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Douglas Lang ’72, Receives 50 Year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation

Justice (Fmr.) Douglas S. Lang of Dallas has been selected as one of four recipients of the 2024 Texas Bar Foundation’s Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award. The award recognizes attorneys whose practice has spanned 50 years or more and who adhere to the highest principles and traditions of the legal profession and service to the public. Justice Lang is Senior…

Andy O’Brien ’05, named partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Andy O’Brien ’05, was named partner at Kansas City law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon effective March 1, 2024. O’Brien is an intellectual property attorney working in patent preparation and prosecution, formulating global intellectual property strategy for industry-leading, flagship products and providing insightful and strategic portfolio counseling. He partners with clients to assess protection of consumer-focused products and services through…

Mihaela (Miha) Britt ’13, Named to the MLM Power List

Mihaela “Miha” Britt, ’13, was recently named to the Missouri Lawyers Media Power List for immigration attorneys. Miha worked in the MU International Center advising students and scholars while she was a student at Mizzou Law.  Now she has her own immigration law firm in Columbia. Click here to see the full MLM Power…

Wensdai Brooks, ’23, presents paper to MoBar ADR Committee

Wensdai Brooks ,’23, presented her paper Artificial Bias: The Ethical Concerns of AI-Driven Dispute Resolution in Family Matters, 2022 J. Disp. Resol. (2022) for the MoBar ADR Committee fall meeting Nov. 15.  More than 270 attorneys attended the virtual presentation.   Wensdai’s paper is available at:…

Chris Hohn, ’95, elected chair of Thompson Coburn

St. Louis firm Thompson Coburn has announced several leadership transitions including a new firm chair. Chris Hohn, 1995 Mizzou Law graduate, has been elected chair of the firm effective August 2024. Hohn originally joined Thompson Coburn as a summer associate and has spent his entire career at the…

Judge Kelly Broniec, ’96, appointed to Missouri Supreme Court

Judge Kelly Broniec, a 1996 Mizzou Law graduate, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Parson to the Missouri Supreme Court. At the time of the appointment, six of the seven judges on the Missouri Supreme Court are Mizzou Law alumni. To read more about this appointment, visit: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/parson-picks-former-montgomery-county-prosecutor-to-fill-missouri-supreme-court-vacancy/article_a3ce5022-517a-11ee-ab5c-53ee4da4cfc2.html.…