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With a legal career that has spanned half a century, George Kapke still relies on the Golden Rule to guide his daily practice.

Steve Hill wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps; he did exactly that while making a name for himself that would have made his father proud.

In a parking lot near the ballfields in Florissant, Missouri, an eight-year-old John Hessel would sit on his bicycle next to his coach's police cruiser and listen to the dispatchers relay information back and forth.

With his eyes set on a career in international law, an assistant dean sidelined Bill Hart's post-Duke University Law School plans with a straightforward piece of advice. "He told me to go into the FBI – it'll be the best education you will ever receive."

When Juli Hand enrolled in vocational school to earn a legal secretarial certificate in 1977, she didn't envision that one day she would start a law firm in suburban St. Louis or be on a ballot running for circuit judge.

Taney County Associate Circuit Judge Tiffany Yarnell envisioned working as an FBI agent as early as the seventh grade.

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When she’s not prepping for trial, you can often find University of Missouri School of Law graduate Kristen Tuohy on her horse farm taking care of the animals she and her husband raise.

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When Marion County native Judge Rachel Bringer Shepard graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1992 with a 4.0-grade point average and an LSAT score in the 98th percentile, an Ivy League law school admission was hers for the taking.

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With a resume that would make any parent gleam with pride, Judge Elizabeth Rohrs reflects on her career with humility, attributing her talents as “God-developed” and citing her natural tendency to be courteous as the asset most responsible for her success as a jurist.

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When the city attorney position in Republic, Missouri, opened up last year, the selection committee did not have to look far to fill the opening.

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