Missouri Lawyers Media Missouri legal news and public notices

Leaving private practice after more than 20 years on his own, Al W. Johnson moved in 2016 to a new ministry — overseeing New Covenant Legal Services, for which he served as part-time director for the previous 19 months. This ...

After 19 years practicing law in business and with firms around the Denver area, Chuck Henson moved to Missouri in 2009 and worked as an assistant attorney general for the state. He transitioned to academia full time in 2015 and ...

Sarah Carlson recognizes the platform that Dentons has awarded her as a partner in its consumer products representation & services and litigation & dispute resolution practice groups, as well as a leader of pro bono efforts in its St. Louis ...

U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough has made diversity and inclusion a guiding principle of his life and legal practice, starting in 1999, when he researched employment discrimination and diversity issues as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Scott ...

Adopted from Korea by parents of Italian, German, Japanese and Irish descent, Frances Barbieri was raised with Black, white and mixed-race cousins. This diverse upbringing fuels her hope that one day law firms and organizations will look like the people ...

Madeline Johnson, one of Missouri’s first openly transgender attorneys, primarily focuses on representing LGBTQ clients. Her practice covers multiple areas of law that often relate to LGBTQ rights, such as employment, education, civil rights and occasionally family law. Johnson also ...

When Patricia Konopka began practicing law, she saw few people of color in big law firms, and even fewer women of color. Since then, she has worked to create and increase opportunities for women and people of color in the ...

As a member of the executive board at Husch Blackwell, J.Y. Miller makes diversity, equality and inclusion a priority in all of his business dealings. During his early years in the U.S. Army JAG Corp, where he spent five years ...

Throughout her extraordinary career, Kimberly Jade Norwood has been celebrated as a mentor to countless students and young lawyers, a global scholar-expert on topics ranging from torts to implicit bias, and a leader far beyond her law classroom at Washington ...

Growing up in rural northeast Missouri, Norma Jackson was the only African American female student in her class from first through 12th grade. That experience informed her ongoing work to create pipelines and provide access and opportunities for underserved and ...

As an in-house attorney for the University of Missouri system since 2013, Lana Knedlik says her day-to-day work often focuses on intellectual property issues. But she is committed to the university’s mission to advance opportunities for success and well-being for ...