Aspiring lawyers take note: Its not enough to be a gifted speaker or crack researcher, you also need to mind your Ps and Qs. Saint ... manners. Over a catered meal of Chicken Cordon Bleu, wild rice pilaf, and St. Louis Style Italian salad, students will learn to pass salt and pepper together, ... without addressing an issue that has long puzzled us: What exactly is a Billiken, the mascot of Saint Louis University? A good-luck figure who represents things as they ought to be," the school notes in ...
August 22, 2008 04:09 pm
In Missouri Accomplice Case, Stay for Clemency Petition
(StandDown Texas Project)... the first date available after 30 days from Aug. 27. Today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch also has a lengthy editorial, "The quality of mercy." Here are ... 's action should help him consider that record more completely. Skillicorn's lawyers had been denied access to prison staff and inmates as part of their ... petition. On Wednesday, the court said this amounted to "obstruction of clemency advocacy." Skillicorn's lawyers now have one month to do conduct interviews on a voluntary basis with the people who ...
August 21, 2008 05:11 pm
US Government Wants Widow’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against the Marion Veterans Hospital in Illinois Thrown Out
(Chicago Injury Attorney Blog)... of medical malpractice at the Marion VA Hospital in Illinois. The reason the government is citing for its request, filed in East St. Louis, Illinois last month, is that the widow, Katrina Shank, failed to file the necessary affidavit from an expert stating ... let her husband bleed to death and that someone that worked at the hospital suggested she contact a medical malpractice lawyer. The US Government is named as the only defendant in the lawsuit. Dr. Jose Veizaga-Mendez is under investigation for ...
August 21, 2008 04:46 pm
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter: Top Ten Stories of the Week
(Criminal Law Library Blog)... hit once again with the sudden death of one of its lawyers. Vincent Venker II died at the age of 51 on Sunday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The cause of death ... Whose Office Was Searched Aug 12, 2008, 06:59 am CDT "Lawyers in Texas upset about a judge-authorized search of a solo practitioner who is representing an alleged contract ... killer filed into a Collin County court last week in a show of support for lawyer Keith Gore. In February, with the OK of 401st District Judge Mark Rusch, Texas ...
August 15, 2008 03:28 pm
Subprime Litigation: Something Old, Something New?
(The D " O Diary)... state court rather than federal court. I have previously noted (here) the apparent interest of some plaintiffs' lawyers as part of the current litigation wave to pursue '33 Act claims in state court, and I have ... problems with these securities continue, and the related lawsuits continue to be filed. A copy of an August 13, 2008 St. Louis Business Journal article relating to the new Stifel Financial lawsuit can be found here. Run the Numbers: In any event, I have added these two new lawsuits to my ...
August 13, 2008 10:55 pm
ARE YOU A PROPERTY SHARK?
(Real Estate Law Blog)... Noble Great Northern Mortgage C Mortgage Broker 3 Irah Donner Wilmer Hale LLP Lawyer 1 Michael W Moore Development Group Development 2 Gilbert Michel G.C Michel ... Sun Pop International Lending - Residential 3 Jeffrey Loyd Chase Loan Officer 2 louis kleiman Commercial Properties Realty RE Investor 3 Lisa Tan Yang Tze Development 3 ... . Attorney/Broker/Investor 3 Brian Chenensky BCDM LLC Investor 2 Marc Lichtenstein St. Regis Residence Club Broker Relations Manager 3 Randy Goodridge RFG Inc Investor 1 ...
August 12, 2008 02:00 pm
Wall Street Scoundrels
(Product Liability Attorney Blog)... - Citigroup and UBS - also agreed to fork over $250 million in fines. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist David Nicklaus notes that e-mails released by ... revival of 'Scoundrels on Wall Street," also contains an interview with Carey & Danis lawyer Corey Sullivan. The article states: "The investment firms also face numerous class- ... lawsuits, including four filed by the Carey & Danis firm of St. Louis. "Corey Sullivan, a lawyer at the firm, said the cases against UBS, Citigroup, Bank of America ...
August 12, 2008 11:57 am
A Round-Up of Kennedy v. Louisiana Items
(StandDown Texas Project)... penalty for child rapists." State Rep. Scott Muschany, a Republican lawmaker from suburban St. Louis who was indicted Wednesday for having "deviate sexual intercourse" with a 14-year-old ... My wife and I just decided it wasn't the right time to continue." St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tony Messenger, the former News-Leader editorial ... suit without paying the full amount the government alleged to be due. It was wrong. Tax lawyers around the country soon came forward and reported that they had brought ...
August 11, 2008 04:11 pm
... connections to Illinois state boards so he could bribe contractors. But according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article - a hometown-gal-makes-good piece ... Whitewater matter. Later, she worked as a federal prosecutor and then as an in-house lawyer at Abbott Labs. In 2002, President Bush nominated her to the federal bench, making ... human element to it from jury selection on," she says. "It's fun to watch good lawyers. I love the factual parts of cases, watching witnesses testify and seeing how things ...
