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Lewis Rice will donate $25,000 to the Golf Foundation of Missouri’s newly formed Larry L. Deskins Sr. Scholarship fund in honor of the longtime firm partner, who died March 22.

The Missouri Supreme Court’s family court committee is seeking comment from the public and members of the bar for a review of the child support guidelines.

Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Judge Rick Roberts as circuit judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit, which covers Clark, Schuyler and Scotland counties in northeastern Missouri.

Russell Shankland, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, has been selected to serve as a member of the Legal Services Corporation’s Emerging Leaders Council.

Suvir Dhar, an experienced asbestos litigator, has joined SWMW Law in St. Louis as a partner.

Richard B. Walsh Jr. has been named the new chairman of St. Louis-based Lewis Rice, the firm announced.

Nineteen people have applied to become the next judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

Armstrong Teasdale has added Renee M. Reuter as senior counsel in the firm’s intellectual property practice group.

Attorneys April Ladner of the Ladner Law Firm and Katie Ricks, an associate at Armstrong Teasdale, have been elected to the board of directors of CASA of St. Louis.

Jamie Boyer has joined Korein Tillery in St. Louis as a partner.

Patent and trademark firm Harness Dickey has formed a new team dedicated to serving clients in the agricultural, food and beverage industries.