Out-of-town lawyers sometimes mention to me that lawyers from St. Louis are pleasant people who are easy to work with. Whenever I hear those sorts of comments, it makes me proud to be a St. Louis lawyer, but not just because it is good to be polite. As lawyers, we share with opposing counsel the duty to show civility—to work with our opponents to make the legal system run smoothly. Based on these comments from out-of-state lawyers, we lawyers from St. Louis apparently take this duty seriously.

There is nothing ordinary about BAMSL and I am keenly aware of this fact. BAMSL has an incredibly long and rich history of serving the attorneys and the citizens of the St. Louis area. In fact, one year is not much time when working with such a complex organization. However, if we keep our focus, the things that we can accomplish together are limited only by our imagination.

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) is collaborating with the City of St. Louis to announce a gun buy-back program in the community.

BAMSL President Ed Dowd, of Dowd Bennett LLP, and BAMSL Executive Director Zoe Linza joined St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, the Hon. Jimmie Edwards, now the city’s Director of Public Safety, and other community leaders at a press conference on Fri., Dec. 8 at St. Louis City Hall to announce details about the program.