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Notable Hollingshead And Dudley Cases City of St. Louis jury awards lifelong St. Louisan Beverly Brennan—daughter of legendary St. Louis Cardinals’ broadcaster Jack Buck and sister of legendary nationwide sportscaster Jack Buck—$750,000 in emotional distress damages against Harris-Stowe State University …

$750,000 jury verdict with an additional $1,212,426.46 in attorneys’ fees and court costs awarded by the trial court Read more »

Notable Hollingshead And Dudley Cases A well-known, Missouri politician is accused by a female colleague of rape. Following a thorough investigation into the matter by both the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, …

The female colleague eventually admits to having baselessly accused the politician of sexual assault, clearly in an effort to boost her own political career, and the politician’s name is cleared of all wrongdoing. Read more »

Notable Hollingshead And Dudley Cases A single mother of three children catches her former boyfriend cheating on her, and as a result, breaks things off with the man. The ex-boyfriend threatens that, if the mother does not “get back together …

$275k settlement, including $250,000.00 in punitive damages due to the egregiousness of the ex-boyfriend’s conduct Read more »

Notable Hollingshead And Dudley Cases The CEO/founder/owner of a well-known hedge fund in the St. Louis area had a practice of sending out sexually explicit and blatantly misogynistic emails to his company’s female employees. While most female employees at the …

$400k settlement, including requiring sexual harassment training at the company (to include it’s CEO/founder/owner) to be put on by a mutually agreed upon third-party law firm Read more »