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Scott Wilson of The Hines & Wilson Law Firm in Columbia has been inducted as a fellow of The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Class of 2019. Wilson, who earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1998, ...

The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission nominated three associate circuit judges to fill a vacancy on the St. Louis County Circuit Court. Judges Jason D. Dodson, Joseph L. Green and Richard L. Stewart are finalists for the vacancy created by the ...

The pass rate for the February 2019 Missouri bar exam continued a downward trend, dropping a percentage point from the prior year to 62.4 percent. Last year, the overall pass rate was 63.4 percent, compared to 74.3 percent in 2017, ...

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Spencer Fane has added Brian Markley to the firm’s Kansas City office. Markley will be a partner in the litigation practice group. He previously clerked for U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum and served on the staff of Sen. John ...

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Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. has appointed Bryan Covinsky to serve as the next Jackson County Counselor. Covinsky comes to the position from the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, where he was chief trial attorney of the violent crime ...

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Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris has added Linda Adeniji as an associate. Adeniji’s practice focuses on civil litigation related to general employment law. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a claims professional for an insurance company. She earned her ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has elevated St. Louis Associate Circuit Judge Calea Stovall-Reid to the circuit bench. She fills the vacancy created by Parson’s earlier appointment of Judge Robin Ransom to the Court of Appeals Eastern District. Stovall-Reid earned her law ...

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Stacey Janssen, who had practiced in the Kansas City area, has joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, based in St. Louis. Janssen brings more than 25 years of experience in elder law, estate planning, special-needs planning, trust litigation, Social Security ...

The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission will interview 32 applicants for a circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County. The commission is set to meet April 16 and 17 to select three finalists for the vacancy created by the retirement of ...

Trevor T. LaBarge has joined Armstrong Teasdale as an associate. LaBarge practices in the firms’ corporate services practice group in St. Louis, where he focuses on general business, mergers and acquisitions, securities and transactional law. He earned his law degree ...

Polsinelli has expanded its Employee Stock Ownership Plans practice with the addition of four new attorneys in Kansas City. Robert Grossman, Wally Brockhoff and Jenny Cascone Mosh have joined the firm as shareholders, while Angela Burnett has joined as an ...

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