The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium has selected Husch Blackwell as one of three firms nationwide to win its 2020 Legal Innovation in Operations Project.

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As she prepares to take on a new role as chair of Husch Blackwell, Catherine Hanaway is focused on ensuring it emerges from the coronavirus crisis as the strongest law firm possible for its clients. Husch Blackwell announced April 14 ...

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Husch Blackwell partners have elected Catherine Hanaway to become the firm’s next chair in 2021.

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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative this month marks two years of renovating or demolishing vacant properties in St. Louis communities.

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed St. Louis attorney Matthew T. Schelp as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. The Senate voted 72-23 to approve his confirmation on Feb. 12. Five senators did not vote. Schelp is ...

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A dozen law firms either headquartered in Missouri or with a footprint in the state received top marks for their commitment to fostering LGBTQ equality in the workplace. On Jan. 21, the Human Rights Campaign issued its annual Corporate Equality ...

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For a group of Husch Blackwell attorneys, a federal judge’s 2019 order requiring Missouri to overhaul its parole process for state inmates sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles was especially gratifying. Missouri attorneys Jordan T. ...

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A Cole County circuit judge issued a temporary restraining order on Jan. 16 in what appears to be one of the first challenges brought under the Missouri constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana. Judge Daniel Green barred state officials from ...

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In November 2018, 1.5 million Missourians voted “yes” on Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana as part of the state constitution. The overwhelming vote made Missouri the 33rd state to make cannabis legal in some form, even as it remains forbidden ...

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President Donald Trump has nominated St. Louis attorney Matthew T. Schelp to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Schelp, a partner at Husch Blackwell, was one of 10 judicial nominees Trump ...

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Location: Kansas City Practice Area(s): Commercial litigation, insurance coverage Law School: University of Missouri-Kansas City Tyler Scott still recalls fondly the first time he won a motion for summary judgement. “I’ll always remember that feeling,” he said of the judge’s ...

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