MADISON - ST. CLAIR RECORD

The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed Madison County Associate Judge Neil Schroeder's order dismissing a postconviction petition filed by a man convicted in connection with a murder during a botched robbery.

Gerard Noce will receive the 2019 Award of Honor by the Lawyers Association of St. Louis.

MOUNT VERNON -- The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed a ruling out of St. Clair County Circuit Court that found East St. Louis School District 189 did not violate the Wage Payment and Collection Act when it did not provide severance pay for a retired administrator.

BENTON -- U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert scheduled a bench trial in a woman's case alleging she fell inside a Steak N' Shake restaurant and suffered a broken hip.

MT. VERNON – The Fifth District Appellate Court granted half of a tax refund in a martial settlement agreement, reversing a Madison County Circuit Court ruling that denied the spouse's claim.

Missouri Lawyers Media awarded Christopher A. Pickett the organization's diversity and inclusion award on July 25.

Four attorneys from the St. Louis-based Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale firm have been named to this year's Who's Who Legal: Franchise list.

More than 30 people representing themselves pro se in lawsuits pending in Madison and Bond Counties received professional assistance through the Attorneys for the Third Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee in the second quarter.