An attorney accused of hiding clients from the law firm Brown & Crouppen denies that he did so.  John Driscoll’s attorney Doug Dowd, of Dowd & Dowd, said his client categorically denies all allegations made by Brown & Crouppen. Driscoll ...

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A former associate accused by Brown & Crouppen of hiding clients from the firm has fired back with his own lawsuit. John J. Driscoll Jr. alleges in St. Clair County, Ill., Circuit Court that Brown & Crouppen violated the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct when it created an associate agreement that prevented him from continuing to represent clients with whom he had an attorney-client relationship. Driscoll filed his lawsuit after Brown & Crouppen filed suit against him in St. Louis Circuit Court.

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A former associate accused by Brown & Crouppen of hiding clients from the firm has fired back filing his own lawsuit in St. Clair County Circuit Court. John J. Driscoll Jr. alleges that Brown & Crouppen violated the Illinois Rules ...

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Proposal 2: Prohibit celebrity endorsements of an attorney unless the person is or was a client Brown & Crouppen ad: Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, hitting a punching bag, pitches the firm: “If I was hurt in a car wreck, I’d ...

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It began with a bang, but it may end with a whimper. The topic of advertising leaves little room for a middle ground. Some attorneys believe it demeans the profession, especially on TV. On the opposite side are those who ...

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St. Louis law firm Brown & Crouppen has sued one of its former associates, alleging the attorney secretly hid clients from the firm and prevented it from collecting possibly millions in attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday in St. ...

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St. Louis law firm Brown & Crouppen has sued one of its former associates alleging the attorney secretly hid clients from the firm, which prevented the firm from collecting possibly millions in attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday in ...

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In a nine-way race for office, anything can happen. That’s as good an explanation as anyone can offer for why voters ousted two veteran members of The Missouri Bar’s governing board. St. Louis City members William Bay and Mark Levison ...

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There is such a thing as too much justice. A Kansas City jury yesterday decided a New York company’s licensing of a JUSTICE telephone number infringed on a trademark owned by Joplin company Just Enterprises Inc. The jury awarded Just ...

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A doctor who alleged malicious prosecution has reached a settlement with the Brown & Crouppen law firm, averting a two-week trial involving more than a dozen lawyers that had been scheduled to start Monday. For now, the case in St. ...

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It’s Terry Crouppen’s bearded visage that adorns billboards and TV commercials across St. Louis. But as managing partner of Brown & Crouppen, it’s Ron Brown who runs the firm’s day-to-day operations. Plenty of business comes from that heavy advertising, but ...

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