Missouri Lawyers Media Missouri legal news and public notices

For seven years, the state pursued an employee embezzlement case in Greene County Court. On Dec. 16, 2021, the judge acquitted the defendant because the state lacked evidence that the crime happened.

After the NFL discovered a pro se retired player’s medical marijuana use and appealed his monetary claim, a Missouri attorney stepped in to litigate a $1,420,566 settlement.

The attorney general’s office heads back to court Feb. 8 to halt the St. Louis County Council’s face covering order. The judge who struck down the AGO’s temporary restraining order said that for the office to win, it needs more than what it filed in its latest motion.

Former Division I college athlete and current Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter, a 2022 Influential Lawyer, is constantly checking the pulse on name, image and likeness (NIL) law in sports.

Facing the attorney general’s office in a conservative venue, Rachel Rutter of the Rutter Law Firm won a case for a lesbian client who faced discrimination at the Department of Corrections.

On top of collecting major court wins, 2022 Influential Lawyer Award winner Rob Huq splits his time managing the St. Louis city circuit attorney office (CAO) and the Washington University Law Prosecution Clinic.

MSPD’s Executive Director Mary Fox followed through on plans to eliminate the waitlist for public defenders.

On Jan. 11 the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a board of education’s decision to fire a teacher who tried to download the school drive to her personal email.

Some circuit judges around the state are continuing to cancel in-person jury trials in the coming weeks.

A Buchanan County jury found the Missouri Department of Corrections liable for a total of $275,000 after failing to address coworkers who allegedly discriminated against a lesbian employee.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Jan. 7 that two cases that have languished in state court for three years belong in federal court because they deal with a nuclear waste event.