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2025 Power List 100: Jerome Schlichter, Schlichter Bogard
Jerry Schlichter pioneered claims against employee retirement plans alleged to have charged excessive fees under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
2025 Power List 100: Bev Randles, Randles & Splittgerber
Bev Randles is a partner at Randles & Splittgerber in Sunrise Beach with 25 years of legal practice.
2025 Power List 100: Joe Jacobson, Jacobson Press
Joe Jacobson won two important Missouri Supreme Court cases involving banks that engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by charging document preparation fees.
2025 Power List 100: John M. Edgar, Edgar Law Firm
John Edgar’s career wins include a $38 million settlement in 2004 against a Jackson County riverboat casino operator after it had allegedly improperly obtained its gaming license.
2025 Power List 100: Don M. Downing, Gray Ritter Graham
Don Manley Downing is shareholder and chairman of the board of directors at Gray Ritter Graham in St. Louis with 43 years of legal practice.
2025 Power List 100: Robert D. Blitz, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch
Bob Blitz, who helped bring the Rams football team to St. Louis in 1995, played a key role in winning a $790 million settlement after their departure.
The judgment is the easy part — collecting it from an LLC poses problems
Plaintiff attorneys across all civil practices are facing a common problem in Missouri and nationwide: enforcing judgments against LLCs.
Jury sides with Boone County businesses in student housing contract case
A Boone County jury awarded $34M in a breach of contract and fraud case involving a Columbia student housing complex, finding Marcus & Millichap hid key financial facts.
Largest US landlord to pay $7M to settle rent‑setting algorithm lawsuit
The proposed settlement is the latest to result from antitrust lawsuits targeting RealPage and similar software companies. Prosecutors argue the products help rival property managers illegally align prices and push up rents.
Anheuser descendants’ company hit with multimillion-dollar verdict
A St. Louis County jury awarded $55.4 million in damages to the plaintiffs in a shareholder derivative suit involving descendants of the Anheuser family.
Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, can keep WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.
Visa-Mastercard legal settlement could lead to rewards cards getting declined
Visa and Mastercard’s proposed settlement could let merchants reject certain high-reward credit cards or charge surcharges on premium card purchases.
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