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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Missouri attorneys who fail to comply with court orders in their personal lives — including court-ordered child-support obligations — may find themselves in trouble with the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel following an update to the Rules of Professional Conduct. ...

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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 stayed a one-year suspension and ordered 18 months of probation in the cases of two Riverside family law attorneys who admitted to violating ethics rules in their handling of a contentious child-custody dispute. The court’s ...

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