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Lawyers rally behind tornado victims

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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As the residents of Joplin began the long process of digging out from the deadliest tornado in more than 50 years, help came in the form of neighbors helping neighbors and from all parts of the state.

Governor to proclaim Law Day

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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In what may be a first, Gov. Jay Nixon is expected sign a proclamation declaring May 1 to be Law Day in Missouri.

UPDATED: Bar president-elect sued as part of investors’ case against Sigillito

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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A federal lawsuit over losses in an investment scheme has been broadened to include Missouri Bar President-Elect Lynn Ann Vogel, her attorney husband, Paul Vogel, the law firms of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne and Helfrey Neiers & Jones and many other defendants.

Missouri Bar to meet in Missouri again next winter

Friday, March 4, 2011

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The Missouri Bar’s governing board will hold its winter business meeting within Missouri again next year, Bar President-Elect Lynn Ann Vogel has decided.

Bar seeks input from businesses

Friday, March 4, 2011

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The Missouri Bar has launched a survey to find out what the business community thinks about lawyers and the courts.

Bar urges raises for judges

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Missouri Bar President John Johnston today urged members of a Senate committee to accept a state commission’s findings that state judges should get higher salaries starting in the 2013 budget year.

MoBar election decided

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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The results are in in The Missouri Bar Board of Governors election, and some new – and some familiar – faces will take a spot this fall on the board that is the voice for Missouri’s legal profession. In St. Louis City, eight people vied for three spots. Nancy Mogab was the only incumbent to [...]

Bar president names task force to tackle criminal justice funding

Thursday, December 10, 2009

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Missouri Bar President Skip Walther finalized a task force this week that will ponder solutions to ongoing resource problems for all parts of the criminal justice system. Two past bar presidents, several prosecutors and public defenders and one former lawmaker make up the Criminal Justice Task Force. The group will be expected to make a [...]

Supreme Court urges caution about flu for new lawyers

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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You’ve passed the bar! Break out the champagne – and the Germ-X. People who took the Missouri bar exam in July are getting the news of whether they passed and can officially call themselves lawyers. But along with the formal notice that they passed the bar, court officials urge caution about the spread of the [...]

Board of Governors results announced

Monday, August 17, 2009

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The Missouri Bar Board of Governors results are out, and Terry Crouppen is smiling. The high-profile attorney has succeeded in his public campaign to keep advertising committee chairman Mark Levison, of Lathrop & Gage, from gaining a seat that could have led to a campaign for Bar president. Here are the winners of the contested [...]

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Lawyers rally behind tornado victims

Governor to proclaim Law Day

UPDATED: Bar president-elect sued as part of investors’ case against Sigillito

Missouri Bar to meet in Missouri again next winter

Bar seeks input from businesses

Bar urges raises for judges

MoBar election decided

Bar president names task force to tackle criminal justice funding

Supreme Court urges caution about flu for new lawyers

Board of Governors results announced

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