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Jenifer W. Svancara has joined Sanders Warren Russell & Scheer in Overland Park as a partner. Svancara will focus her practice primarily in commercial litigation, insurance defense, construction litigation, personal injury and employment law. She earned her law degree from ...

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A. James Shafter has rejoined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he will work as a senior advisor in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance group in the St. Louis office. Shafter returns to the firm from COFCO International Ltd. ...

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Joshua A. Decker has joined Spencer Fane’s estate planning group as of-counsel in the firm’s Overland Park, Kansas and Kansas City office. In Decker’s practice, he advises individuals and families on various aspects of estate planning and trust and estate ...

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Joan M. Swartz has been elected a fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, which recognizes attorneys as leaders in the field of labor and employment law. The college, established in 1995, is an initiative of the council ...

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Lauren M. Schuster has joined Armstrong Teasdale as an associate in the firm’s corporate services practice group in St. Louis. Schuster focuses on employee benefits, compensation and tax matters. She earned her law degree in 2014 from Loyola University in ...

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Elizabeth “Betsy” Miller and Teresa Hurla have joined Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice as civil defense litigation associates in the firm’s Kansas City office. Miller’s practice emphasizes the areas of personal injury, products liability and class action and multidistrict litigation. ...

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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Aimee Gromowsky to the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. Gromowsky is a criminal defense attorney at The Gromowsky Law Firm in Kansas City and served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Jackson County from 1998 ...

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E.C. Duckworth has joined Votava Nantz & Johnson as an associate in its office in Kansas City. Duckworth’s practice focuses on serious personal injury, including professional negligence, dangerous premises and insurance bad-faith litigation. He earned his law degree from the ...

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Cook, Barkett, Ponder & Wolz, a personal injury attorney firm, has opened an office in St. Louis. The new office is located at 100 S. Fourth St. Suite 550. Partner J. Michael Ponder said the office will serve the firm’s ...

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Jessica Cozart has joined the St. Louis office of Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice. Cozart joins the firm as of-counsel, practicing in the areas of property and casualty litigation and insurance coverage and defense. She worked in New Orleans following ...

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Michael P. Gaughan and Rodger M. Turbak have joined the Kansas City office of Lewis Rice as members of its litigation team. Both attorneys, who previously practiced with SouthLaw, have experience in bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and banking litigation. Gaughan’s practice ...

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