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MO Rev Stat § 484.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.140 - Attorney may contract for percentage of proceeds of claim — notice of lien to be given to defendant.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.140. Attorney may contract for percentage of proceeds of claim — notice of lien to be given to defendant. — In all suits in equity and in all actions or proposed actions at law, whether arising ex contractu or ex delicto, it shall be lawful for an attorney at law either before suit or action is brought, or after suit or action is brought, to contract with his client for legal services rendered or to be rendered him for a certain portion or percentage of the proceeds of any settlement of his client's claim or cause of action, either before the institution of suit or action, or at any stage after the institution of suit or action, and upon notice in writing by the attorney who has made such agreement with his client, served upon the defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, that he has such an agreement with his client, stating therein the interest he has in such claim or cause of action, then said agreement shall operate from the date of the service of said notice as a lien upon the claim or cause of action, and upon the proceeds of any settlement thereof for such attorney's portion or percentage thereof, which the client may have against the defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, and cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties either before suit or action is brought, or before or after judgment therein, and any defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, who shall, after notice served as herein provided, in any manner, settle any claim, suit, cause of action, or action at law with such attorney's client, before or after litigation instituted thereon, without first procuring the written consent of such attorney, shall be liable to such attorney for such attorney's lien as aforesaid upon the proceeds of such settlement, as per the contract existing as herein provided between such attorney and his client. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13338)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11717; 1919 § 691; 1909 § 965
MO Rev Stat § 484.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.150. Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any licensed attorney in the state of Missouri to divide any fees or compensation received by him in the practice of law or in doing law business with any person not a licensed attorney or any firm not wholly composed of licensed attorneys, or any association or corporation, and any person, firm, association or corporation violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, which fine shall be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.  2. Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate the foregoing prohibition of this section shall be subject to be sued for treble the amount of any and all sums of money paid in violation hereof by the person, persons, association or corporation paying the fees or compensation which shall have been so divided and if such person, persons, association or corporation shall not sue for or recover the same within two years from the date of such division of fees or compensation, the state of Missouri shall have the right to and shall sue for and recover said treble amount, which shall upon recovery be paid into the treasury of the state of Missouri.  3. It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri or the prosecuting attorney of any county or city in which service of process may be had upon the person, firm, association or corporation liable therefor, to institute all suits necessary for the recovery of said sums of money by the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13315)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11694; 1919 § 668  CROSS REFERENCE:  Profits of attorney through certain contracts with newspapers prohibited, penalty, 493.130, 493.140
MO Rev Stat § 484.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.160. Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when. — If an attorney or counselor at law shall commence an action and fail to prosecute the same, or if any action so commenced shall be dismissed for want of his attention, or if he shall bring the wrong action and it be necessary to enter a nonsuit, or if it shall be made to appear to the court that the action was erroneously brought, dismissed, or nonsuit entered in consequence, the court may, in its discretion, enter up judgment against any such attorney or counselor at law for the full amount of the costs thereby incurred, and all damages in consequence thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1434)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1270; 1919 § 1722; 1909 § 2291
MO Rev Stat § 484.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.170. Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend. — Where two or more licensed attorneys at law of this state are associated together as copartners in the practice as attorneys or counselors at law, and one of such attorneys shall be the prosecuting or assistant prosecuting attorney, or circuit or assistant circuit attorney, it shall be unlawful for such other partner or partners to appear and defend in any of the courts of this state any person charged with a misdemeanor or felony, when by law it shall be the duty of such prosecuting or circuit attorney to appear and prosecute, and this section shall apply even though such partnership may exist only for the transaction of civil business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12981)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11355; 1919 § 774; 1909 § 1039
MO Rev Stat § 484.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.190. Powers to suspend or remove. — Any attorney or counselor at law may be removed or suspended from practice in the courts of this state for any of the following reasons:  (1) If he be convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude;  (2) If he unlawfully retain his client's money or if he is guilty of any malpractice, fraud, deceit or misdemeanor whatsoever in his professional capacity;  (3) If he shall have been removed, suspended or disbarred from the practice of law in any other state or jurisdiction and shall fail to disclose such fact in his application for license to practice law in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13328)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11707; 1919 § 681; 1909 § 951  (1974) All power to suspend or remove attorneys is vested in the supreme court. Harkins v. Eldredge (CA Mo.), 505 F.2d 802.
