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Gov. Mike Parson has named former Jackson County Circuit Judge Charles Atwell to the Public Defender Commission. Atwell, who served on the bench from 1996 to 2012, is of-counsel to Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford in Kansas City, where ...

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The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission has selected three nominees for an associate circuit judge position in Jackson County. Sarah A. Castle, P. Benjamin Cox and Patricia M. “Tricia” Scaglia were chosen as finalists for the vacancy created by the recent ...

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Kutak Rock has elected three new partners in its Kansas City office, effective Jan. 1. They include Jacy J. Hurst, Brian L. Main and Justin M. Nichols. Hurst practices in the areas of health care regulatory compliance and employment law ...

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For 40 years, Kansas City tax attorney Bill Shapiro was best known in the community as the host of “Cyprus Avenue,” a weekly radio program at station KCUR that was devoted to Shapiro’s love of music.  KCUR announced that Shapiro ...

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Armstrong Teasdale has promoted 14 Missouri attorneys to partner, effective Jan. 1, in one of the firm’s largest groups of partner promotions in recent years. They are among a total of 18 attorneys promoted in the firm’s offices in St. ...

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The Appellate Judicial Commission has selected Michael E. Gardner, Jeffery T. McPherson and Michael W. Noble as nominees for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Sonya Brandt as an associate circuit judge for Osage County, part of the 20th Judicial Circuit. She succeeds Judge Robert Schollmeyer, who retired last year. Brandt, of Linn, most recently was an attorney with Brandt Law ...

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Chastidy Dillon-Amelung has been appointed traffic commissioner for St. Louis County Circuit Court. Prior to her appointment, Dillon-Amelung was in private practice, focusing on criminal defense, administrative licensing actions, and estate and tax planning. She previously served as an assistant ...

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Kirk Presley, founding member of the Presley & Presley law firm in Kansas City, has been sworn in as a member of the 16th Circuit Judicial Commission. The commission is tasked with interviewing all applicants for judicial vacancies and recommending ...

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Polsinelli has announced the firmwide election of 31 attorneys to shareholder, including 10 based in Missouri. New shareholders in the Kansas City office are: Joseph W. Aaker, in the firm’s capital markets/commercial lending practice group Kathryn T. Allen, in the ...

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St. Charles County Circuit Judge Ted House has announced that he will not seek re-election when his term ends this year. House is the longest-serving elected official in St. Charles County, the largest county in Missouri that is not part ...

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