Congrats to Mizzou Law alums Hon. Alan Blankenship, ’91, and Hon. Carrie Lamm-Clark, ’03, for their new judicial appointments by Gov. Mike Parsons! Judge Blankenship was elevated to the circuit bench for the 39th Judicial Circuit. Judge Carrie Lamm-Clark was appointed as an assoc. circuit judge for Grundy…
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Carol Miller receives 2023 national business law professor’s Distinguished Career Achievement Award
Carol J. Miller was honored with the 2023 national business law professors’ Distinguished Career Achievement Award at the national meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) in San Diego this summer. One senior professor is selected nationally to receive this annual award. She is an ALSB past president. Carol Miller earned her J.D., ’78, from the University…
Madeline Fogel, 14, named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Tucker Ellis LLP is proud to announce that your alumna, Madeline Fogel, has been selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in America for 2024. Ms. Fogel is recognized in the Chicago market for her outstanding work in the area of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants. About Best Lawyers Best Lawyers is the oldest…
Cary Press joins Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Cary Press, ’14, has joined the firm as a senior attorney. Press focuses his practice on defending toxic tort, employment liability and product liability claims. He has an impressive track record of representing numerous clients in toxic tort litigation, including premises owners, contractors, suppliers, and a multitude of product manufacturers. In addition to his toxic tort work, Press has successfully…
Romero elected to Lathrop GPM LLP Executive Committee
Bridget Romero is a partner in the firm’s Kansas City office and focuses her practice on employment and labor law. She counsels business owners, HR professionals and in-house lawyers on a full range of matters. Romero has served as the firm’s Personnel Counsel since…
Lawrence Gordon, ’78, joins faculty of the University of New South Wales Foundation Program
Lawrence J. Gordon, ’78, of Kobe, Japan has joined the faculty of the University of New South Wales Foundation Program in Kyoto, Japan as a lecturer in Business…
Michael Korte was recently awarded the first True Grit Award
Michael Korte was recently awarded the first True Grit Award at the annual convention of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. The award recognizes an honorable representative of MATA and the legal profession who primarily practices in the field of workers’ compensation, enjoys a good reputation for professionalism and ethics, grit, legal acumen and lawyerly skills. Korte shared the initial…
Minnick, ’81, joins USA&M
David M. Minnick has joined the Mediator and Senior Arbitrator Panels of United States Arbitration & Mediation (USA&M), the leading provider of mediation and arbitration…
Jeremy Brenner ’11, named leader of Armstrong Teasdale Employment and Labor Practice
Armstrong Teasdale has announced four new leaders to its Employment and Labor practice, effective June 22, 2023, including partner Jeremy Brenner. In his role, he will lead a team of dozens of esteemed lawyers and staff professionals in counseling and defending clients in a wide range of employment-related matters. Lawyers in the firm’s international Employment and Labor practice advise clients…
Mark Shank, ’79, receives Texas Bar Foundation award
Mark A. Shank, ’79, of Dallas received the 2023 Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award from the Texas Bar Foundation. The Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award was endowed through the Texas Bar Foundation in 2014 in honor and memory of Terry Lee Grantham by his family and friends who were so richly blessed by his love, friendship and presence in their…