A split Missouri Supreme Court issued a one-year suspension to an 86-year-old attorney who had inappropriately touched six clients. Three dissenting judges would have disbarred him. St. Clair County attorney Dan K. Purdy made unwanted sexual advances toward four of his female clients while they were in Vernon County Jail, which was captured on video
Missouri Appeals Court Judge John Torbitzky will fill in as a Circuit Court judge since all of the judges who oversee the City of St. Louis recused themselves from the case.