On November 19, 2009, the St. Louis Business Journal chose its 2010 40 Under 40 award winners. One of Dowd Bennett's own, John Comerford, received the honor. The honorees — all younger than 40 — were chosen by a panel of Business Journal editors and former winners based on career…
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the verdict Dowd Bennett won in the Delaware Chancery Court on behalf of the Viking Global hedge fund and its founder.
A federal judge has rejected a Springfield woman's claim that her monkey was a service animal and that she was disabled. Debby Rose had sued the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, CoxHealth hospital and a Springfield Wal-Mart because she was not allowed to take the monkey, named Richard, into restaurants and…
A Springfield woman who fought to have her monkey declared a service animal said Thursday she was shocked a federal judge rejected her lawsuit. "It's devastating; it's devastating," Debby Rose said of the outcome of her lawsuit against the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Cox Health and Wal-Mart East. "I feel like…
Dowd Bennett successfully defended a retail employer in a case filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Catch trial attorney Ed Dowd Jr. down on the family farm near St. Clair, Mo., and he’s known as “Slim” and one of the finer horsemen in the Dowd clan. He greets everyone with “partner.” “Slim” is embroidered on his chaps. “He insisted when we were at the farm we all…
After successfully removing the lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of the State of Missouri against its client, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., to federal court, Dowd Bennett prevailed on its motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition.
A Cole County judge said three administrative law judges can't be terminated from their positions for budgetary reasons. Earlier this year, five administrative law judge positions were dismissed from their posts. Four of the judges were let go, and a retiring judge was not replaced. Gov. Jay Nixon said the…
In June of 2009, John Comerford successfully sued the Governor of the State of Missouri to prevent the termination of three Administrative Law Judges in the Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation.
Five Missouri firms with fewer than 50 attorneys also got work from the Fortune 100, giving credence to managing partners' assertions that big companies have been willing to look beyond the large national firms to smaller, less expensive firms to save on outside counsel costs.
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