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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…

Dowd Bennett Obtained a Verdict of More than $7.6 Million for Monsanto

A St. Louis County jury awarded Creve Coeur-based Monsanto a verdict of more than $7.6 million June 28 in the company’s suit against Houston-based ConocoPhillips. According to Monsanto’s petition, Conoco fell short in delivering petroleum coke that was promised in a sales agreement. Petroleum coke is produced during the oil-refining…

Dowd Bennett Obtains $7,626,744 Verdict for Monsanto Company

Dowd Bennett recently represented Monsanto Company at trial in the matter of Monsanto Company v. ConocoPhillips Company, 08SL-CC 02002. The matter involved the breach of a supply agreement and was tried for nine days in St. Louis County Circuit Court.

Ed Dowd Writes in Support of Missouri Non-Partisan Courts Plan

Missouri courts do their jobs in a fair and impartial way without regard to partisan politics. The non-partisan court plan was instituted in Missouri in 1940 because of rampant voter fraud in the 1930s. Since then, most states have adopted what is called the Missouri Plan.

Dowd Bennett Obtains Defense Verdict for National Retailer Client

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has lost a case involving a woman who alleged Wal-Mart fired her because of her age. A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri jury found for Wal-Mart on April 7. Yvonne Loskot was 67 when she was fired from the De Soto…

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