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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri gets closer to campaign goal
Another law firm has pledged a large donation to Legal Services of Eastern Missouri to help its goal of providing equal justice to low-income individuals. The organization announced that Spencer Fane Britt & Browne’s St. Louis office has committed to donating $50,000 to its First Annual Bar Campaign. The campaign will contribute to the organization’s [...]
Continue reading...Midwest Outdoor wants $2.7M from Husch Blackwell
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Debate over what was on the minds of jurors in a federal racketeering trial five years ago has fueled a legal malpractice claim against Husch Blackwell Sanders in Kansas City.
Continue reading...Five Missouri firms get perfect scores on Corporate Equality Index
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Stinson Morrison Hecker joined the ranks of Missouri law firms receiving a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, which examines corporate policies affecting lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) employees. For a second year, Bryan Cave, Husch Blackwell Sanders and Thompson Coburn had perfect scores. Polsinelli [...]
Continue reading...Bankruptcy attorney Warfield to join Thompson Coburn
Monday, September 14, 2009
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High-profile bankruptcy attorney David Warfield is joining Thompson Coburn. Warfield, who has represented companies including Solutia Inc. and Krispy Kreme franchisee Sweet Traditions, is exiting Husch Blackwell Sanders. Warfield has been at Husch Blackwell or one of its predecessor firms for 16 years (click here to read his bio still available on the Husch Web [...]
Continue reading...H&R Block hires new general counsel
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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H&R Block Inc. named Brian Woram general counsel almost two years after the tax company’s previous general counsel exited. Woram, the chief legal and compliance officer for Dallas-based homebuilder Centex Corp., will start work at H&R Block Sept. 14, the tax company said in a press release Monday. Woram replaces Carol Graebner, according to an [...]
Continue reading...Former Commerce general counsel joins Husch Blackwell Sanders
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Former Commerce Bancshares Inc. general counsel J. Daniel Stinnett joined Husch Blackwell Sanders as of counsel in the banking and finance department. Stinnett, a 34-year Commerce Bancshares veteran, also served as vice president and secretary for the $17 billion bank holding company. He was responsible for all the legal affairs for the company and its [...]
Continue reading...Above the Law picks up Husch layoff story
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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The Above the Law blog today cited Heather Cole’s story on Husch Blackwell Sanders letting go 10 of its attorneys. A subscriber passed along the story to Above the Law, which also included some unflattering commentary from the submitter about his former firm and its boss. Missouri Lawyers Media reported the layoffs online on Tuesday [...]
Continue reading...Husch Blackwell’s Poscover elected president of ALI-ABA board
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Husch Blackwell Sanders Partner Maury B. Poscover is heading up the board of a national continuing legal education nonprofit. Poscover recently was elected president of the board of directors of American Law Institute-American Bar Association. He started his four-year term in May. Poscover, who is in Husch Blackwell’s St. Louis office, represents commercial financial institutions [...]
Continue reading...Sonnenschein cuts associate salaries, revamps compensation
Friday, May 22, 2009
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Starting salaries for St. Louis associates will drop to $104,000 and first-year Kansas City associates will make $100,000 under associate base salary cuts announced by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. The Chicago-based firm is also changing its associate compensation next year to a performance instead of seniority-based system, according to a memo sent to associates Thursday [...]
Continue reading...Lathrop & Gage lays off 5
Friday, May 15, 2009
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Add Lathrop & Gage to the list of law firms making staff and attorney cuts. The firm laid off five attorneys – three associates and two of counsel - according to a report in the Kansas City Business Journal today. Lathrop Chief Executive Joel Voran was at a seminar and couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. [...]
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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