Article: Kansas City Lawyers in the News: Sept. 28, 2009

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September 28, 2009
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Bar honors several in KC legal community

A law professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and five Kansas City-area lawyers were honored during ceremonies at The Missouri Bar Annual Meeting.

Professor David Jacks Achtenberg of UMKC School of Law and C. Patrick McLarney of Shook, Hardy & Bacon each received a Spurgeon Smithson Award. Established in 1976 by bequest of the late Mr. Smithson, who was an outstanding Kansas City trial lawyer, the awards are made annually by the Missouri Bar Foundation to Missouri judges, teachers of law and/or lawyers who "have rendered outstanding service toward the increase and diffusion of justice."

Susan Ford Robertson, a partner in the Robertson Law ...

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