Judge denies Attorney General Bailey’s motion to halt deposition
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey may be required to sit for a deposition, a highly unusual situation stemming from an alleged ethics violation in his property tax lawsuit against Jackson County,...
View ArticleFederal appeals court rules against Missouri’s waiting period for...
A federal court on Monday ruled against a Missouri ban on lawmakers taking sometimes lucrative lobbying jobs shortly after leaving office. The post Federal appeals court rules against Missouri’s...
View ArticleSpencer Fane ditches hierarchy, reorganizes firm
Spencer Fane announced on July 16 that it is restructuring its organization to eliminate the hierarchy of traditional firms in an effort to minimize bureaucracy. The post Spencer Fane ditches...
View ArticleJury awards $2 million to woman sexually assaulted by former police officer
A St. Louis County jury has awarded more than $2 million in damages to a St. Charles County woman who alleged that her therapist — a former Lincoln County law enforcement officer — sexually assaulted...
View ArticleHow might Biden’s Supreme Court proposals work?
President Joe Biden on Monday proposed major changes for the U.S. Supreme Court: an enforceable code of ethics, term limits for justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit the justices’...
View ArticleJohn J. Schirger, Miller Schirger
John Schirger, often working with fellow POWER honoree Pat Stueve, has won disputes with insurance companies on behalf of consumers both locally and nationally.
View ArticleJerome Schlichter, Schlichter Bogard
Jerry Schlichter pioneered claims against employee retirement plans alleged to have charged excessive fees under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
View ArticleAshlea Schwarz, Paul LLP
Ashlea Schwarz was part of a class-action lawsuit in federal court in California against Wells Fargo for wrongfully denying mortgage modifications to homeowners.
View ArticlePaul D. Seyferth, Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris
Paul Seyferth played a critical role in winning the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City’s suit against hospital operator HCA.
View ArticleLeland Shurin, Leland Shurin
Leland Shurin, a one-time nominee to the federal bench, served alongside law partner and fellow POWER honoree Richard Lombardo as a special deputy liquidator of General American Mutual Holding Co....
View ArticleNorman E. Siegel, Stueve Siegel Hanson
Norm Siegel has led multidistrict litigation resulting in some of the largest data breach settlements in history.
View ArticleThomas S. Stewart, Stewart, Wald & Smith
Tom Stewart has achieved some of the nation’s largest “rails-to-trails” cases, winning compensation for owners of property adjacent to former railways converted to hiking trails.
View ArticlePatrick J. Stueve, Stueve Siegel Hanson
In 2022, Pat Stueve finalized two major class-action settlements: $55 million with a company alleged to have sold faulty robotic milking machines, and $56 million to help government agencies replace...
View ArticleHeidi Doerhoff Vollet, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr
Heidi Doerhoff Vollet reached a $24.7 million settlement in a suit by landowners who alleged Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative and Sho-Me Technologies had trespassed on their lands when laying...
View ArticleR. Frederick Walters, Walters Renwick Richards Skeens & Vaughan
Fred Walters has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in improperly assessed fees under Missouri’s Second Mortgage Loan Act.
View ArticleTop Managing Partners 2024: Madeleine McDonough
Madeleine McDonough was elected chair of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in 2017 and was re-elected for another five-year term in 2022.
View ArticleTop Managing Partners 2024: Allison M. Murdock
Allison Murdock officially became Stinson’s managing partner in 2021, but her role in leading the firm long predates that.
View ArticleTop Managing Partners 2024: Bhavik R. Patel
Bhavik Patel joined Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard in 2004 and became the firm’s CEO and chairman of its executive committee in 2016.
View ArticleTop Managing Partners 2024: Jennifer J. Price
Jennifer Price leads the well-known Kansas City trial firm of Shaffer Lombardo Shurin, which in 2022 became a majority woman-owned business.
View ArticleTop Managing Partners 2024: Vincent D. Reese
Since 2017, Vincent Reese has served as managing partner of Mickes O’Toole, a firm notable not only for its focus on education law but also as one of the largest minority-owned firms in the state.
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