Arthur Margulis and his son, William Margulis, both white-collar criminal defense attorneys, are joining Clayton firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan on Jan. 1.

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It started out messy. A 27-year-old former Hooters waitress dies suddenly in the home of an ex-beer baron who is no stranger to bad publicity. For weeks it’s not clear what killed August Busch IV’s girlfriend. Questions swirl about how quickly anyone called 911. A media frenzy ensues.

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A federal judge sentenced Milton H. “Skip” Ohlsen III to 30 months in prison on charges of bank fraud and being a felon in possession of firearms. He will serve both sentences concurrently. Ohlsen has also been ordered to pay ...

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A man allegedly involved in the Clayton parking garage bombing in 2008 and said to be the link between former state Sen. Jeff Smith and former state Rep. Steve Brown’s campaign ethics violations, was sentenced today on unrelated charges. Milton ...

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Former state legislator Steve Brown has now taken steps to give up his law license. Brown, a Clayton lawyer, pleaded guilty last month to obstruction of a federal election investigation. The Democrat earlier resigned from the state House. Friday, the ...

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A St. Louis County state legislator and lawyer will plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to his attorney. St. Louis attorney Art Margulis told Missouri Lawyers Media that Rep. Steve Brown (pictured), D-Clayton, would plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Margulis said that the first-term Democratic lawmaker would be in court to plead guilty at 1:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse in St. Louis.

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