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For the second election cycle in a row, a group that evaluates judges under the Nonpartisan Court Plan has indicated that all of them deserve to keep their seats.

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A secure transport process called "gooning" that involves forcing a teen into a vehicle, is typically initiated by parents, who want a child to enter a congregate care facility or program, like dozens in Missouri.

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After suing St. Louis County for same-day access of complaint filings, a national civil litigation news service might have a case according to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Elections are a fraught subject today, feared by one side to be tainted by fraud and blasted by the other as having unfair rules. But never fear: Lawyers are here.

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The speaker of the Missouri House is urging the U.S. attorney in Kansas City to shut down Agape Boarding School, accusing the Christian school of “what amounts to organized crime against children.”

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Attorneys argued in court Friday over two lawsuits challenging a new Missouri law on voter photo identification and civic engagement rules.

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In this latest edition of THE POWER LIST, a regular feature from Missouri Lawyers Media, we examine the most powerful attorneys in white-collar defense.

Poor records escalated two attorney discipline cases into recent Missouri Supreme Court oral arguments.

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For a brand-new law firm, Watters Wolf Bub Hansmann has no shortage of work.

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Nearly six years after Kansas City attorney Thomas Pickert was shot to death on his front lawn, a Jackson County jury on Sept. 22 found David Jungerman, against whom Pickert had won a $5.75 million civil verdict just weeks before his death, guilty of his murder.

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The Judicial Conference of Missouri presented a series of awards on Sept. 15 during the organization’s meeting in Springfield. 

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