The Missouri Supreme Court is considering a proposed suspension for a former state judge whose admittedly aggressive re-election campaign is alleged to have tarnished the image of the judiciary.

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Missouri’s Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan D. Pratzel will retire on Nov. 11. Laura Elsbury takes up his role after his retirement.

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

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The Missouri Supreme Court has found a North Kansas City attorney who continued to practice law after the court suspended his license in criminal contempt.

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The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a Gladstone attorney who admitted to practicing without a Kansas law license for 17 years in Kansas courts.

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The high court is weighing discipline for an attorney who has admitted to practicing law in Kansas without a license there.

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The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended for at least six months the license of a Blue Springs attorney who had an affair with his client while he was representing her on a child-custody matter. The court suspended Michael Spiegel, a ...

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Trust-account violations led the Missouri Supreme Court to discipline three Missouri attorneys — including disbarring one and suspending another — on March 17. The court ordered disbarment for Kristy Lynn Ridings, a St. Louis attorney. The court found she’d violated ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering what discipline an attorney should receive for having an affair with a client while representing her.

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A Jackson County judge has recommended that a North Kansas City attorney be found guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced to a month in jail for allegedly continuing to practice after his license was suspended last year. The ruling — ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a St. Louis lawyer who already was suspended in connection with his representation of the now-closed bankruptcy firm Critique Services after he failed to timely respond to a disciplinary filing. On Dec. 24, the ...

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