When Lisa D’Souza started as a staff attorney at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2014 — just a week after teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by a policeman in Ferguson — she felt conflicted: she ...

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Widely regarded as an incurable liberal, a frequent dissenter, the only appellate judge in recent memory to face a serious retention challenge, Richard B. Teitelman is the Missouri Supreme Court’s most controversial judge — on paper.

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Missouri wants the state’s sentencing data to be reviewed by a program supported by the U.S. Department of Justice and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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John Orbe joined Bryan Cave’s St. Louis office. He will practice with the transactions, corporate finance and technology, entrepreneurial and commercial practice groups. He received his law degree from Saint Louis University in 2010. Orbe was a summer associate with ...

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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 new effort from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association aims to provide those incentives at a time when the economy is forcing many more individuals to represent themselves. The bar on Friday announced details of a pro bono database and Web site intended to link up Kansas City attorneys with citizens in need of free representation, part of a yearlong effort KCMBA President Rebbecca Lake Wood has spearheaded.

Supreme Court Judge Richard Teitelman and Jackson County Circuit Judge Ann Mesle's goodbye is reflected in a mirrored column at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's Pro Bono Summit on Friday.

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A police officer's discrimination lawsuit against a St. Louis suburb will proceed after a ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court. St. Louis County Judge James Hartenbach granted the city of Maplewood's motion for summary judgment on the grounds that officer Ellen Wallingsford's suit was filed too late. But the Supreme Court found that the judge had failed to comply with summary judgment procedures by not allowing Wallingsford to present additional evidence that discriminatory actions were taken during the filing period.

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The Missouri Supreme Court has turned down a chance to reinstate a section of caselaw thrown away four years ago when the state revamped workers’ compensation law. The court ruled today that a highway worker can’t get compensation for his ...

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The president of the American Bar Association says that courts across the nation are facing potential threats to their independence. H. Thomas Wells Jr. (pictured with recently exonerated prisoner Josh Kezer, center, and Bryan Cave attorney Charlie Weiss, right, whose pro bono representation freed Kezer) said the threats ranged from ballot initiatives to partisan elections to rating systems from special interest groups. Wells was at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary.

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American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells Jr. will be at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary. The roundtable is hosted by the Bar Association of Metropolitan ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a challenge from a sex offender who incurred a prison sentence when he did not register a change of address notice within 10 days. The Supreme Court previously ruled that it was unconstitutional to require ...

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