Lawyers of Color has named Polsinelli shareholders Dan Cranshaw, Quentin Jennings and Jean Marie R. Pechette to its inaugural Nation’s Best list in recognition of their accomplishments and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Cranshaw and Jennings ...

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Plaintiff filed suit against two dissatisfied clients for unpaid fees. After defendants removed plaintiff’s suit to federal court, they stayed the action to allow the unpaid fees claim to proceed in arbitration. Before the arbitration panel, however, defendants raised numerous ...

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Petsch v. Jackson County Prosecuting Attorneys Office (MLW No. 71807/Case No. WD81536 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)

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Davis v. Wieland (MLW No. 71753/Case No. WD81032 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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Gall v. Steele (MLW No. 71687/Case No. SC96188 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Fischer, C.J., Russell, Powell, Breckenridge, JJ., concur; Draper, J., concurs in separate opinion filed; Stith, J., concurs in opinion of Draper, J.)

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Fleck v. Wetch (MLW No. 70918/Case No.16-1564 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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Lincoln County Commission v. Forty-fifth Judicial Circuit (MLW No. 70702/Case No. SC95791 – 6 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Stith, Draper and Wilson, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

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In Re: Ryan J. McMillin (MLW No.70703/Case No. SC96223 – 11 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; all concur)

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Brady v. Starke (MLW No. 70145/Case No. WD79291 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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In re: The Honorable Christina Kunza Mennemeyer (MLW No. 70064/Case No. SC95938 – 9 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, per curiam; Wilson, J., concurs in separate opinion filed)

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In Re: Joel B. Eisenstein (MLW No. 69006/Case No. SC95331 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Teitelman, J. : Breckenridge, C.J., Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concur; Fischer, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Wilson, J., concurs in opinion of Fischer, J.; Wilson, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Fischer, J., concurs in opinion of Wilson, J.)

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