recruiter, on federal voter fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced Monday. According to the indictment, Humphrey gathered voter registrations for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and for the Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition between June and August. The indictment also [...]

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Three Jefferson County men sentenced on federal meth charges

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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U.S. District Judge Charles A. Shaw sentenced three Arnold men today on methamphetamine charges, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, St. Louis County Police Chief Jerry Lee and Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer announced. Thirteen co-defendants still await sentencing. Christopher Ecton, 22, and Charles Rossi, 26, were each sentenced to 92 months (7 ½ years) in [...]

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