I appeared in the United States Court of Appeals yesterday to argue an issue addressing the continuing erosion of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects our rights as individuals to be free from unlawful searches and seizures by law enforcement. A search of a person’s home without a search warrant
Jamie Cox of BSE was recently published in the Midwest Wine Press as a part of her continuing series “Wine Law by the Case“. Midwest Wine Press is the first business publication dedicated entirely to the art and business of winemaking in the Midwestern United States. The goal of Midwest Wine Press is to help winery owners,
BSE attorney Erin Wiseman has been elected President of the Jefferson City Jaycees. Her term as President will begin at the Installation Banquet on January 2, 2015. The Jaycees mission is to provide the young people of the community a chance to enrich their lives with leadership training through community service and project planning. Special projects that the
This fall, Jamie Cox began a term as a vice-chair of the Missouri Bar’s Administrative Law Committee. The Committee convened on November 21, 2014 during the Bar’s fall committee meetings in Jefferson City. In addition to its general business agenda, the Committee presented continuing education programs on legal research of administrative law issues and a
Yesterday I served as a lecturer for a Missouri Bar continuing legal education course regarding traffic stops for lawyers. Lawyers, like most professionals, are required to obtain a set number of continuing education hours each year. The course material covered a variety of topics involving traffic stops, to include an officer’s authority to initiate a traffic stop
The Missouri Bar Association recently launched a new web site to help ensure that the public has access to certain legal resources. The website www.MissouriLawyersHelp.org is “devoted exclusively to the legal information needs of the general public. The new site provides a variety of resources and services to the citizens of Missouri, such as information on how to find an attorney
On October 30, 2014, I will be speaking at a Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar concerning Missouri Auto Stops – Practical Strategy and Analysis For New and Experienced Practitioners. This seminar will include discussion of various searches and seizures, DUI/DWI stops, drug searches, field sobriety checkpoints, and many other matters. We recommend you to
On October 4, 2014, BSE shareholder Johnny Richardson made a presentation at the Buchanan County Medical Society’s CME symposium “Physician Supervision of Allied Health Professionals’ Practices: Legal responsibilities, economical, demographic, and political pressures for change.” Mr. Richardson’s presentation addressed “Complaints, Omissions and Commissions Within the Collaborative Agreement: Liabilities That Can Affect Your License.” Johnny Richardson practices
Paul A. Boudreau attended the 2014 Midwest Energy Policy Conference in St. Louis on September 30th and October 1st at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Washington University Medical Campus. The topics of the conference this year included the EPA’s 111(d) regulations regarding carbon emissions, recent Supreme Court energy rulings and state energy
Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. is pleased to announce that James C. Swearengen, William R. (Trip) England, III, Gary W. Duffy, Paul A. Boudreau, Dean L. Cooper, L. Russell Mitten and Charles E. Smarr have been selected by their peers to be included in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. For Mr.
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