Newsmakers in Law

The Super Lawyers List, published in the November edition of KC Magazine, recognizes the Top 5 percent of attorneys in Missouri and Kansas, chosen by their peers and through independent research of Law & Politics. Fry also was named among the Top 50 female attorneys.

Greene County Circuit Court Judge Don Burrell appointed Lisa A. Street as the county’s first family and juvenile drug court administrator. The position is funded through the state circuit court and approved by Gov. Matt Blunt. Street has served as family dependency treatment court coordinator since 2004.

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the Greene County Juvenile Office a $425,000 Juvenile Drug Court-Reclaiming Futures grant, to fund expansion and enhancement of the county’s juvenile drug court.

The grant comes through the department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and is paid during a four-year period.

Lacey N. Hacker joined the Springfield office of Husch & Eppenberger as an associate attorney in the business transactions department. She earned her law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School and graduated summa cum laude from Missouri State University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in crime and society.

For the second consecutive year, Springfield attorney Paul W. King was listed among the 2007 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers by Law & Politics magazine. King represents clients in labor and employment law issues.

Clifford S. Brown, John M. Carnahan III and John E. Price, shareholders with Springfield-based law firm Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown PC, were named 2007 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers by Law & Politics magazine. Their practices are concentrated in the areas of estate planning, trusts, probate and related tax matters, business succession planning, corporate law, tax planning, real estate, environmental law, commercial litigation and appellate practice.

Awards from The Missouri Bar

Several Springfield-area attorneys and legal professionals were recognized during The Missouri Bar’s annual meeting held in September in Springfield.

Donald Gibson Busch and Donald E. Chaney were honored as senior counselors of The Missouri Bar. The title is given to lawyers who have reached age 75 or who have been members of The Missouri Bar for 50 years.

Ginger Gooch, an attorney with Husch & Eppenberger LLC’s Springfield office, received one of three David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy awards. This award is given by The Missouri Bar in recognition of outstanding achievement in appellate practice to bar members who have been in practice for less than 10 years. Gooch’s work is focused on appellate practice and business litigation. She is a 2000 cum laude graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.

Springfield attorney Ronald Baird and Neosho attorney Aaron W. Farber were among Missouri lawyers recognized for their efforts as part of the bar’s Online Legal Research Task Force. The task force, established in 1965, received a President’s Award for the implementation of The Missouri Bar’s fee online legal research service, available to all members.

J. Miles Sweeney, circuit judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit, was among three recipients of the Spurgeon Smithson Award. Named for a late Kansas City trial lawyer, the award is presented each year to Missouri judges, teachers of law or attorneys who have given outstanding service toward the increase and diffusion of justice.

Ann R. Littell Mills, partner with Courtney & Mills LLC, received the Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award. Established in 1954 by Mary B. Hocker in honor of her late husband, a St. Louis trial attorney, the award recognizes attorneys younger than 36 who have demonstrated unusual proficiency in trial advocacy.

Jason Lee Clough, attorney with The Clough Law Firm LLC, received the Pro Bono Publico Award, given each year to attorneys who have provided outstanding pro bono legal service to low-income or indigent people who need legal assistance but are unable to pay for it.

Jamie A. Newman Sr., a bailiff for the chief judge of the Springfield Municipal Court System, received the Liberty Bell Award, presented annually to a nonlawyer or nonlegal organization. Newman was recognized for his participation in public service activities that significantly enhanced the local community.