Stinson Morrison Hecker was a Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm. On January 1, 2014, the firm completed its merger with Minneapolis, Minn.-based Leonard Street Deinard LLP, creating Stinson Leonard Street LLP, a law firm with offices in 14 cities and more than 520 attorneys.
Stinson Morrison Hecker was headquartered at 1201 Walnut. The firm recently changed the rooftop sign to reflect the transition to Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
Prior to the 2014 merger, the firm had more than 320 attorneys and offices in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Phoenix, Denver, Washington, D.C, Omaha, Overland Park, Wichita, and Decatur, Illinois.
History
Stinson Morrison Hecker was formed by the May 1, 2002 merger between Stinson, Mag & Fizzell and Morrison & Hecker. Leaders from both firms used a coin toss to decide the order of the name of the new firm.
Stinson, Mag & Fizzell
The firm traces its history to the law firm Rozzelle, Vineyard, Thacher and Boys founded by Frank Rozzelle in 1878. Rozzelle was the personal attorney for William Rockhill Nelson and The Kansas City Star. After Nelson's death Rozzelle was instrumental in the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art which was built at Nelson's former mansion. The Rozzelle Court in the art gallery is named for him.
Arthur Mag joined the firm in 1920 and took over shortly after becoming a partner in 1924 when Thacher retired, J.J. Vineyard and Rozzell died within a month and Vineyard was gravely ill. Mag was the personal attorney for Harry S. Truman from 1945 until 1967.
Paul S. Stinson joined the firm in 1924.
Morrison & Hecker
Morrison & Hecker was founded in 1909 by E.R. Morrison. The firm started with one associate, no clients and no business, but Mr. Morrison saw the need for a business law firm in the rapidly growing Midwest. Through perseverance and patience, his firm built a substantial client base. Over the years, Morrison & Hecker expanded to include offices in Johnson County, Kansas; Washington, D.C.; and Phoenix, Arizona. In 1998, Morrison & Hecker merged with Hillix, Brewer, Hoffhaus, Whittaker & Wright.
Leonard, Street and Deinard
Leonard, Street and Deinard was founded in Minneapolis in 1922 by George Leonard, Arthur Street, and Amos and Benedict Deinard. Amos Spencer Deinard, who fought discrimination, had been blind since childhood. At the time of the merger, the firm's major clients included Mankato-based Taylor Corp. as well as Marvin Windows & Doors, Hubbard Broadcasting, and NRG Energy.
Notable attorneys
*Steve Leben, Kansas Court of Appeals Judge (formerly with Stinson, Mag)
*Arthur Mag, Harry Truman's personal lawyer (formerly with Stinson, Mag)
*Dan Crabtree, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
* U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), former partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Stinson Morrison Hecker was headquartered at 1201 Walnut. The firm recently changed the rooftop sign to reflect the transition to Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
Prior to the 2014 merger, the firm had more than 320 attorneys and offices in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Phoenix, Denver, Washington, D.C, Omaha, Overland Park, Wichita, and Decatur, Illinois.
History
Stinson Morrison Hecker was formed by the May 1, 2002 merger between Stinson, Mag & Fizzell and Morrison & Hecker. Leaders from both firms used a coin toss to decide the order of the name of the new firm.
Stinson, Mag & Fizzell
The firm traces its history to the law firm Rozzelle, Vineyard, Thacher and Boys founded by Frank Rozzelle in 1878. Rozzelle was the personal attorney for William Rockhill Nelson and The Kansas City Star. After Nelson's death Rozzelle was instrumental in the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art which was built at Nelson's former mansion. The Rozzelle Court in the art gallery is named for him.
Arthur Mag joined the firm in 1920 and took over shortly after becoming a partner in 1924 when Thacher retired, J.J. Vineyard and Rozzell died within a month and Vineyard was gravely ill. Mag was the personal attorney for Harry S. Truman from 1945 until 1967.
Paul S. Stinson joined the firm in 1924.
