Missouri Lawyers Deidre Powell to Denise Scrivener

Firm: Evergy Companies

Po Box 418679 , Kansas City , Missouri 64141

Practice Areas: Energy & Utilities

Firm: Childress Legal, LLC

100 Chesterfield Business Parkway, Ste. 200 , Chesterfield , Missouri 63005

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

Denise L. Childress is an experienced trial lawyer and the President of Childress Legal, LLC. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri and practices criminal, DWI-DUI, and traffic law.. Ms. Childress spend the last five and a half years of her career honing her skills in the specific area of DWI law. Ms. Childress has tried countless civil DWI cases and, in that time, has built a sterling reputation in the Legal DWI world. Ms. Childress has taught at the largest continuing legal education seminar for DWI matters in Missouri for the last five years, and has been the assistant co-chair for the past two years. Ms. Childress worked under Mr. Carl M. Ward before being named partner after only three years with the Firm. Ms. Childress has now opened her own law practice, Childress Legal, LLC. In this practice, she continues fighting DWI matters, as well as all criminal matters. She can help you out with anything that comes with a ticket and points. In short, if you have had an encounter with a law enforcement officer in any capacity, she has you covered!. Ms. Childress is experienced in handling driver's licensing matters: if your driving privileges have been suspended, revoked, disqualified, or denied,Ms. Childress may be able to help you get reinstated or obtain a limited or restricted driving privilege. If you are on a five or ten year denial, the laws have recently changed and you may now be eligible for an LDP where you weren't before. If so, contact Ms. Childress - she may be able to help you start driving again! If you have pending suspensions, revocations, disqualifications or denials, Ms. Childress may be able to appeal them, often times with a stay order to keep you driving in the meantime!. Ms. Childress has extensive experience with CDL holders whose jobs depend on holding a valid license and is familiar with the unique associated challenges.. Ms. Childress joined Ward & Childress | Trial Attorneys as an Assocaite attorney, working her way up over the years to becoming a named partner. She has tried countless DWI license suspension and/or revocation cases. In 2018, she was named as the Assistant to the Co-Chairs of the Bernard Edelman DWI Law and Science Seminar, the largest DWI continuing legal education seminar held in the State of Missouri. She serves on the Amicus Committee for the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, writing amicus briefs on behalf of MACDL. In 2016, she was awarded as an Up & Coming Lawyers Law Firm Leader.. Ms. Childress joined Ward & Childress | Trial Attorneys after working for the Missouri State Public Defender System as an Assistant Public Defender in Farmington, Missouri.   Before joining MSPD, Ms. Childress worked as an attorney at ArchCity Defenders, Inc, a nonprofit organization that strives to prevent and end homelessness in St. Louis by providing criminal and civil legal services in collaboration with a network of social services to break the cycle of “revolving door justice.”  Dedicated to the service of others and improving her legal skills, Ms. Childress has previously completed four volunteer internships with MSPD, working as a Rule 13 Intern in St. Charles, as a Law Student Intern in St. Louis County, and as an Undergraduate Student Intern in both St. Louis City and Kirksville.   In these varying capacities over the past four years, Ms. Childress has represented and/or assisted countless indigent citizens accused or convicted of crimes in multiple jurisdictions throughout Missouri.. In 2012, Ms. Childress received her J.D. with a concentration in Criminal Litigation Skills from Saint Louis University School of Law, where she spent the Fall of 2009 and the Spring of 2011 on the Dean’s List.  Ms. Childress received many awards in law school, including the American Law Institute | American Bar Association Scholarship and Leadership Award (presented to the student in each of the nation’s top law schools’ graduating classes who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership), the Bar Plan Foundation 2011 Scholarship (awarded to those who exemplify high standards of ethics and professionalism), the Academic Excellence Award in Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Enforcement (presented to the student with the highest grade obtained in the class) and the Student Bar Association Delegate Outstanding and Dedicated Services Certificate.. Throughout law school, Ms. Childress was actively involved on the executive boards of both the Public Interest Law Group and the International Law Student Association.  Ms. Childress also served as Student Bar Association Delegate and as Chair of the Public Interest Law Group Auction for two years where she helped raise over $30, to support the Irvin & Maggie Dagen Fellowship Fund which supports dozens of law students each year who work for more than forty-five local organizations that serve the underrepresented at no cost to the organization.. During her third year of law school, Ms. Childress worked in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig.  She also worked as a Rule 13 Intern for the Criminal Defense Advocacy Clinic at SLU Law, where she represented the criminally accused.. During her second year of law school, Ms. Childress worked at SLU Law as a Faculty Fellow under Professor Stephen Thaman, where she composed a comprehensive report on capital clemency proceedings in Missouri for the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, which contributed to a report published by the ABA, entitled Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems: The Missouri Death Penalty Assessment Report, An Analysis of Missouri’s Death Penalty Laws, Procedures, and Practices.. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Ms. Childress attended Truman State University on multiple academic and leadership scholarships and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice Systems and a Minor in Spanish.  Ms. Childress received the 2009 Outstanding Student in Justice Systems award, based on outstanding scholastic achievement in the major.  Not only did Ms. Childress excel academically, she also served as President for the Alpha Phi Sigma chapter of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society and on the Executive Board for the Lambda Alpha Epsilon chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association, where she competed nationally in several subjects and won a national first place award for physical agility testing.  Ms. Childress also served as Committee Head to bring the American Criminal Justice Association Regional Conference to Truman’s campus.. While in college, Ms. Childress played goalie for Truman’s seventh-ranked varsity soccer team all four years, was named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week and spent time on the MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.  In 2008, Ms. Childress spent a month living with a local family in Santa Ana, Costa Rica while attending a Full Immersion Spanish Program at the Centro Linguistico, Conversa.

