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Alaris Litigation Services will celebrate the reopening of its downtown St. Louis office at 711 N. 11th Street at 8 a.m. on May 29. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and various Alaris clients are expected to attend. Alaris, which offers ...

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is asking for volunteer attorneys to work with a recently created program that provides pro bono legal aid to Missouri’s military servicemembers and veterans. Attorneys interested in working with the Military Legal Assistance Team may ...

  Newman, Comley & Ruth in Jefferson City observed its 25th anniversary in business with an open house April 18 for clients, friends and civic leaders. Stephen Newman, Mark Comley and John Ruth founded the firm in 1993, which today ...

Gov. Eric Greitens has appointed Thomas A. McCarthy as an associate circuit judge for the St. Louis Court. McCarthy replaces Judge Scott Millikan, whom Greitens earlier elevated to the circuit bench. Thomas McCarthy, a lifelong St. Louis resident, is an ...

The Lawyers Association of St. Louis has elected new officers. Bharat Varadachari will become president of the association on June 1. Justin Guerra is the new president-elect; Teri Appelbaum, first vice president; Dan Rousseau, second vice president; Jennine Adamek Moore, secretary; and Jenny Woulfe, ...

Samuel Blatnick has joined Stinson Leonard Street as a partner in Kansas City. Blatnick’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in a wide range of areas, both in court and in arbitration. He earned his law degree from the University ...

The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association honored 11 attorneys at its annual Bench-Bar & Boardroom Conference May 16-18 in Branson. The honorees are as follows: Deans of the Trial Bar: J.R. Hobbs, Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian; Nancy E. Kenner, Kenner ...

Gov. Eric Greitens appointed Clifford “Cliff” Thornburg as the prosecuting attorney for Chariton County. Thornburg is the attorney for the 9th Circuit Juvenile Office, which covers Chariton, Linn and Sullivan counties. He is also the principal attorney of his law ...

Attorney for Gov. Eric Greitens, Scott Rosenblum said that anything the Circuit Attorney's office or its investigators touched should be dropped.

Gov. Eric Greitens has appointed Joseph P. Whyte as a circuit judge for the St. Louis Circuit Court. Whyte, who lives in St. Louis, is an attorney at the Edwardsville, Illinois offices of O’Connell, Tivin, Griffin & Burns. He focuses ...

Carol Z. Smith has joined Kansas City firm Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore as of counsel. Smith represents clients in litigation matters, primarily involving surety, fidelity and construction claims. She is an active member of the ABA’s Tort Trial ...