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Next BCBA Meeting Scheduled for May 8

The next scheduled event for Boone County Bar Association members will be the regular BCBA meeting, Wednesday, May 8th. Our Speaker for the May 8th meeting will be Retired Associate Judge Deborah Daniels will present on “Eyewitness Identification”. The CLE program has been approved for 1.2 hours of CLE credits.

Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. the Broadway Hotel, 1111 E. Broadway. The presentation will begin about noon. A business meeting will precede the program. Lunch will be $14, with checks…

Gene Hamilton 1942 - 2019

Judge Clifford Gene Hamilton passed away on April 29, 2019. Judge Hamilton was born on October 31, 1942. He was a graduate of Westminster College in 1964 and the University of Missouri Law School in 1967. Judge Hamilton was a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army and he served in Germany after completing law school. Upon return from Germany, the Governor appointed him as Prosecuting Attorney for Callaway County in 1969. He held this position until 1980.

Judge Hamilton was elected Circuit Judge, Divis…

Bench-Bar Social

The 2019 Bench-Bar Social was a huge success. Despite the uncooperative weather, the event had its strongest attendance in many years! The goal to promote camaraderie amongst those involved in the legal profession was certainly achieved the evening of April 25 and will surely continue.

The Bench-Bar Social was held in the Montminy Art Gallery of the Boone County History & Culture Center. Cocktail sandwiches, dips and appetizers were provided by bleu events catering. If you didn’t get a ch…

Missouri AFCC Lunch & Learn – May 10

Missouri AFCC is hosting a lunch and learn May 10 at the Boone County Courthouse Noon to 1:30 p.m. The topic of the lunch is “Functionality of the Family – The Mental Health Professional’s Role in Family Court Cases” Speakers for the lunch are Larry V. Swall, JD, Simone A. Haberstock, JD LLM and Nicole Pace LCSW. There will be a discussion of interventions provided in family court, participation in litigated cases, roles of the expert of fact witness, what judges/courts expect and resources for …

Military Estate Clinic

Mid-Missouri military service members and veterans received free estate planning services provided by local attorneys at a clinic held on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Ten volunteers from the Boone County Bar Association joined with the Military Legal Assistance Team of the Attorney General’s Office and the Harry S. Truman Veteran’s Hospital, to put on this estate planning clinic.

47 individuals were provided with estate planning services. 165 legal documents, including wills, living wills, and durable powers of attorney for healthcare, were prepared at no cost to the service members and veterans. “It was an honor to work with these military heroes to ensure their loved ones are taken care of,” said attorney Molly Metza. The attorneys who participated in the estate planning clinic were: Brian Dollar, Heather Ford, Tom Harrison, Jim Howard, Jill Jackson, Molly Metza, Mary Beth Mueller, Jason Simmons, Robin Winn and David Zerrer.

On April 25, 2019, the Black Lawyers Committee hosted a ‘Meet and Greet’ event at the Boone County History and Culture Center. Following brief remarks from Chair Robin Winn and BCBA President Jill Jackson, guests introduced themselves and got to know each other while enjoying wine donated from Randall Johnston’s private collection.

The event was well attended by many local attorneys, judges and honored guests, including 13th Circuit Judges Jeff Harris, Christine Carpenter, Brouck Jacobs, Leslie Schneider, Kimberly Shaw, Tracy Gonzalez, Stephanie Morrell; Columbia Municipal Judge Cavanaugh Noce; U.S. District Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps; Western District Court of Appeals Judge Ted Ardini; Jill Jackson, BCBA President; Randall Johnston, BCBA Vice-Pres.; Molly Metza, BCBA Secretary; Michael Middleton, Univ. of Mo. President Emeritus; S. David Mitchell, Assistant Dean, Univ. of Mo. Columbia Law School; Lauren Smith, President, Mizzou Black Law Students Assoc.; Tyler Brumfield, President, Missouri Black Pre-Law Students Assoc.; and Mary Ratliff, President, Columbia NAACP.

One of the initial goals of the BLC is to encourage local black lawyers to rededicate and recommit themselves to being active participants of the BCBA. Judging by the turnout of the Meet and Greet event, it appears the BLC is off to a great start! Photos of the event can be viewed on the BCBA Facebook page.

CLE’s

Beginning in June, the cost to attend the regular, monthly CLE program will increase one dollar, to $15.00. The CLE program will continue to include a lunch buffet. The June CLE will be presented by Bar Plan for 1.2 ethics hours. To clarify for tax purposes, the fee is payment for the CLE program. A complimentary lunch is provided to all who attend the noon CLE program. In addition to the monthly, noon CLE programs, BCBA plans to offer no-cost and low-cost CLEs at other times. If you have C…

TRANSITIONS

Effective May 6, 2019, James M. Powell, formerly of Brown Willbrand P.C., relocated his practice to and is now a member of the law firm of Jones, Schneider and Stevens, LLC, 11 N. Seventh Street, Columbia, MO 65201, telephone number: 573-449-2451, fax number: 573-443-8620, email: jpowell@11-7law.com. His areas of practice continue to be banking, estate planning, real estate, business organizations and probate, estate and trust administration.

Harper Evans Wade & Netemeyer is very pleased …

NEW MEMBERS

Barton, Jr., James P., Attorney at Law, 2606 Lloyd Drive, Columbia, MO 65203, phone 660-815-1340, email jaybarton@gmail.com. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation-Plaintiff, Civil Litigation-Defense.

Duckworth, Ethan, Lear Werts, LLP, 2003 W. Broadway, Suite 107, Columbia, MO 65203, phone: 573-875-1991, email: duckworth@learwerts.com. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation-Plaintiff. Ethan is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law, 2017. Ethan has previously worked for Lewis Rice LLC in …

OTHER NEWS

Judge Kimberly Shaw was recently elected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges.

The 13th Circuit Associate Court’s current list of conflicts to the regular docket schedule, effective May 3, 2019, has been uploaded to the website and can be found at https://boonecountybar.org/docket-schedules/.

RSVP By April 18 for the BCBA Bench/Bar Social Mixer April 25

Make your reservations now for the annual Thirteenth Circuit Bench-Bar Mixer to be held from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at The Boone County History and Cultural Center, 3801 Ponderosa, Columbia.

The event is open to members of the Boone County Bar Association and all 13th Circuit judges and courthouse staff members. Unlike the annual picnic and Holiday Party, spouses and dates are not invited. The mixer is designed to allow lawyers, judges and courthouse personnel to mingle and tal…

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2019 Officers

President: Jill Jackson
Vice President: Randall Johnston
Secretary: Molly Metza
Treasurer: Daniel Beckett
Editor/Webmaster: Thad Taylor
Executive Committee: All officers listed above plus immediate Past President Jason Simmons and At-Large Members Jennifer Rodewald and Hon. David Zerror
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