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Three candidates have been nominated for an associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County. The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission selected Kenneth M. Brison, Heather R. Cunningham and Amanda B. McNelley as potential successors to fill the vacancy created by ...

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The Saint Louis Bar Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, honored five people during its 12th annual Spirit of Justice Awards Celebration Oct. 4 at the Saint Louis Club in Clayton. Award winners include ...

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The Kansas City Council has chosen Michael C. Heffernon as a municipal judge for Kansas City. Heffernon currently is an assistant prosecutor for the Kansas City Municipal Court and previously was an assistant Jackson County prosecutor. He will fill the ...

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Peter Riggs has joined Spencer Fane as of-counsel in the firm’s Kansas City office. He will work in the financial services practice. Riggs spent 10 years with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, serving as a chief trial attorney in ...

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Purvi Shah has joined Husch Blackwell as senior counsel in its Kansas City office. Shah joins the firm’s real estate, development and construction industry team and its corporate real estate and government contracts practice groups. She previously served as legal ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has named two attorneys to state boards. W. Dudley McCarter of Behr, McCarter & Potter in St. Louis was appointed to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and ...

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After more than 38 years at American National Center, Springfield firm Neale & Newman is planning to move. In a statement, firm leaders said the firm will relocate to the Farmers Park development on the south side of Springfield later ...

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Anthony T. Davidson has joined Swanson, Martin & Bell as a lateral associate in the firm’s St. Louis office. Davidson’s practice focuses on asbestos litigation. He previously served as a trial attorney for the Missouri Public Defender System. Davidson earned ...

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Reginald Harris has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he will work as a partner within the investigations, financial regulation & white collar practice group in the firm’s St. Louis office. Harris previously was the executive assistant U.S. Attorney for ...

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The Kansas City Municipal Judicial Nominating Commission has selected a panel of three nominees for the judicial opening created by the retirement of Judge Joseph H. Locascio in Division 202. Ten attorneys applied for the opening, and the commission interviewed ...

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Polsinelli has elevated Denise Drake to lead its labor and employment department. Drake, based in the firm’s Kansas City office, previously served as the employment disputes, litigation and arbitration practice chair for the past two years. The firm also announced ...

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