Dowd Bennett sponsored the annual KIPP St. Louis Champions for Education Breakfast. KIPP St. Louis is part of The Knowledge is Power Program, which is a national nonprofit network of college preparatory, public charter schools that has a 20-year track record of preparing students in educationally under-served communities for…
Inspired by Dowd Bennett’s strong commitment to civic engagement, several Dowd Bennett attorneys and staff members readily volunteered when Ami Boehlje, St. Louis City Schools Program Manager for Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis, Inc., requested a partnership for Ms. Marie Thompson’s 2nd period 7th graders at Yeatman-Liddell College…
On Saturday, April 14, 2018, over 300 individuals participated in Susan G. Komen® Missouri’s 4th Annual Trivia Night, presented by Dowd Bennett LLP. The event raised more than $21,500 which will be used to fulfill Komen’s mission to end breast cancer forever, by providing breast cancer screenings, diagnostics and patient…
The St. Louis Area Foodbank has been feeding the hungry since 1975 and has become the bi-state region’s largest non-profit food distribution charity, servicing 26 counties throughout Missouri and Illinois. On April 10, 2018, Dowd Bennett attorneys and support staff successfully sorted donations and packed 314 boxes of food (4,367 meals)…
On April 3, 2018, Dowd Bennett Partners Jay Nixon and Jamie Rehmann presented oral argument to the Missouri Supreme Court on behalf of Clean Line Energy of Houston, Texas regarding an interstate electrical transmission project known as the Grain Belt Express, which would move clean, low-cost wind power from…
Susan G. Komen® Missouri announced that its board of directors elected Jennifer Kingston as the organization’s President of the Board of Directors. Komen Missouri’s mission is to save lives by meeting the critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer. Komen…
Dowd Bennett has named Joseph S. Burch as Director of eDiscovery Services. Joe has been with Dowd Bennett for four years and has been the lead on many of the firm’s largest electronic discovery projects. He has been the main point of contact for electronic discovery vendors on these…
The following article was written by Catherine Martin of Missouri Lawyers Media. 2018.03.05 Crossing the aisle – Missouri Lawyers Media
Dowd Bennett Partners Jim Bennett and Jennifer Kingston represented Nucor Corporation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on an appeal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Nucor on plaintiff’s claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). On March 1, 2018,…
For some children in St. Louis, school provides more than an education and an opportunity to play with friends at recess. It provides meals to children who otherwise might not have access to food. On February 15th, Dowd Bennett partnered with St. Louis Attorneys Against Hunger and Operation Food Search…
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