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).
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 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Smarr
BSE attorney Erin Wiseman, the Community Development Vice President of the Jefferson City Jaycees and Co-Chair of the Christmas Parade, has been seen on television, heard on the radio and quoted in the newspapers this week promoting the Jaycees’ Christmas Parade. The Jaycees Annual Christmas Parade begins at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7, 2013, from the Truman
Last Friday, November 15, 2013, marked my twentieth year with Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. Twenty years ago I returned from active duty with the U. S. Army, with a two week old child (who is now a sophomore at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri), and began to practice law in the same building where
Senior partner and chief cook, Jim Swearengen, is shown cooking burgers and brats for the law firm on this cold and rainy day in mid-Missouri. It must be his Wisconsin upbringing that makes him think this sort of day is appropriate for these activities.
The direct appeals of the Missouri Public Service Commission’s decisions in The Empire District Electric Company’s 2006 rate case were concluded with the Missouri Supreme Court’s denial of a transfer request on January 25, 2011. Two additional lawsuits, however, had been filed against Empire seeking refunds related to the Commission’s decisions in Empire’s 2006 rate
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