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The Missouri Supreme Court disciplined 57 attorneys this year, including 23 disbarments, the highest number reported in recent years.
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Read More »Panel: Ex-Lathrop partner’s “pattern of misconduct” warrants two-year suspension
A disciplinary panel is recommending that Kansas City attorney Allison Bergman’s license be suspended for at least two years on allegations stemming from her personal relationship with a client company’s ex-president. (Updated)
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Read More »‘Incidental’ relationship did not cloud her judgment, former Lathrop partner testifies
Addressing a three-member panel in a former screening room in a downtown Kansas City office building, former Lathrop & Gage partner Allison Bergman said she and former Kansas City Terminal president Charles Mader were at times friendly, at times romantic, and at times had a sexual relationship.
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Read More »Former Lathrop partner denies wrongdoing at disciplinary hearing
Former Lathrop & Gage partner Allison Bergman several times denied wrongdoing at a disciplinary hearing that centers in part on her long-term relationship with ousted Kansas City Terminal president Charles Mader.
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Read More »Discipline hearing opens for former Lathrop, KC Terminal attorney
A regional disciplinary committee will ask that the law license of former Lathrop & Gage attorney Allison Bergman be suspended for a “substantial amount of time."
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Read More »Key events: Bergman, Mader and KCT
Timeline: 1990: Allison Bergman marries. 1998: Lathrop & Gage hires Bergman as an associate. 1999: Bergman starts doing legal work for Kansas City Terminal Railway Co. 2002: Bergman and railway design engineer Charles Mader start a relationship. 2003: KCT appoints ...
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Read More »Romance brings down former Lathrop attorney
As counsel for Kansas City Terminal Railway Co., former Lathrop & Gage partner Allison Bergman worked on Charles Mader’s employment agreement, a conflict problem, according to a public discipline case that targets Bergman.
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Read More »Discipline filing: Partner’s romance with KCT president led to conflicts
A discipline filing alleges that the bond between a former Lathrop & Gage partner and the ousted president of Kansas City Terminal Railway helped derail the firm’s 106-year client relationship with KCT.
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Read More »Lathrop & Gage partner outlines 10 mistakes women make
Real estate and transportation attorney Allison Bergman, a Lathrop & Gage partner who serves on the firm’s executive committee, said that if she doesn’t cut in when sitting in a room with six men, she doesn’t get her turn.
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Read More »Allison L. Bergman
When Allison Bergman looks out over downtown Kansas City from her office, she sees a city she’s helping to restore one building at a time.
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Read More »Lathrop & Gage attorney keeps railways on green track
The world’s largest three-level railway flyover was finished in Kansas City in 2007, but Lathrop & Gage Partner Allison Bergman mopped up the details this year. Bergman is general counsel for the Kansas City Terminal Railway Co., a consortium of ...
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