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Looking for an attorney is always stressful. For many, people seeking help in family law matters are facing some of the biggest and most personal challenges in their lives. Johnny Lok is a compassionate and understanding attorney seeking to make a positive difference for families.. Johnny grew up in the foothills of North Carolina and obtained his undergraduate degree from Duke University in History and Psychology. He had the fortunate experience to study at the University of Kansas School of Law soon after.. Even before joining Stange Law Firm, Johnny has always been passionate about helping others. His legal pursuits took him from Charlotte, Los Angeles, Topeka, and Lawrence before he finally decided to join Stange Law Firm in Columbia. Johnny has experience working with disenfranchised communities and minorities. As a result, he deeply cares about the well-being of families and children from all backgrounds.. Johnny enjoys traveling to museums around the world and reading. He also frequents the swimming pools in Columbia and spends most of his time with his loved ones.. Note: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements. Johnny Lok is responsible for the content. Neither the Supreme Court of Missouri/Illinois nor The Missouri/Illinois Bar reviews or approves certifying organizations or specialist designations. We invite you to contact us and welcome your calls, letters and electronic mail. Contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as an attorney-client relationship has been established. Past results afford no guarantee of future results and every case is different and must be judged on its own merits. Headquarters office: 120 S. Central Avenue, Suite 450, Clayton, MO 63105.

I am Mary Hinton, attorney at law, a University of Missouri-Columbia graduate who worked over 31 years for Mizzou. I primarily worked in grants and contracts administration, but also held positions in business management, human resources, and fiscal working for many years at Mizzou, I chose to pursue my life-long dream of becoming an attorney and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law as a non-traditional student. During law school, I worked for the Veterans Clinic, helping to successfully appeal disability claims, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance clinic, preparing personal income tax returns. In my final year of law school, Mary was the recipient of the Fred L. Hall, Jr., Foundation Estate Planning Award. Upon receiving a Juris Doctorate, graduating with a Tax Concentration in Estate Planning and Taxation, and passing the Missouri Bar exam after the first attempt, I began working for the State of Missouri as a Hearing Officer in Child Support Enforcement. This quasi-judicial position required me to conduct hearings addressing child support, establishment, enforcement, and modification issues and to prepare written decisions for each hearing. After working in this position for two years, I decided to pursue another life-long dream of becoming a small business owner and opened a law office in Lake Ozark, Missouri. I presently serves clients located in mid-Missouri and the Lake of the Ozarks with family law, elder law, bankruptcy, and tax issues. On, and also, I am a Kansas City Chiefs fan.

John V. Sicola received his B.S. degree in history from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He received his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he was admitted to the Order of Barristers. He was admitted to the Missouri bar in February 2024.. During college and through law school, Mr. Sicola participated as both an attorney and a coach in mock trial competitions, winning multiple awards in the process.. Mr. Sicola's practice areas include trial practice, real estate, probate, estate planning, family law, criminal, traffic and municipal work.

I am experienced in vigorously protecting my clients' rights while providing guidance and reassurance in a supportive environment. I value my clients' experiences and partner with them to develop an intelligent and effective case strategy.. I understand how to be aggressive when circumstances demand it, but also know that domestic issues are often best settled through reasoned negotiation. My goal is to minimize the conflict while finding solutions that work for parent.. I work with families in all areas of family law, including divorce, modifications of child support, modifications of child custody, administrative child support proceedings, custody arrangments between never married parents, adoptions, step-parent adoptions, grandparent visitation, adult and minor name changes.. Prior to practing in private practice, I  worked as law clerk to the Honorable Patrick W. Campbell  and Honorable Christine Sill-Rogers of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri – Family Court Division where where I gained considerable insight into how judges decide family law matters.