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Gov. Mike Parson on Sept. 23 named St. Louis County Circuit Judge Renee Hardin-Tammons to the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

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For the second election cycle in a row, a group that evaluates judges under the Nonpartisan Court Plan has indicated that all of them deserve to keep their seats.

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Elections are a fraught subject today, feared by one side to be tainted by fraud and blasted by the other as having unfair rules. But never fear: Lawyers are here.

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For a brand-new law firm, Watters Wolf Bub Hansmann has no shortage of work.

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Nearly six years after Kansas City attorney Thomas Pickert was shot to death on his front lawn, a Jackson County jury on Sept. 22 found David Jungerman, against whom Pickert had won a $5.75 million civil verdict just weeks before his death, guilty of his murder.

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The family of a man killed in a collision with a cement mixer reached an $11 million settlement, according to their attorney.

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In politically salient back-to-back rulings, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 12 and 13 cleared the way for a recreational marijuana measure to appear on the November ballot and left in place a circuit court ruling that limits the ability of local health authorities to respond to the pandemic.

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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a high-profile case that could affect the ability of state courts to hear redistricting cases, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says the numerous groups weighing in on the underlying legal theory are missing the point.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District overturned a juvenile’s commitment to state custody for disregarding a court order, finding that the statute he was alleged to have violated applies only to adults. 

Photos from the 2022 annual meeting of The Missouri Bar in Springfield.

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Gov. Mike Parson has named Judge Becky J.W. Borthwick to the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District.

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