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Attorney, bank resolve case on loan defaults
A St. Louis County judge approved a $1.4 million consent judgment against attorney and real estate developer Steve Murphy after a local bank sued him for not repaying multiple loans.
Lawyers in the news – Feb. 20
Courtney Simms was named director of development for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.
Missouri’s largest law firms boost revenue via expansion
Ambitious expansion plans helped push up revenue at some of Missouri’s largest law firms last year, while higher productivity — measured by revenue per lawyer — sometimes followed.
Partners exit from Bryan Cave’s Asia offices
Two managing partners of Bryan Cave offices in Asia have left the firm to join Squire Sanders.
Brown & James moving to Bank of America Plaza
Litigation and insurance defense firm Brown & James is moving its headquarters a few blocks down the street to the Bank of America Plaza building this fall.
Gallop partners move to Lathrop & Gage
The firm announced Tuesday the addition of Robert Cantwell and Michael Adrian to the firm’s corporate department. Cantwell joins as a partner while Adrian is of counsel.
More law firm promotions occur in real estate practices
Some Missouri law firms have hiked promotions within their real estate groups, a legal practice once stifled by the recession.
Kauffman Scholars’ former general counsel joins Husch
The former general counsel of a Kansas City college preparation and access program has joined Husch Blackwell’s real estate and development group.
Primary insurer avoids most of $22M settlement
A federal appeals court has sided with a trucking company’s primary insurer, which claimed it wasn’t responsible for paying the majority of a settlement linked to a $46 million verdict.
Corporate law departments cut into women’s ranks at law firms
A single mother with a 16-month-old daughter, Lynette Reed made a big decision last summer. She left her associate position at Husch Blackwell to go in-house at H&R Block in Kansas City.
Fewer women join partner ranks this year
Flexible schedules, mentoring, networking, time off and leave, women’s initiatives — you name the method, and many Missouri law firms are trying it. The initiatives are designed to encourage, retain and advance female lawyers in their firms.
Lawyers in the news – Feb. 13
Charles Steib, at the Law Firm of Charles Steib in Des Peres, was elected as chairman of the board of directors of the Big Game Hunters Club of St. Louis. The club is an organization of hunters that raises money for the education of youth and women in hunting and fishing. Steib is a solo practitioner who focuses on civil trial work.
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
Top stories
- Nurse entitled to disability benefits despite working months after accident, Supreme Court rules
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- Supreme Court declines to hear Republican appeals on abortion ballot initiatives
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- Jury gives massive award after fleeing suspect causes fatal crash
- 8th Circuit tosses suit claiming false sale prices
- Attorney general releases report on Kim Gardner investigation
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