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Retired Southern District judge joins Carnahan Evans
Staff Report//October 14, 2022
After serving on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District for 12 years, William W. Francis Jr. has joined Carnahan Evans.
With Francis joining the firm as a senior attorney, Carnahan Evans now has 19 attorneys on staff.
Francis now operates a mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice. Before his time on the bench, he practiced in civil litigation and workers’ compensation for more than 30 years.
Francis earned his law degree from University of Missouri in 1977.
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