Michael Gans, Of Counsel at Dowd Bennett, was honored as a Missouri Lawyers Media ICON along with 21 other lawyers and judges at the Missouri Athletic Club today. The award is given to distinguished men and women over age 60 who have had “exemplary careers and longstanding commitment to…
The 2025 Chambers USA Guide has recognized Dowd Bennett in Band 1 for two practice areas in Missouri: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations and Litigation: General Commercial. Chambers, known for its rigorous and independent rankings of top law firms and lawyers in the U.S. ranked three Dowd Bennett…
No. 24-BC11B-0023 Westlake Longview Corp., et al v. Eastman Chemical Co. (Eleventh Div., J. Andrews) Civil case – Protective Orders. Eastman sells plaintiffs ethylene, which plaintiffs use at their polyethylene plants in Longview, Texas. The parties agreed that a protective order was needed in this case, and agreed on…
The St. Louis Business Journal has once again recognized Dowd Bennett as the most philanthropic small company in the St. Louis region. The award was given at an April 3 breakfast where founding partner Ed Dowd received the award on behalf of the firm. Dowd and co-founding partner Jim…
No. 24-BC01B-001 Targa Northern Delaware, LLC v. Franklin Mountain Energy 2, LLC, etc., et al. 1st Division – Judge Whitehill. 25-bc01b-0001.pdf Jurisdiction. Targa is a midstream company that operates natural gas gathering and compression facilities, and defendants are two upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production companies; the…
Dowd Bennett partner Ben Barnes was featured in The Texas Lawbook along with fellow author John Adams about a key court case and its implications for corporate governance in the Lone Star State. A link to the article is below. The Texas Lawbook
Dowd Bennett partner and former two-term Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was the featured guest on The 314 Podcast on February 13. Jay was interviewed by St. Louis Magazine’s Sarah Fenske and discussed a wide array of topics, including how to reduce crime in Missouri’s cities, his advice for Missouri’s…
Dowd Bennett is proud to add Matt Ampleman to its partnership ranks. Ampleman joined the firm after clerking for the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri. Prior to Matt’s career as a litigator, he obtained a master’s degree in civil and…
Dowd Bennett partner and former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently was awarded the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award for 2024 at a ceremony at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum. The Truman award was established by the City of Independence in 1974 to recognize Americans who…
Super Lawyers, a company that rates lawyers using surveys and peer review, recently announced that five Dowd Bennett partners are included on their list of Missouri Super Lawyers, which includes fewer than five percent of the lawyers in the state. Jim Bennett has been named to the Super Lawyers…
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