The Missouri Bar’s 45-member Board of Governors will feature nine new members, according to election results announced Aug. 16. In District 3, which covers 11 counties in west-central Missouri, Douglas B. Harris defeated incumbent Max Mitchell. In Greene County’s District ...

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When Charlie Harris became the first African American to lead the Missouri Bar in 2007, one of his top priorities was to create a more diverse board of governors. During his term, he added three diversity seats to the board ...

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You don’t have to wear pajamas while volunteering on the website Free Legal Answers — but you can. And some Missouri attorneys do.

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Twelve awards were presented to 26 individuals and firms at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting in Columbia this week.

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The committee heard testimony on several topics, including court costs and fees, the state public defender system and the criminal code.

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Kansas City lawyer P. John Brady was elected president; Reuben Shelton, senior litigation counsel for Monsanto Corp. in St. Louis, is the bar’s new president-elect; and Camdenton lawyer Erik A. Bergmanis was elected vice president.

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“It is sad that more people are able to name three Kardashian sisters but cannot name the three branches of government."

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Sponsoring events may not bring new clients to their waiting rooms, but attorneys agree that the publicity can only help a firm’s name recognition or reputation. And benefits accrue, whether it’s a 350-lawyer firm hosting a series of entrepreneurship conferences ...

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Our city’s attorney, Randy Weber, is one of 29,000 members of the Missouri Bar Association. Only 15 of those attorneys were finalists for the 2008 Lawyer of the Year award from Missouri Lawyers Weekly (a sister paper of Business Record ...

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