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The Appellate Judicial Commission will interview 17 applicants on Jan. 14 and 15 for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals Eastern District.

The St. Louis Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Missouri Prosecuting Attorney Outstanding Service Award, which will provide up to $50,000 for federal and institutional educational loan repayment to an eligible assistant prosecuting attorney in Missouri.

Todd Graves of Graves Garrett, a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, has been named the chairman of the Stanley M. Herzog Foundation.

Don M. Downing of Gray, Ritter & Graham has been named a 2020 recipient of the Excellence in Agricultural Law Award by the American Agricultural Law Association in recognition of his contributions to the legal profession and the agricultural community.

The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys delivered $5,340 and about 325 new and nearly new children’s coats to The Kitchen Inc., a local nonprofit that serves the homeless.

Federal courts in Missouri and Kansas are among 13 district courts that will participate in a two-year pilot program to livestream audio of proceedings in select civil cases of public interest, starting in 2021.

Thompson Coburn partner Steve Gorin, who practices in the firm’s St. Louis office, has been elected to the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils Estate Planning Hall of Fame.

Gov. Mike Parson has appointed several attorneys to various boards and commissions.

Nick Hillyard has joined Wendt Law Firm in Kansas City as an associate.

Capes Sokol has added two attorneys to the law firm.

Gov. Mike Parson named Jack A.L. Goodman, a trial judge and former state senator, as the next member of the Court of Appeals Southern District.