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GOP Speaker Todd Richardson, who assumed leadership of the Missouri House a year ago when his predecessor resigned amid scandal, said the 2016 Legislative session brought progress toward change in a state that's been called the wild west of ethics, but he's disappointed a bill to limit lobbyist gifts didn't win approval.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday disbarred a Kansas City lawyer for failing to disclose her participation in a real estate scheme when she applied to The Missouri Bar. But Audrey N. Pyles, who was the subject of a federal ...

A three-year suspension handed down by the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday for missing deadlines and court dates likely means the end of a career for the 68-year-old lawyer.

A St. Louis attorney who had abandoned his law practice and disappeared committed suicide in front of the St. Louis city police early Wednesday. (Updated)

The trial of a suburban Kansas City lawyer charged with killing her father and his girlfriend has been delayed from February and the prosecution will now include members of the Missouri Attorney General's office.

The Missouri Supreme Court disciplined 57 attorneys this year, including 23 disbarments, the highest number reported in recent years.

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A Columbia attorney whom the Missouri Supreme Court had put on probation earlier this year had his law license suspended by the court Tuesday for violating that probation.

The attempted adoption of a baby is at the center of a discipline case that alleges Kansas City adoption attorney Sanford “Sandy” Krigel devised a strategy that caused the father to miss out on the first 13 months of his son’s life.

Former Kansas City attorney Jim Wirken was sentenced Wednesday to 13 months in prison on a federal money laundering charge.

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Harrison County Prosecutor-elect Richard Turner on Wednesday admitted in federal court to stealing more than half a million dollars from an elderly client.

Warren Gladders, the 65-year-old former attorney sentenced to a total of 70 years for robbing a bank and shooting at a highway patrol officer, was disbarred Tuesday.

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