Midwest Litigation Services is proud to announce that Debbie Weaver has been selected as one of three women to receive the Enterprise Award. Other award categories include Leaders of Tomorrow, Rising Star, Trial Practitioner, Citizenship and Public Official. The Enterprise Award is awarded to women in a business setting, be they entrepreneurs, executives, corporate counsel or other business professionals, who fulfill theabove ideals in contributing to the improvement of the justice system.

Debbie was distinguished as an entrepreneur deserving of the Women’s Justice Award due to her commitment to the St. Louis community. Along with her personal and passionate support of the Komen Race for a Cure with her team of “Kelly’s Krusaders” (her partner Kelly Willis died of breast cancer five years ago), Debbie has donated lap-top computers, deposition services and videography for pro bono initiatives sponsored by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) as well as for attorneys providing pro bono representation. The entire Midwest organization annually sponsors over fifty families for Motion for Kids (formerly Project Angel Tree) and spearheads the Santa Station at St. Louis’s football venue, the Edward Jones Dome, with opportunities to visit with and get photos with Santa and many other cartoon characters.

Debbie also generously donates her time and energy to BAMSL’s Read Across America program, she provides lunch and transportation to families visiting the Vandalia women’s prison, and is actively involved in Legal Services’ annual fund raising with the Justice for All Ball; having taken on the behemoth task of chairing this event in 2008. Her energy is equaled only by her benevolence and belief in the importance of such support.

Debbie currently serves as the Executive Director of the Women Lawyers Association and sponsored the breakfast at this year’s Missouri Bar Annual Meeting with the Kansas City and Mid-Missouri Women Lawyers. She has also been a longterm sponsor for their annual golf tournament and holiday party.

Throughout the state there are not many bar associations who have not been the beneficiary of a Midwest sponsorship whether it be for a Bar Foundation dinner, an annual conference, a golf tournament or an awards banquet. Without such support such events would not be possible which would be to the detriment of the thousands of members of the bench and bar who depend on these events for CLE and networking.

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Friday April 23, 2010

5:30 – 6:00 – Registration

6:00 – 8:00 – Dan Coughlin – The Coughlin Company

8:00 – 9:00 – Reception

Saturday April 24, 2010

8:00 – 8:30 – Registration

8:30 – 9:30 – Punctuation & Proofreading Part 1 – Patti Ziegler

9:30 – 10:30 – Stress Management for Modern Day Court Reporter – Dr. Chris Charlton

10:30 – 11:30 – Punctuation & Proofreading Part 2 – Patti Ziegler

11:30 – 12:30 – Realtime Training – Nancy Hopp

12:30 – 4:30 – Pro Cat – Linda Hudson

12:30 – 4:30 – Eclipse – Chuck Motter

12:30 – 4:30 – Stenograph – Stephanie Garland

12:30- 4:30 – Software User Swap – Linda Madel

12:30 – 4:30 – Videographer Class – Gene Miller

* The software training on Saturday requires your software to be current. Eclipse is version 4.3.0.8; Procat is version 10.2; Case Catalyst is version 10

Enterprise
Rashda M. Buttar, Patriot Coal Corp., St. Louis
Crista Hogan, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, Springfield
Vickie Schatz, Kansas City Power & Light Co., Kansas City
Deborah C. Weaver, Midwest Litigation Services, St. Louis

The other honorees for 2010 are:

Trial Practitioner

Stacie Bilyeu, Askinosie & Bilyeu, Springfield

Denise Henning, The Henning Law Firm, Kansas City

Maureen A. McGlynn, Kortenhof McGlynn, St. Louis

Christine F. Miller, Husch Blackwell Sanders, St. Louis

Citizenship

Colleen Coble, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Jefferson City

Joan Lipkin, That Uppity Theatre Company, St. Louis

Morey Mechlin, Springfield

Business Practitioner

Mira Mdivani, The Mdivani Law Firm, Overland Park, Kan.

Sandra Moore, Urban Strategies Inc., St. Louis

Terry J. Satterlee, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City

Ronda F. Williams, Savvis Inc., St. Louis

Rising Star

Nikki Cannezzaro, Franke Schultz & Mullen, Kansas City

Melanie Daily DeRousse, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis

Charity Elmer, CoxHealth, Springfield

Mischa Buford Epps, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City

Bridget G. Hoy, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, St. Louis

Erica Nuyen, public defender, St. Louis

Legal Scholar

Carol Miller, Missouri State University, Springfield

Dean Ellen Suni, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City

Sidney D. Watson, Saint Louis University, St. Louis

Public Official

Kathianne Crane, Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, St. Louis

Cindy Reams Martin, Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, Kansas City

Mary E. Nelson, Missouri Governor’s Office, St. Louis

Nancy Rahmeyer, Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District, Springfield

Public Service Practitioner

Effie F. Day, Legal Aid of Western Missouri, Kansas City

Sheila Greenbaum, Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, St. Louis

Quinn Loring Grimes, public defender, St. Louis

Deanna Scott, Legal Services of Southern Missouri, Springfield

Mavis T. Thompson, solo attorney, St. Louis

Leaders of Tomorrow

Sheena Hamilton, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis

Portia Kayser, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis

The Women’s Justice Awards ceremony is April 22 at The Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis. Individual tickets are $110. A portion of each ticket paid will be donated to Go Red for Women, which works to prevent heart disease in women. Reservations must be made by April 19.

Register for the event at http://events.molawyersmedia.com.

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On Saturday, December 19th, Midwest Litigation Services joined with the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis Rams’ organization and several other sponsors at the Edward Jones Dome for the Motion for Kids holiday party (previously known as Project Angel Tree). This event was created to offer children who have been affected by the legal system an opportunity to play games, meet Rams football players and cheerleaders, visit with Santa, and receive gifts.

MLS staff, court reporters, videographers, and their families sponsored over 65 children through gift-giving. We also organized the Santa’s station which offers the kids a chance to send a letter to Santa, get their picture taken with Santa, visit with several “characters” including Mickey Mouse, Scooby-Doo, Frosty, the Grinch, and Shrek among others. It never fails that the volunteers go home with as big a smile, if not bigger, than the kids!

February 23, 2008 – Justice For All Ball

Midwest Litigation is proud to honor Debbie Weaver at the Justice For All Ball at the Chase Park Plaza, February 23, 2008 for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc,