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Opportunity in Omaha didn’t come for Spencer Fane

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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A difference in billing rates and little chance to expand the Omaha, Neb., office motivated Spencer Fane Britt & Browne to close that office, firm chairman Mike Saunders says.

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Spencer Fane to close office in Omaha

Monday, April 4, 2011

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne is closing its five-attorney Omaha office.

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Spencer Fane partner elected KC United Way chairman

Thursday, March 3, 2011

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Volunteers have elected lawyer Michael Hockley as chairman of the United Way of Greater Kansas City’s Board of Trustees for 2011-12.

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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri gets closer to campaign goal

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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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 [...]

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Ex-employee accuses Spencer Fane COO of discrimination

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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A former collector at Spencer Fane Britt & Brown is suing the Kansas City law firm for racial discrimination, claiming a top official referred to her and other blacks as "accounting monkeys."

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Spencer Fane adds two partners to executive committee

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne partners Patrick Whalen and Thomas Osterholt Jr. were elected to the Kansas City firm’s executive committee. They join committee chairman Mike Saunders and members Mark McQueen, Denise Drake and Jim Lepore. Whalen and Osterholt are in the litigation and dispute resolution group. Whalen represents financial services, technology and energy companies [...]

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Spencer Fane forms foundation

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne has announced the formation of the Spencer Fane Foundation. Working with Greater Horizons, administered by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, the foundation will identify non-profit recipients for annual giving. Innovation and arts are the initial focus. The creation of the foundation expands on the firm’s 2006 donation of $100,000 [...]

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Spencer Fane names St. Louis managing partner

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne named litigation attorney Thomas E. Osterholt Jr. managing partner of the firm’s St. Louis office. Osterholt also serves on the Kansas City-based firm’s executive committee. Prior to a 2001 merger with Spencer Fane, Osterholt was a principle of Dankenbring Greiman & Osterholt. He replaces Nick Franke, who stepped down in [...]

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Jury awards Joplin company $134k for JUSTICE phone number

Friday, June 19, 2009

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There is such a thing as too much justice. A Kansas City jury yesterday decided a New York company’s licensing of a JUSTICE telephone number infringed on a trademark owned by Joplin company Just Enterprises Inc. The jury awarded Just Enterprises Inc. $133,500. Just Enterprises owns the trademark 1-800-JUSTICE and licenses it to law firms [...]

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Spencer sponsors bike race

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Spencer Fane Britt & Browne will be handling all race contracts and legal consultations in its renewed role as a sponsor of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race. The 600-mile point-to-point race will be Sept. 7 through Sept. 13, with 120 cyclists expected to participate. There will be seven days of racing from St. Louis [...]

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