When Anheuser-Busch returned to Vietnam in 2008, it tapped Vietnam War veteran William Franke, founder and CEO of Gannon International, to lead the charge. Franke’s business, one of St. Louis’ largest private companies, became the brewer’s exclusive distributor in the country and planned to build a $90 million Budweiser brewery outside Ho Chi Minh City.
2010
- December 31, 2010
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Ed Dowd and John Comerford Represent Gannon International in Suit Against International Private Equity Firm and Former CEO of Gannon’s Vietnamese Subsidiary
- December 10, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Announces New Partners
Dowd Bennett is proud to announce our newest partners Jennifer Aspinall and John D. Comerford. Dowd Bennett New Partners Announcement-December 2010
- December 7, 2010
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Jim Bennett and Ed Dowd Named as 2010 Missouri Super Lawyers®
Jim Bennett has been named as one of the Top 50 St. Louis Lawyers of 2010 by Super Lawyers Magazine. 2010 also marks the fifth consecutive year that partner Ed Dowd, Jr. was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of the top attorneys in Missouri in the area of Business Litigation.
- October 12, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Partner Gabriel Gore Serves as Co-chair for the St. Louis American’s 2010 Salute to Excellence in Education
The Salute to Excellence in Education Co-chairs are four young St. Louis leaders who have focused much of their energy on promoting the importance of education.
Anisha Morrell-Charles is special assistant to thecChancellor of St. Louis Community College. She is a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and co-founding chair of the Young Leader Society for United Way of Greater St. Louis.
- September 20, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Named Among Best Law Firms by U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers®
Dowd Bennett has been named by U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” inaugural 2010 publication as a “Tier 1” Law Firm in St. Louis in the areas of both General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense.
- July 11, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Obtained a Verdict of More than $7.6 Million for Monsanto
A St. Louis County jury awarded Creve Coeur-based Monsanto a verdict of more than $7.6 million June 28 in the company’s suit against Houston-based ConocoPhillips.
According to Monsanto’s petition, Conoco fell short in delivering petroleum coke that was promised in a sales agreement. Petroleum coke is produced during the oil-refining process and is used by Monsanto to make Roundup herbicides.
- June 12, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Partner Jennifer Kingston Serves as Chairperson of 2010 Susan G. Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure
2010 marks Dowd Bennett Partner Jen Kingston’s second year of service as the Chairperson of the Susan G. Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure. The St. Louis race is the largest Komen Race in the world, with 66,470 participants registered for the 2009 Race and over $3.25 million dollars in raised to fight breast cancer.
- May 4, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Announces New Partners
Dowd Bennett is proud to announce our newest partners James E. Crowe, III, Gabriel E. Gore, and Jennifer S. Kingston.
- April 29, 2010
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Ed Dowd Writes in Support of Missouri Non-Partisan Courts Plan
Missouri courts do their jobs in a fair and impartial way without regard to partisan politics. The non-partisan court plan was instituted in Missouri in 1940 because of rampant voter fraud in the 1930s. Since then, most states have adopted what is called the Missouri Plan.
- April 18, 2010
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Dowd Bennett Obtains Defense Verdict for National Retailer Client
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has lost a case involving a woman who alleged Wal-Mart fired her because of her age.
A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri jury found for Wal-Mart on April 7.
Yvonne Loskot was 67 when she was fired from the De Soto store’s optical center. At the time, she made just under $18 an hour and was the highest-paid optician at the center, according to the EEOC.