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James E. Crowe III Joins Dowd Bennett

St. Louis firm Dowd Bennett announced James E. Crowe III joined the firm in June. Crowe served for the past five years as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

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…

Bennett Quoted in Article Regarding Unpublished Court Opinions

He had taken a legal malpractice case to the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District and received an order from a three-judge panel instead of a published opinion. Published opinions appear in caselaw books and on the court's Web site and can be cited; memorandums such as the 10-page…

John Comerford Joins Firm

In August 2007, a new lawyer joined the firm, bringing the total number to six. John Comerford, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Georgetown University Law Center, joins Dowd Bennett. Mr.Comerford previously served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for seven and a half years.

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