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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 ...

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 ...

The name partners at Kansas City trial firm of Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan are ending their 27-year partnership, effective May 15. Tom Bender and Michael Strohbehn and two other lawyers are leaving the firm, Bender said in an interview ...

The 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission has named Thomas A. McCarthy, Deborah L. Price and Rochelle M. Woodiest as finalists for an associate circuit judge vacancy on the St. Louis Circuit Court. The governor has 60 days to pick one of ...

For a second time, a Kansas City attorney is arguing that a local court rule that allows the Jackson County Circuit Court to appoint attorneys as pro bono counsel in juvenile cases is unconstitutional. John Ziegelmeyer, of HKM Employment Attorneys, ...

The Lawyers Association of St. Louis will hold elections from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10 at John D. McGurk’s Irish Pub in Soulard to confirm its 2018-2019 slate of officers. Candidates include: Justin D. Guerra, president-elect; Theresa A. ...

Attorneys from across the state gathered May 3 to honor the contributions of women in the legal profession at Missouri Lawyers Media’s 20th Annual Women’s Justice Awards.

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The new president of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis issued a call for more of the organization’s members to take up pro bono cases for Saint Louisans in need of their services. “This organization is a sleeping giant,” ...

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. ...