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Resolution awarded to Mulligan for Lawyer of Year honor 
St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley congratulated in a resolution a municipal attorney who was featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s Lawyer of the Year issue. University City attorney John Mulligan Jr. was honored in the Jan. 12 resolution as a public servant “singled out for a highly coveted award.” Mulligan helped win a $65 million settlement with [...]
Continue reading...Man wins case over sex offender registration
Friday, January 8, 2010
A man who argued he shouldn’t have to register with Missouri authorities as a sex offender has won his case. Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan ruled today that the man, identified in court documents only as John Doe, doesn’t have to register as a sex offender because he received a suspended imposition of sentence after [...]
Continue reading...Governor names Wilson to Cole County court
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The always busy circuit court in Jefferson City won’t be left wanting with Judge Richard Callahan’s resignation. Gov. Jay Nixon today says he’s appointing longtime state litigator Paul Wilson to serve as circuit judge for the 19th Circuit. Callahan is stepping down Jan. 15 to become the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Wilson [...]
Continue reading...Callahan, Phillips confirmed as U.S. attorneys
Monday, December 28, 2009
With the health care bill finally off its plate, the U.S. Senate found time before adjourning last week to confirm Missouri’s next two U.S. attorneys. Richard Callahan was confirmed for the Eastern District, based in St. Louis, and Beth Phillips was confirmed for the Western District, based in Kansas City. Each will serve a four-year [...]
Continue reading...Fired state contractor wins $152,000
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A Cole County circuit judge has awarded a former state contractor almost $152,000 after the state canceled his contract for using illegal workers. K. Asamoah-Boadu, an African native and U.S. citizen, sued the state in 2007. In March of that year, former Gov. Matt Blunt barred Asamoah-Boadu’s company, Sam’s Janitorial Service, from doing business with [...]
Continue reading...Auditor can’t review retirement systems
Monday, November 16, 2009
A Cole County judge says the Missouri State Auditor has no authority to look at the books of state employees’ retirement systems. Auditor Susan Montee had sought to do financial and performance audits of the Local Government Employees’ Retirement System, or LAGERS, and the Prosecuting Attorneys’ and Circuit Attorneys’ Retirement System, or PACARS. Judge Richard Callahan said [...]
Continue reading...Judge OKs wording in measure on union elections
Thursday, November 12, 2009
An effort to grant state constitutional protection to secret ballots in union elections has overcome one legal obstacle. A judge in Jefferson City this afternoon rejected a legal challenge to the secretary of state’s summary language and the cost estimate for the measure. The proposal was filed by a group called Save Our Secret Ballot and has [...]
Continue reading...Callahan named U.S. attorney
Friday, September 25, 2009
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. The others [...]
Continue reading...Court upholds higher fee directed at deputy sheriff pay
Thursday, September 17, 2009
That extra $10 charge for sheriffs to serve legal papers seems likely to stick around. A Cole County judge yesterday upheld the constitutionality of a 2008 state law calling for the increased cost. The state Legislature passed a bill last year that increased the amount it costs for sheriff’s offices to serve legal papers such as a [...]
Continue reading...Supreme Court upholds state school funding system
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld Missouri’s method for funding public schools. About 200 school districts sued the state in 2004, arguing Missouri doesn’t spend enough on education and distributes the money it does spend unfairly. After a weeks-long trial in Jefferson City, Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan ruled for the state, finding no constitutional violation. [...]
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- Trial begins in noose suit against Sheriff’s Department
- Solo attorney Greg Stewart dies
- Public defender appeal over caseload back before Supreme Court
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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