MO Rev Stat § 484.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   484.200. Charges, where exhibited. — Charges against an offending attorney shall be in writing and verified, and may be preferred by any member of the bar in good standing, or by any judge of a court of record required by law to be a person learned in the law. The charges may be exhibited and proceedings had thereon in the supreme court, in any of the districts of the court of appeals, or in the circuit court of the county, in which the actions or practices complained of shall have been committed or the accused resides. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13329, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11708; 1919 § 682; 1909 § 952
MO Rev Stat § 484.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.210. Day for hearing — citation, where served. — The court in which such charges shall be exhibited shall fix a day for the hearing, allowing a reasonable time, and the clerk shall issue a citation accordingly, with a copy of the charges annexed, which may be served upon the accused wherever found. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13330)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11709; 1919 § 683; 1909 § 953
MO Rev Stat § 484.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.220. Citation and charges, how served. — The copy of the charges and citation may be served upon the accused by any officer authorized by law to serve writs issued by such court and in any county of this state, and if the accused be not found in this state then reasonable notice shall be given him by publication in such manner as the court may direct, unless served as provided in section 484.210, supra. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13331)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11710; 1919 § 684; 1909 § 954
MO Rev Stat § 484.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.230. Proceedings on failure to appear. — If the party served with such citation shall fail to appear according to the command thereof, obedience may be enforced by attachment or the court may proceed ex parte. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13332)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11711; 1919 § 685; 1909 § 955
MO Rev Stat § 484.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.240. Removal or suspension without trial. — If the charge allege a conviction for any criminal offense involving moral turpitude, the court shall, on production of the record of such conviction, remove the attorney so convicted or suspend such attorney from practice for a limited time, according to the nature of the offense, as the court may deem just, and without further trial. If the attorney be acquitted or discharged upon his trial, or if he be charged under subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of section 484.190, and appears at the time fixed by court and denies the charges preferred against him, or having been notified as required by section 484.210 or 484.220, fails to appear, the court shall forthwith hear the evidence offered in support of said charge and the evidence offered by the accused, and shall determine the matter without delay. And if the court finds that the charge has been sustained, or if the accused shall admit that he is guilty, the court shall remove him from practice or shall suspend him for a limited period, according to the nature of the offense and as the court may deem just and proper. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13333)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11712; 1919 § 686; 1909 § 956  (1972) Willfully and knowingly failing to make a federal income tax return is an offense involving moral turpitude within meaning of this section (rule). In re. MacLeod (Mo.), 479 S.W.2d 443.
MO Rev Stat § 484.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   484.250. Trial by court or commissioner. — All trials of charges preferred against attorneys shall be by the court, and in all cases of conviction the court shall pronounce judgment of removal or suspension according to the nature of the facts found; except that, if the charge be filed in the supreme court, or in one of the districts of the court of appeals, the court may appoint a special judge to hear the evidence and make report thereof to the court. In all cases the court may tax or abate the cost of the proceedings as it may deem just. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13334, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11713; 1919 § 687; 1909 §§ 960, 961
MO Rev Stat § 484.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.260. Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment. — In all cases of a trial of charges in the circuit court, the defendant may except to any ruling or decision of the court, and may prosecute an appeal or writ of error to the supreme court, in all respects as in actions at law. And it is hereby made the duty of the supreme court to hear said appeal at the next term of said court unless continued for cause. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13335)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11714; 1919 § 688; 1909 § 962
MO Rev Stat § 484.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   484.270. Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured. — Every final judgment or order of removal or suspension, made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter by any court so authorized, shall operate, while it continues in force, as a removal or suspension from practice in all the courts of this state; provided, that any attorney or counselor at law removed from practice or suspended for a longer term than one year, on application to the supreme court or in the court in which the judgment of removal or suspension was first rendered, may be reinstated as such attorney or counselor at law, in the discretion of the court, at any time after one year from the date of such judgment of removal or suspension. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13336)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11715; 1919 § 689; 1909 § 963
MO Rev Stat § 484.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law|Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   484.350. Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when. — Recognizing that Missouri children have a right to adequate and effective representation in child welfare cases, the September 17, 1996, Missouri supreme court standards for representation by guardians ad litem shall be updated and adopted statewide and each circuit shall devise a plan for implementation which takes into account the individual needs of their circuit as well as the negative impact that excessive caseloads have upon effectiveness of counsel. These plans shall be approved by the supreme court en banc and fully implemented by July 1, 2011. ­­-------- (L. 2008 H.B. 1570 § 484.302, A.L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 237)
MO Rev Stat § 485.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers|Section 485.010 - Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff — set salaries — source of funds for salaries.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 3 histories   485.010. Presiding judge may appoint secretary, additional staff — set salaries — source of funds for salaries. — 1. The presiding judge of each circuit may appoint a secretary or other staff personnel to aid the presiding judge in the administration of the judicial business of the circuit. Such secretary and other staff personnel appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge. The personnel authorized by this section are in addition to staff support from the circuit clerks, deputy circuit clerks, division clerks, municipal clerks, and any other staff personnel which may otherwise be provided by law.  2. The salary and number of secretarial or other staff personnel shall be established by the presiding judge of the circuit within funds made available for that purpose. Personnel authorized by this section shall be paid from state funds or federal grant moneys which are available for that purpose and not from county funds. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  (1981) This section does not relieve local governments performing county functions from the responsibility of funding the office of Court Administrator. State ex rel. the Judges for the 22nd Judicial Circuit v. City of St. Louis (Mo. App.), 619 S.W.2d 330.
