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Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced that 25 recent law school graduates and associate laterals have joined the firm’s offices across the country, including 14 in Kansas City.
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Read More »Gray named to Grinnell board of trustees
Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner Jon Gray has been named to the board of trustees for Grinnell College.
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Read More »McDonough elected as KC Civic Council chair
The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City has elected Shook, Hardy & Bacon Chair Madeleine McDonough to a two-year term as chair of the organization, effective June 1.
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Read More »Eblen selected as IATL fellow
The International Academy of Trial Lawyers has selected Charles Eblen of Shook, Hardy & Bacon as a fellow, pending its annual meeting in Berlin later this year.
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Read More »Shook, Hardy & Bacon opens Connecticut office
Shook, Hardy & Bacon has opened a new office in Hartford, Connecticut, marking its 18th location nationwide.
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Read More »George E. Wolf to join architectural firm as general counsel
George E. Wolf III, whose last day as a Jackson County circuit judge was March 16, has joined Kansas City-based architectural, engineering and planning firm HNTB Corporation. According to court spokeswoman Valerie Hartman, Wolf will serve as general counsel of ...
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Read More »New Missouri Bar director ‘stands on the shoulders’ of trailblazers
For the first time, The Missouri Bar soon will have an African American lawyer as its executive director.
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Read More »Mischa Buford Epps chosen to lead The Missouri Bar
Epps succeeds Sebrina Barrett, who resigned in 2019 to relocate with her family to New York. Epps will be the bar’s fifth executive director in its 76-year history.
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Read More »Missouri firms rank high on workplace equality index
A dozen law firms either headquartered in Missouri or with a footprint in the state received top marks for their commitment to fostering LGBTQ equality in the workplace. On Jan. 21, the Human Rights Campaign issued its annual Corporate Equality ...
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Read More »Legal champion: J. Stan Sexton, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (retired)
Stan Sexton does not have many regrets when he looks back on his 42-year legal career. But one of them, which he sought to rectify in recent years, has been that he did not do more pro bono work. “It ...
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Read More »Ice in her veins: Hockey experience readies Shook attorney for seat on KC sports commission
The adversarial process can be tough, and like any attorney, Bailey Samuel sometimes runs across a lawyer who tries to bully or intimidate her. Those lawyers don’t have much luck. “I have the confidence to be aggressive right back because ...
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