On October 17, 2018, Dowd Bennett attorney John Comerford defeated a plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining order in an employer’s case against its former employee alleging breach of noncompetition agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets. The case was pending in the Circuit Court for St. Louis County and involved…
Dowd Bennett Partner Jack Danforth was interviewed by a number of media outlets recently about his position as Special Counsel of the Waco investigation from 1999-2000. Interest in Danforth’s role materialized after the announcement of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel into the investigation of Russian influence in the 2016…
On May 11, 2016, Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore gave the annual Law Day Address to the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (“SMBA”). Law Day is SMBA’s annual celebration of the rule of law. The theme of Law Day 2016 and Mr. Gore’s Law Day Address
On November 14, 2016, Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore was elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. His election was in recognition of his “exemplary dedication to highest principles of the legal profession, commitment to the welfare of society, and support for the ideals, objectives, and work…
On July 11, 2016 Gabe Gore, who was a member of the governor appointed Ferguson Commission, spoke at the National Black Prosecutors Association’s 33rd Annual Meeting, along with Ferguson Commission co-chair, Starsky Wilson. Starsky and Gabe updated the conference on the Ferguson Commission’s recommendations and led a discussion regarding…
Dowd Bennett Partner Gabe Gore spoke to the St. Louis Chapter of the Federal Bar Association regarding the Ferguson Commission’s recommendations for justice system reforms. Mr. Gore was joined as a panelist by Daniel Isom, a criminal justice professor and former City of St. Louis Police Chief, and Thomas…
On June 3, 2016, Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore, along with St. Louis County Chief of Police Jon Belmar, gave a presentation during the plenary session of the annual Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Bench & Bar Conference in Lake of the Ozarks regarding the status of continuing…
Dowd Bennett attorneys Gabriel Gore, Lisa Hoppenjans and Edward Dowd, Jr. obtained a dismissal of charges filed against Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly in connection with their arrests in a McDonald’s restaurant while covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014. The trespassing…
On May 11, 2016, Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore gave the annual Law Day Address to the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (“SMBA”). Law Day is SMBA’s annual celebration of the rule of law. The theme of Law Day 2016 and Mr. Gore’s Law Day Address was “Miranda: More than…
On December 4, 2015, Governor Jay Nixon appointed Dowd Bennett partner Gabe Gore to the Missouri State University Board of Governors. Gabe graduated from Missouri State University in 1991. The Board of Governors possesses full power and authority to adopt all needful rules and regulations for the guidance and…
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