Firm: O'Donnell Law Center

1026 Palisades Blvd. Suite 3 , Osage Beach , Missouri 65065 Zip code: 65065

Practice Areas: Family

I graduated from Pattonville High School in St. Louis County in 1980, received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1986, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Washington University in 1988, and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Washington University School of Law in 1996. I was licensed to practice law in the state of Missouri in 1996.. As a young adult I was a keyboardist in a small contemporary jazz band which performed in various venues in and around St. Louis and I studied jazz piano privately and at Webster University. Later, I worked as a social worker where I gained experience and training that I credit for my organizational, listening and problem solving techniques that serve my legal practice well. I make personal service and open and frequent communication with clients indispensable components of my law practice.. After becoming a lawyer, I worked as an assistant public defender with the Missouri State Public Defender's System from 1996 to 1998, serving primarily the Camden County, Lake of the Ozarks area. I entered the private practice of law by joining the Camdenton, Missouri law firm of Phillips, McElyea, Carpenter & Welch, P.C. as an Associate in March of 1998 and became a shareholder of the firm in the year 2000. I was engaged in the general practice of law with this firm until July 31, 2014.. Propelled by a vision that I had to give birth to, with the help and support of family and friends, on August 1, 2014, I launched my own law firm, O’Donnell Law Center. I feel like I have been preparing for that my entire life. The Center’s business model is based upon cutting edge technology, customer service, efficiency and building life-long relationships.. My husband "Bob" and I have two sons, Michael and Jared. Michael is a scientist, and Jared is in high school, enjoying track, mixed marshal arts training and computer gaming. We share our household with a delightful German Short Hair Pointer “Lady." Bob and I enjoy trips on our Harley, growing flowers and vegetables in our raised-bed garden, challenging ourselves with cooking and eating exotic foods and squeezing that last mile out of our all-electric car. We have become a family of bee keepers, and our number of hives keeps growing.

Firm: Dempsey & Kingsland, PC

1100 Main St , Kansas City , Missouri 64105 Zip code: 64105

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Law Offices of Denise Kirby

Two Pershing Square Building , Kansas City , Missouri 64108

Practice Areas: DUI & DWI

I've lived in the Kansas City area most of my life, and I have practiced law in Kansas City since I graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994.. I am the President of the Missouri DWI Institute and the Missouri Society for Criminal Justice. I'm Co-Chair of the Missouri DWI Institute Summer Series, a DWI training seminar that teaches attorneys how to better defend DWI cases. My peers have selected me as one of very few "Super Lawyers" in the area of DUI/DWI Defense in the states of Missouri and Kansas for many years running. I am Co-Chair of The Bernard Edelman DWI Law and Science Seminar (2017-20) and have served on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and as a member of the MACDL DWI Committee. I was named Best DWI/DUI Attorney by the Kansas City Star in 2023.. When something is wrong with my car, I have no idea whether I can tust the mechanic. I imagine it feels that way to clients looking to hire a lawyer. When interviewing an attorney, ask many questions about his or her experience with your type of situation. Ask what they do to better their skills and knowledge and to keep up with the law and science of DWI. What courses have they attended recently? Are they asked to speak at legal seminars to teach other lawyers DWI defense? Do they try cases? Importantly, DO THEY WIN? Don't be afraid to ask these questions. You're hiring someone you will be trusting with your future.

