Charlie Dooley

Jan 19, 2010

Resolution awarded to Mulligan for Lawyer of Year honor

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley congratulated in a resolution a municipal attorney who was featured in Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s Lawyer of the Year issue. University City attorney John Mulligan Jr. was honored in the Jan. 12 resolution as a public servant “singled out for a highly coveted award.” Mulligan helped win a $65 million […]

Jun 11, 2009

County courts closed Friday; Dooley, advisers to meet Saturday about next week

The St. Louis County Courts Building will remain closed on Friday. It is not known if the building will reopen on Monday as planned. According to Director of Judicial Administration Paul Fox, County Executive Charlie Dooley will meet with key advisers at 2 p.m. on Saturday to determine whether government buildings will remain closed next […]

Jun 9, 2009

St. Louis County courts likely closed all week

The St. Louis County Courts building will be closed Wednesday and possibly longer after the building lost power on Monday. County officials are optimistic that power will be restored to government buildings sometime Thursday, but the structures will probably not be open for business until Monday. The St. Louis County Circuit Court set up in the rotunda of the Buzz Westfall Justice Center to acc[...]

Jun 8, 2009

Electrical fire shuts down St. Louis County courts

The St. Louis County Courts Building will remain closed Tuesday and possibly longer after an electrical fire knocked out power on Monday. A fire in the boiler room of the government complex may have been sparked by a lightning strike. The power outage caused St. Louis County courts to set up in the entryway of the courthouse Monday morning to handle essential court business. Pictured is Circuit Cl[...]

Jun 1, 2009

Armstrong Teasdale’s Corrigan to challenge Dooley in 2010

Armstrong Teasdale partner Bill Corrigan will challenge incumbent Charlie Dooley for the position of St. Louis County Executive in 2010, Corrigan announced Monday in a news release. Corrigan, who plans to formally announce his intentions at noon tomorrow at the Kirkwood Community Center, said in a release: “After several months of discussing the future of […]

Feb 5, 2009

St. Louis County bond issue axed

The St. Louis County Council has dropped plans for a $120 million bond proposal that would have paid for a new family court building. The move, made at the council’s Tuesday night meeting, followed promptings from St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley, who asked the council to drop the bond proposal in favor of […]

Jan 20, 2009

County takes second shot at bond issue for new buildings

If at first you don’t succeed … The St. Louis County Council wants to give voters another crack at approving a $120 million bond issue for a new, up-to-date County Government Center. After promptings from County Executive, Charlie Dooley, the County Council directed the County Counselor to prepare the appropriate legislation on Jan. 13. The […]