Jessica Shumaker

Some personal news: I recently joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon as a senior copywriter. I'm excited to join the team and support the firm's marketing/biz dev efforts. I'll be sharing Shook stuff and will try to post more about other legal stuff than I have been doing lately!

Key dates if you're making plans to vote in Missouri: Oct. 9: Registration deadline. Sept. 24: Absentee voting for specified reasons. Oct. 22: No-excuse absentee voting. Oct. 23: Deadline to request mail ballot. Nov. 5: Polls open 6 a.m.-7 p.m. #mosen #mogov #moleg

@scottlauck @MoLawyersMedia Can’t imagine a Missouri Lawyers Weekly without you! Congrats on the new role, you’re going to be great at it!

Some personal news: 4/3 is my last day with @MoLawyersMedia. Starting 4/8, I will be the PIO for the Jackson Co. Circuit Court. After 17+ wonderful years of writing about judges and courts, I now get to see things from the other side. Wish me luck!

We have a falcon on the Shook Falcon Cam! youtube.com/watch?v=grylXM…

KC legal marketers: LMA-KC is hosting a Coffee & Conversations event March 27. Start your day with a cup of coffee on us, meet your 2024 leadership team and grab some LMA swag! Register: legalmarketing.org/Event-Details/… #LMAmidwest #midwestEngage #LMAKC

Madeleine McDonough, the chair of one of Missouri’s most successful firms, is Missouri Lawyers Media’s Woman of the Year. Learn more about our winner and see all our Women's Justice Awards honorees! bit.ly/WJA24 @SHBLaw

David Jungerman, millionaire convicted in killing of Brookside lawyer, dies at 85. A breaking news story w/@katie_reports kansascity.com/news/local/cri…

Shook Among Finalists for Litigation Department of the Year - Product Liability shb.com/news/2023/07/s…

#BREAKING – Xaviar Babudar, “ChiefsAholic” was arrested on Friday and has been charged in federal court, thanks to an #FBI Kansas City investigation. Babudar has been charged with bank theft & transporting stolen property across state lines.

Mary Russell becomes chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court for the second time. columbiatribune.com/story/news/sta…

Missed this: the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week in the long-running Ideker Farms case, re: the Army Corps of Engineers' management of the Missouri River. Opinion: cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-order…

Draper to retire from #SCOMO on Aug. 4 molawyersmedia.com/2023/06/20/dra…

BREAKING: Keith Carnes sued the #KansasCity Police Dept for allegedly framing him for murder. Keith was exonerated after spending 18+ years wrongfully incarcerated. His lawsuit alleges KCPD officers relied on corrupt practices to frame him, & KCPD approved of the misconduct. 🧵

A prominent Kansas City lawyer is helping represent former President Donald Trump in a high-profile case about to go to trial in New York. molawyersmedia.com/2023/04/21/kc-…

Ask me again why the class that I teach is the most important class in law school.

An interesting story on Marketplace last night: Could AI be used to sway federal rule-making? marketplace.org/2023/04/17/ai-…

A Jackson County judge ruled on Friday that David G. Jungerman, who was found guilty in the shooting death of a Brookside attorney, was not competent to be sentenced and will be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

The Missouri House Judiciary Committee on Monday heard public testimony on a bill that would give childhood sexual abuse survivors the ability to file a civil claim up to age 55. #moleg #mogov via @clarabatess missouriindependent.com/2023/02/14/kan…

when you ask the judge to call you "handsome debonair guy" but she doesn't believe that's your real name

Lizzo, FTW. law360.com/articles/15723…