Missouri High Court Sides with Travel Firms in Tax Case
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with several online travel companies in a dispute over hotel and tourism taxes.
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Nationwide Media Attention on Missouri Supreme Court Decision in Favor of Online Travel Companies
On June 28, 2011, the Missouri Supreme Court issued an opinion affirming the trial court’s dismissal of a case brought by St. Louis County and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission against the online travel companies.
Jim Bennett Elected to Board of Directors of the Bar Association for the Eighth Circuit
Jim Bennett has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of The Association of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Bar Association was formed to improve and facilitate the administration of justice within the courts of the Eighth Circuit;…
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…
Ed Dowd, Jr. Presents Argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Partner Edward L. Dowd, Jr. presented oral argument in the appeal of The United States of America vs. Brian Ellefsen; 10-2857. Dowd Bennett was retained to handle the sentencing and appeal of this criminal tax case that was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The…
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…
Attorneys Edward L. Dowd and James F. Bennett named St. Louis Area’s Top Attorneys
Attorneys Edward L. Dowd and James F. Bennett named St. Louis Area’s Top Attorneys for 2011, as published by St. Louis Magazine.
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…
“Leading from the front lines”
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Recognizes Jim Bennett as a Law Firm Leader of 2010.
Dowd Bennett Represents Prominent St. Louis Law Firm in Suit Against Former Law Partner
Firms often say when a prominent partner leaves that the exit was “amicable.” The firm formerly known as Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass isn’t bothering with that pretense.