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Objections in the courtroom are an important tool for trial lawyers to know how to wield. These formal protests raised during trial or depositions often seek to encourage a judge to exclude the testimony or evidence of a witness, and sometimes occur in response to the behavior of a judge.   ... Read more

This Thanksgiving, The Missouri Bar would like to acknowledge its heartfelt appreciation for lawyers across Missouri. Your ongoing work helps to improve the law, the profession, and the administration of justice on behalf of the public.We've put together some useful resources below to help you make ... Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Missouri Chief Justice Paul C. Wilson has recognized, the state’s longtime chief disciplinary counsel – Alan D. Pratzel – intends to retire effective Nov. 11 after spending nearly four decades balancing public protection with objective fairness, while helping lawyers ... Read more

Scott E. VincentScott E. Vincent is the founding member of Vincent Law, LLC in Kansas City.  The IRS recently released a series of notices updating its list of tax scams and illegal tax avoidance schemes, which the agency refers to as its “Dirty Dozen.” The IRS typically updates this list a ... Read more

Scott E. VincentScott E. Vincent is the founding member of Vincent Law, LLC in Kansas City.  BackgroundAspro, Inc. is an asphalt-paving corporation organized under Iowa law and treated as a subchapter C corporation for federal tax purposes. During the years in question, Aspro was owned by three ... Read more

by Smokeball Growing your law firm requires careful planning and strategizing. If you started your firm as a solo practitioner, you may already have completed some of these exercises, but now it’s time to think bigger about growth. Each firm will find a unique path forward to succes ... Read more

Scott E. VincentScott E. Vincent is the founding member of Vincent Law, LLC in Kansas City.  In Continuing Life Communities Thousand Oaks LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue2, the tax court ruled against the Internal Revenue Service in holding that the business could treat the deferred fees ... Read more

Consulting, walked Missouri lawyers through setting up conditional formatting and the specific options they may find most beneficial. Check out this #PracticeManagement article here.Most popular storyThe most popular type of stories in May were the weekly case summaries, where The Missouri Bar provi ... Read more

Check out this quick video tip about conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel from the Affinity Insight course live training session Excel - Readily Readable Data.  By Danielle DavisRoe, Affinity Consulting  Color draws our eyes and attention: stop signs are red, construction workers ... Read more