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The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission will interview nine applicants on Dec. 16 and 17 for an associate circuit judge vacancy in Greene County. The vacancy was created by Judge Becky Borthwick’s recent elevation to the circuit bench. There are seven ...

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The husband-and-wife attorney team John Galvin and Suzanne Galvin have joined Thompson Coburn’s St. Louis office, the firm announced Dec. 6. John Galvin is a founding partner of the St. Louis firm previously known as Fox Galvin, which his wife ...

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Spencer Fane’s practice in Texas is absorbing nine attorneys from a dissolving firm in the Dallas area. Hiersche Hayward Drakeley Urbach, which has been in operation for nearly 40 years, said in a news release that it is winding down ...

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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Amanda Bundren McNelley as an associate circuit judge for the St. Louis County Circuit Court. McNelley, of Kirkwood, is a family law team leader and counsel at Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard.  She earned her law ...

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission has selected three nominees for an associate circuit judge vacancy in Jackson County Circuit Court. Arimeta R. DuPree, R. Travis Willingham and Jerri J. Zhang are finalists to succeed Judge Cory L. Atkins following his ...

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The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet Feb. 13 to select finalists for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 10 to succeed Judge Victor Howard, who stepped down in November to ...

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The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission will publicly interview 26 applicants on Dec. 5 for the first of two circuit judge vacancies in St. Louis County. Interviews begin at 8:30 a.m. in the jury assembly room at the St. Louis County ...

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Randall F. Scherck, Jessica L. Curtis and Jared S. Manse have joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale in the firm’s St. Louis office. Scherck joins as of-counsel in the business services group. He brings more than 35 years of experience representing ...

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Voice for Adoption, a national adoption-advocacy nonprofit group, honored retired Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner J. Eugene Balloun with its 2019 Breaking Barriers Adoption Award. The award recognizes Balloun’s efforts in overcoming barriers to adoption, including age, geographic location and ...

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Amy Ryan and Greg Todd have been named shareholders at Martin Leigh. Ryan, who joined the firm in 2007, manages the firm’s St. Louis/Clayton office while maintaining her own litigation practice. Todd joined the firm in 2014 and works in ...

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has announced the recipients of its diversity scholarships, three of whom will work for the firm in Missouri. Now in its third year, the diversity scholarship program awards scholarships to up to four second-year law students. ...

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