Wolff came to the court 13 years ago with a unique background in journalism, politics and teaching. In a few weeks, he will circle back to one of those careers when he begins teaching again at Saint Louis University School of Law.

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The Missouri Supreme Court also announced it is now taking applications to fill Judge Michael A. Wolff’s seat.

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The Missouri Supreme Court struck down rules the Missouri Public Defender Commission enacted in 2008 that allow public defenders to refuse certain types of cases.
But, as public defenders read the decision, opinion author Judge Michael A. Wolff shoved open the door to a new option. Public defender offices can't refuse some cases and take others, but particularly burdened offices might be able to refuse to take any new cases.

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By Alyson E. Raletz Appellate court decisions have winners and losers. There are the fist-pumping prevailing attorneys, and then there are the lawyers ready to march back into the partner’s office with a fitting explanation for the defeat before the ...

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Faced with two cases focusing on the caseload crisis in the Missouri State Public Defender System, at least two judges on the Missouri Supreme Court gave a nod to the system’s financial straits. Judges Richard Teitelman and Michael A. Wolff ...

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A St. Louis woman will get to keep her Jefferson County property though it was sold at a tax sale to another person, according to a ruling handed down Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court. The court heard arguments on ...

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  It was a case challenging the constitutionality of workers’ compensation reform laws passed at the beginning of then-Gov. Matt Blunt’s term – politically tinged and high profile. How the Missouri Supreme Court handled the case was unusual. First, the ...

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In 2001, when he had been on the Supreme Court bench just two years, Judge Michael A. Wolff published an article in a Saint Louis University Law Journal that could have been titled, “What appellate judges really want.” Instead, Wolff ...

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Missouri Supreme Court Judge Michael A. Wolff and the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court have asked President-elect Barack Obama to work toward a “major change in state and federal sentencing practices.” The judges mailed their request to Obama’s ...

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