2020

Six Fox Smith, LLC attorneys have been named 2020 Super Lawyers/Rising Stars. Those attorneys are Ron Fox (Transportation and Maritime), Tom Smith (Medical Malpractice), Richard Korn (Medical Malpractice), Sarah Mangelsdorf (Environmental), Margaret (Meggie) Devereux Gentzen (Employment Litigation) and Madison Johnston (Medical Malpractice). Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 […]

COVID-19 presents new legal issues to examine at the upcoming IMX conference in St. Louis September 30. In this Session, Stas Levchinsky of FOX SMITH LLC examines case law arising from other illnesses and diseases that have come up in Jones Act and other maritime cases to help get a glimpse of what the future

Ryan Mohr will present at the 2020 Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference. Ryan will be teaming up with Scott Schaffer, Chief Information Security Officer of Blade Technologies to address the group on ESI Rules and Cybersecurity for attorneys. The conference will be held August 20-22, 2020 at Margaritaville Resort in Osage Beach. For

First and foremost, we hope this email finds you and yours safe and healthy. The current COVID-19 crisis has affected all of us in many ways and the same is true for our businesses. Suddenly we found ourselves transitioning our employees to respond to shelter-in-place orders and trying to navigate the myriad of ever-evolving requirements

US Supreme Court: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court held in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Ryan Mohr and Sarah Mangelsdorf will present at the 2020 Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference. The conference will be held August 20-22, 2020 at Margaritaville Resort in Osage Beach. The duo will be addressing the group on ESI Rules and Cybersecurity for attorneys.

Ron Fox was recently named to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees for Whitfield School. Whitfield School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory day school for grades 6–12, located on a 26–acre campus in suburban St. Louis.

Tom Smith wins defense verdict in injury claim tried in St. Louis City Circuit Court. Plaintiff alleged serious and permanent injuries from an auto accident in which plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind by defendant’s car. Although defendant accepted responsibility for the accident, defendant contested the nature and extent of plaintiff’s injuries as well as

Stas Levchinsky returned to Fox Smith, LLC in 2020. Stas has extensive trial and appellate experience and focuses his practice on maritime and admiralty law, as well as commercial defense litigation. Prior to private practice, Stas served as Director of the White Collar Crime and Fraud Unit for the St. Louis City Circuit Clerk. He

Richard Korn and Meggie Gentzen are defending a not-for-profit organization in an employment discrimination case brought under the Missouri Human Rights Act in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. After the lawsuit was filed, they filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings based on the fact that the plaintiff had obtained a right-to-sue