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An autopsy is planned after a northeast Missouri prosecuting attorney was found dead in his home. The body of Marion County prosecutor David Clayton was found by his brother on Saturday. Coroner Richard Jones says there was no evidence pointing ...

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The 7th Circuit Judicial Commission nominated associate circuit judges Louis Angles, David P. Chamberlain and Karen L. Krauser for a circuit judge vacancy in Clay County. Gov. Mike Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three to ...

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Brian Bear once again is working for Spencer Fane. He will serve of as of-counsel in the firm’s government relations practice group in Kansas City. Bear initially joined Spencer Fane in 2016 after serving as an assistant attorney general. Last ...

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Graves Garrett has added attorney Jennifer Donnelli to the Kansas City firm. Donnelli, previously of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, brings increased experience to a nationwide commercial litigation practice. She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of ...

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The deadly May 2011 Joplin tornado fundamentally changed the legal practice of Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s Joplin office, its managing attorney told a national task force on Dec. 4. “Our biggest gap post-disaster was legal assistance,” said Pamela Roychaudhury. ...

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  Attorneys and businesses from across the state gathered Dec. 5 in Kansas City to celebrate innovation in the legal profession at Missouri Lawyers Media’s inaugural Top Legal Innovation Awards. Missouri Lawyers Media presented 16 awards in three categories: emerging ...

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has elected 23 new lawyers to partnership in the firm, effective Jan. 1, including six in Missouri. In Kansas City, the new partners are Shannon Barks, whose practice concentrates on wealth preservation and estate planning; and ...

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This post has been updated with comments from Kevin Corlew. A prominent attorney member of the Missouri House resigned on Dec. 5 after losing re-election last month. State Rep. Kevin Corlew, R-Kansas City and a partner at Shook, Hardy & ...

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ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit civil-rights law firm based in St. Louis, was presented with the 2018 Thomas Merton Award during the Thomas Merton Center’s 46th annual celebration held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The award honors those whose work for peace and ...

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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker will be the Missouri Democratic Party’s next leader. Democrats elected Baker Saturday. She will replace Stephen Webber as state party chairman. Baker is taking the reins of following major Democratic losses. Republican Josh Hawley ...

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Cunningham, Vogel & Rost in St. Louis has hired Justin R. Harmon as a senior associate and Kendall M. Reeves as an associate. Harmon earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 2009. He ...

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