Morrison & Hecker
Morrison & Hecker was founded in 1909 by E.R. Morrison. The firm started with one associate, no clients and no business, but Mr. Morrison saw the need for a business law firm in the rapidly growing Midwest. Through perseverance and patience, his firm built a substantial client base. Over the years, Morrison & Hecker expanded to include offices in Johnson County, Kansas; Washington, D.C.; and Phoenix, Arizona. In 1998, Morrison & Hecker merged with Hillix, Brewer, Hoffhaus, Whittaker & Wright.
Leonard, Street and Deinard
Leonard, Street and Deinard was founded in Minneapolis in 1922 by George Leonard, Arthur Street, and Amos and Benedict Deinard. Amos Spencer Deinard, who fought discrimination, had been blind since childhood. At the time of the merger, the firm's major clients included Mankato-based Taylor Corp. as well as Marvin Windows & Doors, Hubbard Broadcasting, and NRG Energy.
Notable attorneys
*Steve Leben, Kansas Court of Appeals Judge (formerly with Stinson, Mag)
*Arthur Mag, Harry Truman's personal lawyer (formerly with Stinson, Mag)
*Dan Crabtree, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
* U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), former partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Founded in 2006, LatentView Analytics is a global data and advanced analytics company. It has been listed by Gartner in the 2017 Market Guide for Data Science and Machine Learning Service Providers. Headquartered in Princeton, NJ, the company has a global presence with offices in San Jose, Chicago, Singapore, London, and Chennai, India. The company serves as an analytics partner to enterprises worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies from the retail, CPG, financial services, technology, automotive and oil & gas sectors. LatentView Analytics has 20 + prebuilt products and solutions, including SmartInsights - an AI-driven analytics platform to predict consumer trends. Venkat Viswanathan, founder and chairman, LatentView Analytics served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2014. He then brought on board Gopi Koteeswaran to take over the position. Effective April 1, 2019, Rajan Sethuraman was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of LatentView Analytics.
Melbourne Wireless is a non-profit project to develop a community wireless network in Melbourne and end recurrent telco fees. The project uses widely available, licence-free technology to create a free, locally owned wireless backbone.
This metropolitan area network is detailed well on the organisation's website, which features dynamic mapping systems to show the current development of the network, and a wiki is used for collaboration on technical documents.
Melbourne Wireless made significant contributions on the regulation and future of wireless broadband technologies, as well as the legality of community wireless networks within Australia during 2002.
Projects
Backbone Network Upgrades
During 2010 and 2011 Melbourne Wireless have undertaken a backbone routing and equipment upgrade programme. This has involved identifying new and potential sites for the placement of dedicated backbone routing equipment. From an equipment perspective this primarily involves replacing radio equipment which operates on the now congested 2.4 GHz frequency range with more advanced radio equipment which operates on the less cluttered 5.8 GHz frequency band. A further advantage of using equipment in the 5.8 GHz frequency band is data speeds or throughput. 5.8 GHz equipment provides for much higher speeds.
Much of this project is completed with work remaining to install additional node sites between Melbourne and the Geelong and Ballarat regions.
Bunbury Street Railcam Project
Melbourne Wireless resources and expertise has assisted in the design, development and installation of the Bunbury Street Railcam Project a platform to digitally record all train movements through the Bunbury Street Railway Tunnel which forms part of the South Kensington and West Footscray Railway Line. The project was completed and fully operational by June 2011. The project is connected to the Melbourne Wireless network by way of a radio communications link which is operating in the 5.8 GHz frequency range.
The radio link allows users connected to the Melbourne Wireless IP Network to watch the IP Cameras live. Internet users can access a video portal which provides an image which is refreshed every 60 seconds and pushed out to the user.
Four current Melbourne Wireless Committee Members and one regular member of the club were involved with project. Peter Buncle, Rob Britt, Mark Detering, Brian Evans and Tim Hogard. This project is the first of its type to use Melbourne Wireless as a means of gaining high-speed IP Network access to a media recording and archive site on the network.
