Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Missouri

Re: Lawyers with felony convictions?

Most likely yes, but it really depends on what the felony was for. The missouri bar makes those determinations. You can email them and ask. MoBar.org

Re: Lawyers with felony convictions?

A felony conviction is not an automatic bar if there has been sufficient time since the offense, and the offense did not involve dishonesty. For example, a felony assault conviction at age 18 is likely not a bar at 31 provided there have been no other close encounters of a legal kind since then. It is the applicant's current fitness for the bar, not his past indiscretions, that the bar concerns itself with. So long as the felony is disclosed and the applicant makes a clean statement about what happened and why, there is a good chance that the person could sit for the bar and be admitted to practice law.

If the offense involved stealing, fraud, deceit, or some other crime of moral turpitude, or was a sex-crime or similar offense, that's a closer call. All law students are required to complete a questionnaire during their intake in law school and they must pay for a background investigation. The bar makes a case-by-case determination. The purpose of the early investigation is to prevent someone from getting to year three and then finding out they can't sit for the bar. So complete your form early.

Good luck.