MO Rev Stat § 485.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers|Section 485.040 - Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters — qualifications.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   485.040. Judges of circuit courts to appoint reporters — qualifications. — 1. For the purpose of preserving the record in all cases for the information of the court, jury and parties, and for expediting the public business, each circuit judge shall appoint an official court reporter who shall be a certified court reporter as provided by Rule 14 of the supreme court. Such court reporter shall be a sworn officer of the court, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of the judge appointing him, and on the death, resignation, or retirement of that judge, the reporter shall retain his office until the judge's successor is elected, or appointed.  2. In lieu of a full-time court reporter, a circuit judge who serves as the judge of the probate division may utilize the services of a court reporter on a part-time basis or may preserve the record in the manner provided in section 478.072. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13339, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11718; 1919 § 12668; 1909 § 11231  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 485.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers|Section 485.050 - Duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   485.050. Duties. — It shall be the duty of the official court reporter so appointed to attend the sessions of the court, under the direction of the judge thereof; to take full stenographic notes of the oral evidence offered in every cause tried in said court, together with all objections to the admissibility of testimony, the rulings of the court thereon, and all exceptions taken to such rulings; to preserve all official notes taken in said court for future use or reference, and to furnish to any person or persons a transcript of all or any part of said evidence or oral proceedings upon the payment to him of the fee herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13340)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11719; 1919 § 12669; 1909 § 11232
MO Rev Stat § 485.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers|Section 485.055 - Reporters may be transferred, when — power and rights.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   485.055. Reporters may be transferred, when — power and rights. — 1. Whenever the supreme court makes an order temporarily transferring a circuit judge to a circuit court other than the court to which he was appointed or elected, or whenever any such judge is temporarily transferred or assigned in a manner other than by order of the supreme court, the supreme court, upon written notice from such transferred judge, shall, if the regular reporter is for any reason unavailable and the transfer is deemed necessary, order the temporary transfer of the official court reporter of the court of such transferred judge to accompany the judge and perform all the duties of the official court reporter of the court to which the judge is transferred in the matters heard or considered by the transferred judge while so transferred, and the official court reporter shall perform the same duties, make the same charges for his services, and be subject to the same laws and rules while acting as such transferred reporter as though he were the* regularly appointed official reporter of the court to which he was temporarily appointed.  2. Upon the request made to the supreme court by a circuit judge whose official reporter is absent by reason of illness or physical incapacity, for the transfer of a reporter, the supreme court may, with the consent of the judge appointing him, or without such consent if said judge is absent or incapacitated, order the temporary transfer of another official reporter to said circuit court, and the official reporter shall perform the same duties, make the same charges for his services, and be subject to the same laws and rules while acting as such transferred reporter as though he were the regularly appointed official reporter of the court to which he was temporarily appointed.  3. In all judicial circuits having more than one circuit judge, in the absence or incapacity of one of the judges, the presiding judge may order the court reporter of said absent or incapacitated judge to act as court reporter of another division of said court when he shall deem such action necessary. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 423 § 1, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79  *Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 485.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXII - Courts|Chapter 485 - Court Reporters and Stenographers|Section 485.060 - Compensation of reporters.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   485.060. Compensation of reporters. — 1. Each court reporter for a circuit judge shall receive an annual salary of twenty-six thousand nine hundred dollars beginning January 1, 1985, until December 31, 1985, and beginning January 1, 1986, an annual salary of thirty thousand dollars.  2. Such annual salary shall be modified by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405.  3. Beginning January 1, 2022, the annual salary, as modified under section 476.405, shall be adjusted upon meeting the minimum number of cumulative years of service as a court reporter with a circuit court of this state by the following schedule:  (1) For each court reporter with zero to five years of service: the annual salary shall be increased only by any salary adjustment provided by section 476.405;  (2) For each court reporter with six to ten years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by five and one-quarter percent;  (3) For each court reporter with eleven to fifteen years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by eight and one-quarter percent;  (4) For each court reporter with sixteen to twenty years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by eight and one-half percent; or  (5) For each court reporter with twenty-one or more years of service: the annual salary shall be increased by eight and three-quarters percent. ­­A court reporter may receive multiple adjustments under this subsection as his or her cumulative years of service increase, but only one percentage listed in subdivisions (1) to (5) of this subsection shall apply to the annual salary at a time.  4. Salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments on the certification of the judge of the court or division in whose court the reporter is employed. If paid by the state, the salaries of such court reporters shall be paid in semimonthly or monthly installments, as designated by the commissioner of administration. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13341, A.L. 1945 p. 741, A.L. 1951 p. 447, A.L. 1955 p. 499, A.L. 1963 p. 667, A.L. 1969 p. 568, A.L. 1975 H.B. 170, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1982 S.B. 497, A.L. 1984 S.B. 581, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)  Revisor's note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 476.405, in Appendix D.