August 11, 2008 02:33 pm
IP Legal News
(Chicago IP Litigation Blog)... Eastern District of Texas's 25 new patent cases -- click here to read PA Tracer's post. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story recently about Judge St. Eve -- ... impressive. The article also speculates, using unnamed colleagues and media as sources, that Judge St. Eve will eventually be on Supreme Court short lists. Here's hoping she stays in the Northern District a long time before getting called up to One First Street. Chicago Lawyer Magazine did a nice profile on Chicago IP lawyer Carol Genis ...
August 8, 2008 11:11 am
Legislation Would Impact Chinese-made ATVs
(Missouri Injury Lawyer Blog)... all-terrain vehicles made in China to U.S.-industry rules. The measure would also give the Consumer Product Safety Commission more authority to regulate ATVs. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports in "Chinese-made ATVs add threat to the unregulated industry," 850 people are killed every year in ATV-related accidents. That means, on average, two people every day die as a result of an all-terrain vehicle. The ...
August 5, 2008 03:42 pm
Where will a cochlear implant case be filed?
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August 5, 2008 02:21 am
Lakin says he is broke
(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)... Act (See Sec. 4248). 8-1-2008 National: EAST ST. LOUIS --He was once one of the most successful lawyers in Madison County; now a federal judge says he's ... Lakin appeared before U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert on Thursday so his lawyers could reintroduce a possible plea deal on federal drug and sex charges. Gilbert ... . "Where's this money coming from?" Gilbert Sison and Scott Rosenblum, Lakin's lawyer, told the judge the restitution would be paid from a trust and that the trustee, Lakin's son Brad ...
August 1, 2008 05:30 am
Missouri Truck Driver Killed in Train Accident
(Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog)... in this case. The road that Willoughby's truck became stalled on is under construction and being repaved, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Local drivers were cited as saying the road is nearly impassable and has no signs or ... legal issues. We will post more details about this incident as they emerge. In cases like this, it is important that a personal injury lawyer is contacted as soon as possible. Many elements of personal injury law are time sensitive and crucial evidence may be lost ...
July 31, 2008 04:42 pm
Ind. Courts - "Both sides claim free speech rights in battle over sex shop"
(The Indiana Law Blog)... . But an even bigger legal issue is present: the First Amendment rights that both sides claim as their own. While the lawyers fight it out, the more visible battle is being waged a stone's throw from the interstate exit. Every hour of every day ... ways here," said Neil Richards, a law professor who specializes in privacy and First Amendment issues at Washington University in St. Louis. "The business has a pretty good claim they're being discriminated against because the county doesn't like their ...
July 29, 2008 01:50 pm
Escalator Accident Critically Injures Missouri Man
(Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog)Justin Larson, 26, of St. Louis, was seriously injured when he fell from an escalator Saturday night while attending the Cardinals-Mets game at Shea Stadium in New York. Larson fell from the box-seat level to the floor, ... this for more than 30 years. If you have any questions regarding your legal rights, contact us for a free consultation. Our lawyers can represent injured victims throughout the United States and regularly associate with counsel in states other than Missouri and Illinois to pursue ...
July 28, 2008 04:58 pm
Husband and Wife Hospitalized After Missouri Car Accident
(Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog)... , the Walker's car, and Kelvin. A third vehicle hit a portion of the Dodge that came to rest partially blocking the roadway. Betty and Kelvin Walker were taken to St. Joseph's West Hospital in Lake St. Louis and were listed in moderate condition. Rowe suffered only minor injures and also sought treatment at St. Joseph's West. The third vehicle was only moderately damaged and none of the passengers were injured, according to the investigating ...
July 26, 2008 11:11 pm
Hippotherapy (Horse) and Cerebral Palsy
(Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy " Birth Injury Blog)... @msn.com Olney, MD Deborah Colborn, OTR/L** Level II colborn@atlanticbb.net St. Michaels, MD Patricia Iammateo, OT Level II iammster@verizon.net Dayton, MD Robin G ... kivaridge@aol.com Fair Grove, MO Melanie Wood, MS, OTR/L Level II melanieschepers@hotmail.com St. Louis, MO Deborah Colborn, OT** Level I colborn@atlanticbb.net St. Michaels, MO ... , WA Washington, DC West Virginia Jim Powell, PT Level I stmaryspt@suddenlink.net St. Marys, WV Jaclyn Ross, MS, OTR/L Level I wvot4me@aol.com Bridgeport, WV ...
July 26, 2008 04:58 pm
Lincoln County Crash Kills Two; Injures Three
(Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog)... and flown to Children's Hospital. Starks and a passenger in the van, Bryan Woldanski, 44, were also seriously injured and taken to St. Joseph's West Hospital. The investigating officer said he didn't know why House's SUV crossed the center line, but a St. Louis Post Dispatch report indicates the possibility that a third vehicle was involved. An accident reconstruction will be performed as soon as the weather allows. Accident ...
July 25, 2008 04:39 pm
My New Laptop Computer is an iPod Touch - Part 3 - Analyzing Needs and Usage
(DennisKennedy.blog)... hard drive. That, and the fact that any laptop made wearing a backpack around at conferences a necessity. When I got back to St. Louis, I had to go to the Apple store to replace the power cord for my MacBook Pro, which had, incredibly, turned into ... home. I saw lots of parallels to my own thinking. [Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)] The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. ...
July 25, 2008 04:21 am