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Like that of many a high school math whiz, Don Paule’s path to college led straight to an undergraduate major in engineering.

What's a trial lawyer whose tireless work ethic stands out even among his hard-charging peers to do when the court calendar shuts down for months amid a global pandemic?

Few who’ve squared off against legendary Hollywood tough guy Chuck Norris can claim victory, but you can count Kansas City product liability specialist Tom Sterchi on that decidedly short list.

Child of the Depression, with a leaky roof and an outdoor (and downwind) “two-holer” for a bathroom, and who milked cows to pay his way through college. Army counterintelligence enlistee. History-making trial lawyer. Southwest Missouri civic leader, university benefactor and octogenarian yoga practitioner.

Maurice Watson made the move from law to socially responsible investment adviser two years before the global COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic collapse and widespread protests aimed at ending racial discrimination consumed much of society’s attention.

For 44 years, Richard Watters has called Lashly & Baer home — a longevity streak few in the St. Louis legal community can match.

When he traded in the U.S. Justice Department and Pennsylvania Avenue for Country Club Plaza and private practice, it wasn’t the chance to transform a modest Kansas City law office into one of the nation’s fastest-growing firms that convinced Russ Welsh to return home.

An Ironton man injured in a head-on collision at highway speeds in March 2019 reached a combined $1.1 million settlement with the other driver and his emplo

A 74-year-old diabetic who went into a medical coma after a mistaken injection settled with an ambulance district and two paramedics for $1.975 million.

Tagged with: medical malpractice

A Lee’s Summit couple who sued a Ray County duo in regard to a withdrawn deal to buy a Lake of the Ozarks vacation home won a $95,000 judgment — along with the lakeside home.

Tagged with: contracts Randall Cain

A Kansas City attorney achieved a $3.35 million judgment for the widow and two children of a 29-year-old man killed in a 2017 car crash, leaving unresolved a challenge to Kansas’ cap on noneconomic damages in wrongful death cases.

Tagged with: Motor vehicle collision wrongful death