Sheena R. Hamilton has been appointed to the Eighth Circuit Civil Jury Instruction Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee will formulate and present proposed changes to the Civil Jury Instructions for presentation to the Committee on Model Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the Eighth Circuit at the 2020 Eighth Circuit…
This Saturday, June 22nd, thousands of people will gather in Forest Park to support people with ALS and their families from eastern Missouri and central and south Illinois. This is the fourth consecutive year that Dowd Bennett has been the presenting sponsor of the Walk. The Walk raises funds…
On May 10, 2019, a District Court in the Southern District of Illinois entered an order granting summary judgment and dismissing all claims against a major league baseball player represented by Dowd Bennett in connection with a civil lawsuit filed by a participant in an altercation in a bar…
Dowd Bennett paralegal Kate Feigenbutz spent Wednesday afternoon, June 5, volunteering for Komen Missouri and its upcoming “More Than Pink” walk coming up on Saturday, June 8 in Downtown St. Louis. Feigenbutz joined Komen Missouri’s Executive Director Suzanne Fontaine and other volunteers to staff a phone bank at KSDK/Five…
Dowd Bennett partner Megan Heinsz was honored as swimmer for the month of May at the Missouri Athletic Club. Heinsz swam 24 of 31 days for a total of 25.9 miles. She is the first woman to achieve this milestone in 2019. Among all swimmers at the MAC, Megan…
Founding Dowd Bennett partner Ed Dowd has been elected to serve as President of the National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys Foundation. The Foundation raises funds for a variety of causes including award money for information leading to arrests and convictions in unsolved crimes. Dowd, who was U.S. Attorney…
Dowd Bennett founding partner and Westminster College alumnus, Jim Bennett, was named to the Association of Churchill Fellows at Westminster in Fulton, Missouri. The honor was conferred during the 50th anniversary dedication of St. Mary the Virgin, a Christopher Wren chapel that was moved from London to the Westminster…
Dowd Bennett Associate Derick Dailey will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2019 KIPP St. Louis Pennant Ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the 560 Music Center at Washington University- St. Louis on Saturday, June 22 at 11:00 am. KIPP STL was founded in 2009 and has provided…
Dowd Bennett attorney Sheena Hamilton will receive the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) at its annual Law Day event on May 2, 2019. This award is given annually to a lawyer age 36 or younger who has been practicing less…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently decided Engelhardt v. Qwest Corporation, affirming the summary judgment awarded to a subsidiary of CenturyLink on claims brought by a former employee. While employed by Qwest, the plaintiff had participated in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit…
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