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Terry O’Toole Secures Pro Bono Victory for Vietnam Veteran

Terry O’Toole won a victory in a pro bono case before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals in Washington, D.C., on behalf of a Vietnam Veteran who served in the United States Navy, including time aboard the U.S.S. Newman K. Perry. It was on that vessel that Mr. O’Toole’s client…

Dowd Bennett Secures Plaintiff’s Verdict

On February 14, 2011, a Cook County jury returned a unanimous verdict for Dowd Bennett client Premcor Refining Group, a subsidiary of Valero Energy. In the week-long trial in Chicago, Dowd Bennett lawyers Erika Anderson and Jim Bennett persuaded a jury that trucking company KLLM Transport was responsible for…

Bennett Quoted in Missouri Lawyers Weekly Article on Trial Strategy

Jim Bennett led the Dowd Bennett team that included partners Gabriel Gore and Jennifer Kingston, who together secured a $7.6 million verdict for Monsanto Company following a six-day jury trial in St. Louis County Circuit Court. That award was the 17th largest of the “Top Plaintiff Wins…

Ed Dowd and John Comerford Represent Gannon International in Suit Against International Private Equity Firm and Former CEO of Gannon’s Vietnamese Subsidiary

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…

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

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…

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