Polsinelli’s CEO Chase Simmons is clear about his firm’s goals. “We’re trying to keep diversity and inclusion top of mind throughout the organization,” he said. That can be seen in the numbers. The firm’s summer associate class this year is ...

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Growing up in a predominantly black neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts, Dan Cranshaw was only vaguely aware of his minority status in a majority-white world. That would change once he arrived at the Deerfield Academy, a private boarding school the future ...

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Sometimes people find their life’s passion at an early age. And sometimes, that passion finds them in unusual ways. J. Danielle Carr knew from the time she became a big fan of “Perry Mason” that she wanted to be a ...

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  For the second time, Missouri Lawyers Media honored attorneys and law firms from around the state with its Diversity & Inclusion Awards during an awards luncheon Aug. 9 at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis. Launched in 2018, ...

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A Missouri appeals court for the first time has ruled that delivering a baby unattended by medical professionals is not in itself enough to support a criminal prosecution. The ruling came in the court’s decision to reverse a Miller County ...

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2018 was a growth year for most of Missouri’s largest firms. A year ago, Missouri had eight law firms with $100 million or more in revenue. Today, Spencer Fane’s phenomenal growth has increased that count to nine. Polsinelli, Husch Blackwell, ...

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The leadership of some of Missouri’s largest law firms is going through a generational shift of sorts. On Jan. 1, Chase Simmons formally succeeded Russ Welsh as chairman of Polsinelli — a move that nearly coincided with the retirement of ...

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Lawyers of Color has named Polsinelli shareholders Dan Cranshaw, Quentin Jennings and Jean Marie R. Pechette to its inaugural Nation’s Best list in recognition of their accomplishments and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Cranshaw and Jennings ...

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Say your bank wants to acquire another bank. How do you get that bank’s shareholders to go along with the merger? These are the kinds of questions that Ken Suelthaus has wrestled with throughout his career. “If you had Bank ...

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Jessica Norris has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder and member of its business department. She comes to the firm with nearly 20 years of experience in the area of mergers and acquisitions. She also represents private equity funds and serves ...

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Polsinelli has expanded its Employee Stock Ownership Plans practice with the addition of four new attorneys in Kansas City. Robert Grossman, Wally Brockhoff and Jenny Cascone Mosh have joined the firm as shareholders, while Angela Burnett has joined as an ...

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