Given the success of the project, planning has commenced to use further railcam projects undertaken by the Railpage and Melbourne Wireless teams as a catalyst to further expand the Melbourne Wireless network. Melbourne Wireless is jointly exploring the possibility to connecting further sites in the Geelong region to accommodate railcams west of Geelong.
Future Projects
These projects including extending the network into the Western Region between Melbourne and Melton, extending the network north over the ranges into the Seymour area and adding capacity and reach to the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas.
This metropolitan area network is detailed well on the organisation's website, which features dynamic mapping systems to show the current development of the network, and a wiki is used for collaboration on technical documents.
Melbourne Wireless made significant contributions on the regulation and future of wireless broadband technologies, as well as the legality of community wireless networks within Australia during 2002.
Projects
Backbone Network Upgrades
During 2010 and 2011 Melbourne Wireless have undertaken a backbone routing and equipment upgrade programme. This has involved identifying new and potential sites for the placement of dedicated backbone routing equipment. From an equipment perspective this primarily involves replacing radio equipment which operates on the now congested 2.4 GHz frequency range with more advanced radio equipment which operates on the less cluttered 5.8 GHz frequency band. A further advantage of using equipment in the 5.8 GHz frequency band is data speeds or throughput. 5.8 GHz equipment provides for much higher speeds.
Much of this project is completed with work remaining to install additional node sites between Melbourne and the Geelong and Ballarat regions.
Bunbury Street Railcam Project
Melbourne Wireless resources and expertise has assisted in the design, development and installation of the Bunbury Street Railcam Project a platform to digitally record all train movements through the Bunbury Street Railway Tunnel which forms part of the South Kensington and West Footscray Railway Line. The project was completed and fully operational by June 2011. The project is connected to the Melbourne Wireless network by way of a radio communications link which is operating in the 5.8 GHz frequency range.
The radio link allows users connected to the Melbourne Wireless IP Network to watch the IP Cameras live. Internet users can access a video portal which provides an image which is refreshed every 60 seconds and pushed out to the user.
Four current Melbourne Wireless Committee Members and one regular member of the club were involved with project. Peter Buncle, Rob Britt, Mark Detering, Brian Evans and Tim Hogard. This project is the first of its type to use Melbourne Wireless as a means of gaining high-speed IP Network access to a media recording and archive site on the network.
Given the success of the project, planning has commenced to use further railcam projects undertaken by the Railpage and Melbourne Wireless teams as a catalyst to further expand the Melbourne Wireless network. Melbourne Wireless is jointly exploring the possibility to connecting further sites in the Geelong region to accommodate railcams west of Geelong.
Future Projects
These projects including extending the network into the Western Region between Melbourne and Melton, extending the network north over the ranges into the Seymour area and adding capacity and reach to the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas.
Molly K. Olson is an American children's rights advocate. She is the founder and executive director of the Center for Parental Responsibility in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also a co-founder and former president of Leading Women for Shared Parenting.
Early life, education and business career
Olson grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. She is the granddaughter of Earl B. Olson, who founded the Jennie-O Turkey Company in Willmar. After graduating from Willmar High School, Olson obtained a bachelors of arts degree in communications and religion from Concordia College in 1992 and a masters degree in business communication from University of St.Thomas in 1995, all in Minnesota. After 16 years in the corporate world, she became an independent business consultant in 1998, providing consulting and training for inside sales, leadership communication, mediation and dispute resolution.
Center for Parental Responsibility
In 1999 Olson founded the Center for Parental Responsibility, a 501(c)3 non-profit in Minnesota, working to promote equal time shared parenting for children after divorce or separation. She serves as the executive director and on behalf of the organization she has provided testimony on child custody and shared parenting to the Minnesota Legislature. Olson spearheaded the 2012 effort to pass HF322 to establish a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in Minnesota. The bill passed the Minnesota House of Representatives 86-42 and the Minnesota Senate 46-10, but was vetoed by governor Mark Dayton after lobbying by the Minnesota State Bar Association. After the veto, she served on the Minnesota Joint Physical Child Custody Presumption Study Group.