, Kansas City , Missouri 64111 Zip code: 64111

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Chesterfield Family Law Center

300 Ozark Trail Dr , Ellisville , Missouri 63011 Zip code: 63011

Practice Areas: Family

1243 De Noailles Dr , Ballwin , Missouri 63011 Zip code: 63011

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: D.B. Mccracken Law, LLC

3407 S Jefferson Ave # 520 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63118

Firm: Polsinelli

900 W 48th Pl , Kansas City , Missouri 64112

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Watson-Wesley Coleman, L.C.

410 N 4th St Ste 205 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63102 Zip code: 63102

Practice Areas: Discrimination

Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman was born and raised in Chicago. She attended St. Elizabeth High School and DePaul University. She was a high school teacher and taught at Robert Morris College. She became interested in law when she went to work as a legal secretary for the law firms of Stratford, Lafontant, Fisher, Gibson, Cousins, and Wilman, Harold, Allen, & Dixon. She realized her dream of becoming an attorney when she graduated from St. Louis University Law school and began the practice of law in 1985. She became licensed to practice in Illinois in 1986.Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman has over 31 years of legal experience. She has represented governmental entities, financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. At the beginning of her career, she was an Assistant Public Defender and Prosecutor for the City of St. Louis as well as a Law Clerk for the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit. Her experience expanded to municipal law. In this position as bond Counsel and General Counsel to the Comptroller, she created municipal corporations to issue bonds and created 501(c)3 corporations and handled litigation. She was red book certified. She also was an Attorney for a municipality. Mrs. Coleman has legislative experience as an Administrative Assistant to a Senator in Missouri. She drafted and reviewed legislation and met with several department heads. One major issue during this time was partial birth abortion. Ms. Coleman was a Hearing Officer (like a judge on the municipal level) for several years and heard and decided public nuisance cases.Ms. Coleman's practice transitioned from the public sector to the private sector. She has represented clients in the areas of family law, criminal law, probate, personal injury, contracts, civil matters, real estate, traffic, tax and employment. Ms. Coleman's experience as a lawyer, law clerk, hearing officer, and legislative assistant is unparalleled and services to benefit her clients' needs from a broad perspective.Some of the major business accomplishments Ms. Coleman has experienced during her career includes: earning a law degree over a 21 year period while married, having and raising a family (including the death of her oldest child; opening the first all woman African American law firm in St. Louis; becoming the first certified bond counsel and underwriters counsel in the red book in St. Louis; becoming the first woman and African American Clerk and Legal Counsel for the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis; running for Mayor of the City of St. Louis.Ms. Coleman is committed to providing clients with exceptional representation while preserving personalized service and responsiveness to her client's needs.

Firm: Law Office of Deidre M Powell

4387 Laclede Ave , Saint Louis , Missouri 63108

Firm: TGH Litigation, LLC

Boone County Counselor Office 801 E. Walnut, Ste. 211 , Columbia , Missouri 65202 Zip code: 65202

Practice Areas: Government

, St. Louis , Missouri 63131 Zip code: 63131

Practice Areas: Health Care

Firm: Doster Nations Ullom & Boyle, LLC

16150 Main Circle Dr Ste 250 , Chesterfield , Missouri 63017 Zip code: 63017

Practice Areas: International Law

741 Greeley Ave. , Webster Groves , Missouri 63119

Practice Areas: Corporate & Incorporation

, St. Louis , Missouri 63131 Zip code: 63131

Practice Areas: Insurance

Firm: Dellett Kevin E

108 W Cedar St , Olathe , Missouri 66061 Zip code: 66061

Practice Areas: Lawyers

Firm: Goldenhersh & Goldenhersh P.C.

8147 Delmar Blvd Suite 1 , Saint Louis , Missouri 63130 Zip code: 63130

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

1600 Genessee , Kansas City , Missouri 64102 Zip code: 64102

Practice Areas: Business