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2024
January
24,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation is a charitable, nonprofit partner to The Missouri Bar that supports bar members and their families and furthers law-related education across the state. The foundation is made possible through generous donations. …
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January
11,
2024
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10:07 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation is a charitable, nonprofit partner to The Missouri Bar that supports bar members and their families and furthers the law-related education across the state. The foundation is made possible through generous …
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2023
September
05,
2023
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10:35 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation has named Hon. Patricia Breckenridge, Hon. George W. Draper III, and Paul N. Venker this year’s Spurgeon Smithson Award recipients for their contributions toward increasing the quality of the administration of justice. …
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August
29,
2023
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16:19 PM
America/Chicago
Earlier this year, the Missouri Bar Foundation Board of Trustees approved four grants to help legal organizations provide expanded civic education resources, lawyer well-being opportunities, statewide training for Legal Aid lawyers, and a handbook …
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August
29,
2023
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11:37 AM
America/Chicago
Named after 1968-69 Missouri Bar President Martin J. Purcell, the Purcell Professionalism Award recognizes Missouri lawyers who have shown a high standard of competency, integrity, and civility in professional and civic activities. Each year, The …
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August
22,
2023
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15:54 PM
America/Chicago
Katharine P. Curry, Michael T. Raupp, and Alexandria Shah have been named the 2023 recipients of the David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award. The award was created by The Missouri Bar Foundation to recognize outstanding achievement in appellate …
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August
16,
2023
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09:12 AM
America/Chicago
Jessica Caldera, Craig Schlapprizzi, and David Wiegert will be presented this year’s Lon O. Hocker Awards for their commendable work as trial lawyers. The Missouri Bar Foundation awards the Lon O. Hocker Trial Lawyer Award to three trial …
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August
08,
2023
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08:00 AM
America/Chicago
Dr. Isaac Amon has been named the 2023 W. Oliver Rasch Award for his in-depth article, “The enduring lesson of John Lilburne's saga: Self-incrimination in the criminal justice system” in the January/February 2022 Journal of The Missouri Bar. Amon …
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June
16,
2023
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09:20 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation Board of Trustees accepts grant proposals throughout the year until the deadline on Aug. 3. Funding decisions will be made at the January 2024 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Applications received after Aug. 3, 2023 …
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June
05,
2023
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09:30 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation represents the heart of what we can do as lawyers.
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March
27,
2023
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14:29 PM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation Board of Trustees approved five grants – totaling $34,000 to help legal entities provide expanded civic education resources, lawyer wellbeing opportunities, statewide training for Legal Aid programs, and a handbook for …
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2022
August
30,
2022
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15:11 PM
America/Chicago
For their exceptional professionalism as Missouri lawyers, Dana Tippin Cutler and Doreen Dodson received this year’s Purcell Professionalism Award.Named after former Missouri Bar President Martin J. Purcell, the Purcell Professionalism …
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August
17,
2022
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12:55 PM
America/Chicago
Christopher L. Accurso, Tim Cronin, and Philip M. Fuhrman received this year’s Lon O. Hocker Awards for their commendable work as trial lawyers.The Missouri Bar Foundation awards the Lon O. Hocker Award to three trial lawyers under the age of 40 who …
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August
11,
2022
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06:00 AM
America/Chicago
Anthony Meyer received this year’s W. Oliver Rasch Award for his in-depth article, “Standing in Missouri’s Federal and State Courts” in the May/June 2021 Journal of The Missouri Bar.The Missouri Bar Foundation gives the award to authors who …
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May
18,
2022
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09:22 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation is a charitable, non-profit partner to The Missouri Bar that helps fund projects, support bar members and their families, and further the law-related education of members and citizens in the state. Last September, …
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May
12,
2022
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08:52 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation is a nonprofit partner of The Missouri Bar with a mission to promote improvement in the administration of justice, as well as encouraging and funding law-related endeavors, recognizing legal and public service, and …
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2021
September
09,
2021
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11:03 AM
America/Chicago
Judge Laura Denvir Stith, S. David Mitchell, and Richard Steele were honored with The Missouri Bar Foundation’s 2021 Spurgeon Smithson Awards. Established in 1976, the Spurgeon Smithson Awards recognize judges, law teachers, …
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September
02,
2021
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06:10 AM
America/Chicago
Hon. David C. Mason and Scott S. Bethune were selected as the 2021 Missouri Bar Foundation Purcell Professionalism Award recipients.Named after former Missouri Bar President Martin J. Purcell, the Purcell Professionalism Award recognizes Missouri …
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August
24,
2021
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10:28 AM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation recently selected three lawyers for the 2021 David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Awards. This award was created by The Missouri Bar Foundation to recognize outstanding achievement in appellate practice by young …
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August
18,
2021
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07:00 AM
America/Chicago
Jordan Force, Brian Horneyer, and Jeffrey Q. McCarther received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Lon O. Hocker Award for their exemplary qualities as trial lawyers. The Missouri Bar Foundation …
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August
06,
2021
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08:25 AM
America/Chicago
Timothy F. McCurdy received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s 2021 W. Oliver Rasch Award for his Journal of The Missouri Bar article regarding eliminating discrimination during jury selection. The …
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2020
September
10,
2020
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12:50 PM
America/Chicago
The 2020 honorees for the Spurgeon Smithson Awards are Judge Robert Dowd Jr., lawyer Mira Mdivani and Judge Patrick Robb. The Spurgeon Smithson awards are made annually by The Missouri Bar Foundation to …
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September
03,
2020
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16:32 PM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation presents Purcell Professionalism Awards each year to Missouri lawyers who have consistently demonstrated an outstanding degree of competency, integrity and civility in both professional and civic activities. The award …
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August
26,
2020
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14:01 PM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation has selected three young lawyers to receive the 2020 David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Awards. Zachary Bluestone, Alexander …
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August
19,
2020
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13:57 PM
America/Chicago
The Missouri Bar Foundation each year presents Lon O. Hocker Awards to young Missouri lawyers who embody the qualities of a trial lawyer. Recipients are selected for recognition based on …
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August
13,
2020
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12:55 PM
America/Chicago
Each year, the editorial board of the Journal of The Missouri Bar presents the W. Oliver Rasch Award to recognize an outstanding substantive article that has appeared in the publication. This year, the honor goes to John Challis, author …
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August
04,
2020
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16:02 PM
America/Chicago
Danielle Atchison has a deep commitment to pro bono work and community service. As a business immigration lawyer with the Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm she spends much of her time assisting the …
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2019
September
06,
2019
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10:45 AM
America/Chicago
Three Missouri lawyers will receive Spurgeon Smithson Awards Sept. 18, 2019, during The Missouri Bar Foundation & Public Service Awards Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of The Missouri Bar in Branson.
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