Brown & James has named Agota Peterfy as chair of its Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee. She served as a member of the committee for several years before taking her leadership role.

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For a brand-new law firm, Watters Wolf Bub Hansmann has no shortage of work.

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Brown & James’ offices in Kansas City and St. Louis have boosted five attorneys from within. 

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Brown & James has added associates Sarah E. Morrison and Jason Vigil to its Kansas City office.

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Philip L. Willman has been a member of DRI, the world’s largest defense bar organization, since 1985 and has been a member of the group’s board since 2013. So he had plenty of time to get used to the idea ...

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A woman who received a $1.5 million verdict in 2018 for a T-bone crash near a Taco Bell restaurant in St. Louis must take her case to trial for a second time as a result of a ruling by the ...

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Jurors in St. Louis County found two physicians were not liable when a patient lost an eye after developing a rare infection. Philip Willman of Brown & James defended Pepose Vision Institute and its retina specialist Nancy Holekamp in the ...

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A St. Louis County jury rejected a medical-malpractice claim by the family of a man who died following his admission to Mercy Hospital for atrial fibrillation. The jury deliberated for about two hours following a seven-day trial in July. The ...

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Philip L. Willman, principal and shareholder at Brown & James in St. Louis, became president of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar at the group’s annual meeting Oct. 24 in New Orleans. Willman has been a member of ...

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Location: St. Louis Practice Area(s): Civil defense, insurance law, premises liability, products liability Law School: University of Missouri Some of John D. Cooney’s earliest memories involve visiting the downtown St. Louis law office of his father, John F. Cooney, and ...

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An Illinois jury decided for the defense in a wrongful-death case stemming from a woman’s death just days after a twisted ankle sent her to the doctor. Tamara Kay Greco, 36, went to an emergency room and was diagnosed with ...

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