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A new year always seems to dawn with promise. Time may travel in a linear path, never pausing, but I like the symbolism of a door that opens after last year’s ball drops. The Romans embedded the concept when they ...

Tagged with: Missouri Lawyers Awards 2020

Like most of us, innovators probably don’t own a shiny crystal ball. Still, they seem to have crystal-ball-like qualities when it comes to their soothsaying. They don’t wait for things to happen. They foretell a need and find a solution ...

Tagged with: Top Legal Innovations 2019

Google the phrase “Up and Coming,” and you’ll find lots of examples of up-and-comers as well as definitions. They explain that the adjective describes someone who is likely to achieve success in the future based on current progress. You knew ...

Tagged with: Up & Coming 2019

The differences among us humans are many. We come in different colors, shapes, origins and sexual identities, with different thoughts, preferences and convictions. But there are core elements we all share. Call it our commonality, our sameness. We all have ...

Tagged with: Diversity & Inclusion Diversity & Inclusion 2019

Tenzing Norgay got a medal, but Edmund Hillary was knighted. I’m sure Sir Hillary was appreciative of the assist. But sometimes, the people who do some of the heavy lifting get lost in the excitement of success, even when the ...

Tagged with: Publisher's Letter Unsung Heroes 2019

Photos by T.L. Witt Meet our 2019 class of legal ICON Award winners. This annual Missouri Lawyers Media celebration honors career achievement recognizing lawyers for their exceptional and lengthy contributions to the profession and community — those who personify the ...

Tagged with: ICON Awards 2019

Sandra Day O’Connor donned the black robes of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981. A little more than a decade later, Janet Reno became the first woman to serve as the U.S. Attorney General. The list of female legal trail ...

Tagged with: WJA 19

A new year always seems to dawn with promise. Time may travel in a linear path, never pausing, but I like the symbolism of a door that opens after last year’s ball drops. The Romans embedded the concept when they ...

Tagged with: Missouri Lawyers Awards 2019

Like most of us, innovators probably don’t own a shiny crystal ball. Still, they seem to have crystal-ball-like qualities when it comes to their soothsaying. They don’t wait for things to happen. They foretell a need and find a solution ...

Tagged with: Top Legal Innovation Awards 2018

Missouri Lawyers Media has been honoring excellence in law for decades. But for reasons that elude me, not until last year did we create an honor event devoted solely to the recognition of top in-house lawyering. That first event over-delivered ...

Tagged with: In-House Counsel 2018

Google the phrase “Up and Coming,” and you’ll find lots of examples of up-and-comers as well as definitions. Those explain that the adjective is used to describe someone likely to achieve success in the future based on their current progress. ...

Tagged with: Up & Coming 2018