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If you ask Don Carmody about his proudest accomplishments, he won’t start by telling you about a case he’s tried. He’ll tell you about the day in the early 1980s when he saw a driver strike a pedestrian crossing Market ...

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Kenneth Brostron studied in college to be an elementary school teacher, but he has touched far more students’ lives as an attorney. As counsel to the board of education for St. Louis Public Schools in the early 1980s, he became ...

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Susan Block’s three oldest children were napping one afternoon when she picked up the phone. The busy mom dialed the dean of admissions at Saint Louis University School of Law. “I asked if I could come back, and he looked ...

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In 1993, Dwight Laughlin broke in to the post office in the Newton County town of Neosho. He entered the building through a window after an unsuccessful attempt to break open a door with a combination lock, and he was ...

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When low-income people are entangled in the criminal justice system, they’re entitled to help from a public defender. The civil-justice system doesn’t come with that guarantee, but Karen Warren and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri are there to help. “Our ...

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A train route through some of Chicago’s poorest housing projects helped Susan McGraugh to choose the path she’s on today. McGraugh grew up in the suburban village of River Forest, Illinois, but in high school she started taking the train ...

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The cases Patricia Sullivan prosecutes might not grab headlines, but their outcomes are vital to her community. For 21 years, Sullivan has been the assistant prosecuting attorney for Springfield, where her cases focus on violations including traffic infractions, DWIs, peace ...

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As a prosecutor, Kimberly Fisher often has worked on some of the most disturbing cases that find their way through the justice system. Her cases often involve murders and rapes of children, something that is haunting but compelling. “It is ...

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Kelly Broniec has always been ahead of the curve, and since 2006, she’s been at the head of the courtroom. Broniec, an associate circuit judge in Montgomery County, got her start in trial law before she’d finished law school. In ...

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The defense firm of Foley & Mansfield has announced that litigator John G. Beseau has joined the firm’s construction law and litigation team in its St. Louis office. Beseau will defend construction matters in Missouri and Illinois as well as nationally. ...

A railroad worker who suffered two heart attacks on the job in a nine-week period has won a $1.075 million settlement. The confidential plaintiff was a contract worker performing track maintenance at sites throughout the country, according to a submission ...