In November 2018, 1.5 million Missourians voted “yes” on Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana as part of the state constitution. The overwhelming vote made Missouri the 33rd state to make cannabis legal in some form, even as it remains forbidden ...

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Law firms by nature are creatures of the adversarial process, but sometimes they find cooperation can be the best course to solving a problem for others. “There was a problem that was presented regarding birth certificates for same-sex parents that are ...

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In June, Thompson Coburn launched ProjectCRAFT to help its banking clients handle some of their tedious but necessary tasks. Already, the firm’s innovation is poised to spread to other industries. ProjectCRAFT (short for “Citation, Review, Analysis, File Submission and Tracking”) ...

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The husband-and-wife attorney team John Galvin and Suzanne Galvin have joined Thompson Coburn’s St. Louis office, the firm announced Dec. 6. John Galvin is a founding partner of the St. Louis firm previously known as Fox Galvin, which his wife ...

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Ann Lee Benedict, N-Gen advisory board chair for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, presents Thompson Coburn Chair Tom Minogue (right) with the 2019  George B. Vashon Innovator Award on Oct. 15 at the association’s annual Creating Pathways to Diversity conference. ...

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Location: St. Louis Practice Area(s): Intellectual property, media law Law School: University of Missouri Whether she is negotiating a multimillion-dollar software license agreement or managing a trademark portfolio for a major telecommunications company, Jennifer Visintine applies one important rule. “Treat ...

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Reginald Harris has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he will work as a partner within the investigations, financial regulation & white collar practice group in the firm’s St. Louis office. Harris previously was the executive assistant U.S. Attorney for ...

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As the mother of a black son who was 13 at the time, Pamela Meanes always felt the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown was personal — even as she used her platform as president of the nation’s largest ...

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Thompson Coburn has launched a technology innovation designed to handle headaches for banks as easily as state court systems will allow. Banks, particularly large retail and commercial operations, face a barrage of legal filings each month. When a party wins ...

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Ever since law school, Roman Wuller has worked for only one firm: Thompson Coburn. Soon, he’ll be leading it. The firm’s management committee has selected Wuller, who oversees 190 attorneys in the litigation department, to serve as chair effective July ...

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Long-serving Thompson Coburn Chair Tom Minogue will step down from the role in July 2020, the firm announced Friday. The firm, which ranked as the sixth-largest law firm in the state in Missouri Lawyers Media’s MOney 2019 publication, said Minogue ...

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