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The Municipal Court of Kansas City, Missouri is asking members of the public to share their concerns and ideas for how to improve court access, fairness and trust in a series of community conversations. The sessions are set for the ...

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Attorneys across the state have elected several new members to the commissions that select candidates to fill judicial vacancies. Neil Chanter, a shareholder with Strong-Garner-Bauer in Springfield, was chosen as the Southern District attorney member of the Appellate Judicial Commission. ...

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The Legal Services Corporation has announced that it is awarding a $27,500 Technology Initiative Grant to Legal Aid of Western Missouri. The grant is part of more than $4.3 million in tech grants the organization is awarding to 30 legal ...

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Springfield-based Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool, a child-care and early-education provider, has promoted Mary Bozarth to general counsel. Bozarth will provide legal guidance for the company’s schools, oversee employee and human resource functions, manage corporate filings, and handle risk management ...

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The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet Jan. 17 to select finalists for the next judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 6 for the vacancy created by Judge Lawrence E. Mooney’s retirement ...

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Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice has added several attorneys in the St. Louis area. Jennifer Maloney has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as a member. Previously of-counsel with the St. Louis law firm of Heyl Royster, Maloney’s practice is ...

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Ann Lee Benedict, N-Gen advisory board chair for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, presents Thompson Coburn Chair Tom Minogue (right) with the 2019  George B. Vashon Innovator Award on Oct. 15 at the association’s annual Creating Pathways to Diversity conference. ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has elevated Judge Becky J.W. Borthwick to the circuit bench in Greene County. Borthwick, who had been an associate circuit judge, fills a circuit position that the General Assembly established in 2019. Parson’s office noted that she ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has named Joseph Blanner to the St. Louis Board of Freeholders and William Buchholz to the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Blanner is a partner at McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, where he practices municipal and construction ...

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Reginald Harris has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he will work as a partner within the investigations, financial regulation and white collar practice group in the firm’s St. Louis office. Harris previously was the executive assistant U.S. Attorney for ...

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The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for two circuit judge vacancies to be created by the impending retirements of Judges Michael T. Jamison and Gloria Clark Reno. The commission plans to conduct public interviews for both vacancies on ...

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