The law firm’s resident photographer, Paul Boudreau, crawled out of bed early in the morning on April 15, 2014, to capture this image of the so-called Blood Moon lunar eclipse, the first of a tetrad of such events to occur later this year and into 2015. Paul has a business and administrative law practice involving regulated
William R. (Trip) England III recently attended the 2014 Midwinter Meeting of the SCG Legal (formerly the State Capital Law Firm Group) at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Florida. The meeting attracted representatives from 40 of SCG Legal’s 50 state capital-based firms and three out of four of its commercial city firms, as well as from all
BSE Shareholder Brian McCartney was re-elected as the Vice Chairman of NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association’s Legal Committee during the Committee’s February 3rd meeting in San Antonio, Texas. NTCA is the premier association representing nearly 900 independent, community-based telecommunications companies serving rural and small-town America. The NTCA’s Legal Committee reviews legal developments affecting NTCA members.
Scott Hamblin was recently published by The Missouri Bar in the DWI Law and Practice, Second Edition, for authoring Chapter 1, Chemical Test Refusal Cases. The DWI Law and Practice is a reference guide primarily used by attorneys in representing their clients. The chapter authored by Scott involves the status of Missouri law in situations
The following hypothetical situation happens more frequently than most non-lawyers imagine, but yet husbands and wives continue to either choose not to hire their own divorce lawyer or somehow think that it’s a good idea to share a divorce attorney: Husband and Wife have been married a couple years and have one child born of
On January 14, 2014, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, issued a decision in In The Matter of The Application of Laclede Gas Company D/B/A Missouri Gas Energy, For Approval to Change its Infrastructure System Replacement Surcharge; Public Service Commission of The State of Missouri vs. The Office of Public Counsel. Therein, the Court
Circuit judges have used probation as a mechanism to collect restitution and court costs from criminal defendants for years, but the Missouri Supreme Court issued its opinion yesterday clarifying the jurisdiction of courts to continue such conduct. The Missouri Supreme Court, in a consolidated hearing of two similar cases, made preliminary writs permanent finding that,
Brydon Swearengen & England P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholder Scott A. Hamblin has been selected into The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers for the year 2013. Mr. Hamblin was selected based upon his performance in the practice area of Criminal Defense law. Membership in The National Trial Lawyers is by invitation
The Missouri Attorney General has issued a warning concerning various scams that have popped up attempting to take further advantage of persons on the heals of the Target security breach issues. The Attorney General indicated that “Thieves pretending to be from Target or a consumer’s bank or credit-card company have been contacting consumers by phone
My participation in KRCG’s Eye on the SEC contest continues. Coming into bowl season, I have 97 points. The leaders have 100 points. With 2 points given for each bowl pick, there are opportunities to move up (and move down).
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