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Stolar Partnership elects new leadership
Harvey Harris gave up the chairmanship of The Stolar Partnership as the 37-attorney St. Louis firm revamped its management structure. The firm has revamped its governance and management structure and elevated four partners to new executive leadership positions. Ravi Sundara was elected by a newly created three-member leadership committee as firm manager, the firm said […]
Colleagues remember Seigel’s advocacy for poor and minorities
St. Louis attorney Charles Seigel, known by friends and colleagues as a supporter of minorities and legal services for the poor, died on Thursday. He was 77. Seigel had practiced law for more than 50 years. After he graduated from Washington University School of Law, he went to clerk for U.S. District Judge Randolph Weber […]
ABA’s president to speak on Plan, Lincoln
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 St. Louis and the ABA. The independence of the judiciary is one of Wells’ major […]
In the News
â– The Stolar Partnership announced the addition of partner Gregory F. Herkert to the litigation department. Herkert represents financial institutions in creditor’s rights matters as well as other business clients in bankruptcy and financial restructuring, litigation and real estate. Herkert, who has 20 years experience, has practiced at The Barry Law Firm.  ■Jordan Cherri[...]
Armstrong Teasdale lays off 30
Armstrong Teasdale has joined the ranks of Missouri law firms laying off attorneys and staff. The St. Louis-based firm this week let go seven lawyers and 23 staff members, or 6 percent of the firm’s total personnel, managing partner Michael Chivell said in a statement. “Like all business entities, Armstrong Teasdale is not immune to […]
Bryan Cave lays off 58 attorneys, 76 staff, freezes salaries
Citing a deteriorating economy, Bryan Cave is laying off 58 attorneys and 76 staff members firmwide and freezing salaries for 2009. The steps followed efforts throughout 2008 to slash expenses in an attempt to avoid layoffs. "Over the course of the past year, we implemented a number of measures to reduce our costs," Chairman Don Lents said in an e-mail sent firmwide Thursday. "Unfortunately,[...]
ABA to honor Doreen Dodson
A St. Louis attorney is receiving a national award from the American Bar Association for her outreach efforts to enhance the public’s awareness of the need for a fair and impartial judiciary. Doreen Dodson, of The Stolar Partnership, will receive the ABA’s Coalition for Justice’s Burnham “Hod” Greeley Award at the association’s midyear meeting Friday […]
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