With no way to tell how much to reimburse clients of an attorney who mismanaged his clients’ funds in trust accounts for years, the Missouri Supreme Court disbarred Lorenzo Antoine Hester in a 22-page en banc opinion.

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Earlier this month, one Clayton attorney was suspended and another Columbia attorney was disbarred by default.

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One Missouri attorney was suspended and another was disbarred on June 28.

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A former Kansas City attorney received a default disbarment on May 11. A week later, he said he had no idea he’d been disbarred.

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled May 17 that the Lincoln County Circuit Court is free to give its presiding judge supervisory authority over deputy clerks, despite a state law that gives such authority to the circuit clerk.

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A former Kansas City attorney received a default disbarment on April 19.

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A former attorney previously licensed in Missouri and Kansas has been disbarred in both states as a result of two Kansas adoption cases that were overturned due to his misrepresentation.

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The Missouri Supreme Court issued fewer disciplinary orders in 2019 compared to the previous year, but the total rate of attorneys who were disbarred, suspended or placed on probation remained roughly the same. In 2019, the court disbarred five more ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a Crane attorney in a case in which the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel had sought only a one-year suspension. The court entered its order disbarring John Dale Wiley on Nov. 19. In March, ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred former Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders.

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Nov. 20 suspended indefinitely the law license of Mary L. Lemp, a lawyer in St. Louis, after finding she had committed forgery in court motions. The judges blocked Lemp from applying for reinstatement for six months.

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