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Riverfront Times Names Bennett Best Lawyer of 2008

Jim Bennett has made a name for himself defending some of this town's more notorious folk. In 2004 the attorney asked the Missouri Supreme Court to toss out drunk-driving charges against St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little. (The court refused, but Little was eventually acquitted of the charges…

Comerford Named to Missouri Veterans’ Commission

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt appointed several St. Louis area residents to positions on state boards, commissions and councils, the governor's office announced Monday. John Comerford, of St. Louis, was named to the Missouri Veterans' Commission for a term ending Nov. 2, 2011. Comerford is an attorney at Dowd Bennett LLP…

Taxpayers’ Costs Mount in Fight Over State E-mails

The continuing battle over how Gov. Matt Blunt's office has handled government e-mails is going to be costly for Missouri taxpayers. This week, the governor hired three members of a St. Louis law firm - at $210 to $370 per hour - to defend him against a lawsuit filed by…

Blunt Hires Attorneys, Demands $540,000 to Turn Over E-mail Records

The continuing battle over how Gov. Matt Blunt's office has handled government e-mails is going to be costly for Missouri taxpayers. This week, the governor hired three members of a St. Louis law firm -- at $210 to $370 per hour -- to defend him against a lawsuit filed by…

Metro in Missouri to Pay $6M, Instead of $27M, in Attorneys’ Fees

Metro agreed in a settlement with the fired builders of its light-rail extension to Shrewsbury to pay just $6 million in attorneys' fees. The Cross County Collaborative, which in November won a case filed by the transit agency, had sought $27 million in attorneys' fees. "This is it. They're…

Metro to Pay Firms $6 Million

The Metro transit agency and the MetroLink designers it unsuccessfully blamed for cost overruns and delays on the Shrewsbury extension have reached the end of the line in their long-running legal battle. Metro and the four design and construction management firms declared Tuesday that they had reached a $6 million…

Cunningham v. Anna State Bank

Robert Epperson and Jim Bennett represented the largest non-insider shareholder of a bank holding company in a dispute regarding access to corporate books and records.

Winners in MetroLink Suit Seek $27 Million in Legal Fees

Thirty-seven lawyers who defeated the Metro public transportation agency's efforts to hold their clients responsible for light rail construction woes have submitted claims for $27.3 million in fees and expenses against the transit agency. If St. Louis County Presiding Judge Carolyn C. Whittington approves the bills at a hearing Wednesday,…

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