Leading Women for Shared Parenting
Olson is a co-founder and former president of Leading Women for Shared Parenting, and international organization that aims at dispelling the myth that it is only fathers that promotes the idea of shared parenting for children after divorce or separation.
White House Council on Boys and Men
After president Barack Obama formed the White House Council on Women and Girls in 2009, Olson joined a coalition of both conservative and liberal men and women petitioning the president to also form a White House Council on Boys and Men. She was interviewed on the matter by The Dr. Vibe Show. After some initial interest from the White House, the efforts ultimately failed.
Selected media interviews and coverage
* Toni Coleman, Child support formula may change: Model considering both parents' incomes is gaining ground, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, April 4, 2005.
* Mark Yost, Nothing succeeds like enforcement, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, July 19, 2005.
* Erin Carlyle, New law could make fathers' rights come smoother, City Pages, February 4, 2009.
* Gail Rosenblum, , Star Tribune, July 18, 2009.
* Gail Rosenblum, Shared parenting is one gift that's long overdue, Star Tribune, June 19, 2010.
* Patrick Thornton, , Minnesota Lawyer, January 20, 2012.
* Anne Polta, Advocates push for change in Minnesota's child custody law, West Central Tribune, March 7, 2012.
* Jeremy Olson, , Star Tribune, March 29, 2012.
* Sasha Aslanian, Dayton vetoes bill that would have given divorced parents more presumed custody, Minnesota Public Radio, May 24, 2012.
* Gail Rosenblum, Divorced dads get a big gift from a group of fired-up moms, Star Tribune, June 10, 2013.
* Gail Rosenblum, 'Divorce Corp.' stark reminder of high costs of U.S. breakups, Star Tribune, January 14, 2014.
* Dr. Vibe, , The Dr. Vibe Show, March 2, 2015.
* Lauren Steele, , Fatherly, October 1, 2018.
* Lauren Steele, , Fatherly, October 2, 2018.
Selected publications
* Molly Olson, , Twin Cities Pioneer Press, February 7, 2011.
* Molly Olson, Put a presumption of equal parenting into Minnesota law, St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 19, 2012.
* Molly Olson, Terry Brennan, Shared parenting popular, but still faces roadblocks, South Florida Sun Sentinel, March 22, 2016.
* Molly Olson, , Grand Forks Herald, April 15, 2017.
* Molly K. Olson, , Twin Cities Pioneer Press, July 19, 2018.
* Molly Olson, Journey to Equal Shared Parenting for Kids of Divorced and Separated Parents, Mankato Times, January 7, 2019.
* Molly Olson, , Mankato Times, January 23, 2019.
Early life, education and business career
Olson grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. She is the granddaughter of Earl B. Olson, who founded the Jennie-O Turkey Company in Willmar. After graduating from Willmar High School, Olson obtained a bachelors of arts degree in communications and religion from Concordia College in 1992 and a masters degree in business communication from University of St.Thomas in 1995, all in Minnesota. After 16 years in the corporate world, she became an independent business consultant in 1998, providing consulting and training for inside sales, leadership communication, mediation and dispute resolution.
Center for Parental Responsibility
In 1999 Olson founded the Center for Parental Responsibility, a 501(c)3 non-profit in Minnesota, working to promote equal time shared parenting for children after divorce or separation. She serves as the executive director and on behalf of the organization she has provided testimony on child custody and shared parenting to the Minnesota Legislature. Olson spearheaded the 2012 effort to pass HF322 to establish a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in Minnesota. The bill passed the Minnesota House of Representatives 86-42 and the Minnesota Senate 46-10, but was vetoed by governor Mark Dayton after lobbying by the Minnesota State Bar Association. After the veto, she served on the Minnesota Joint Physical Child Custody Presumption Study Group.
Leading Women for Shared Parenting
Olson is a co-founder and former president of Leading Women for Shared Parenting, and international organization that aims at dispelling the myth that it is only fathers that promotes the idea of shared parenting for children after divorce or separation.
White House Council on Boys and Men
After president Barack Obama formed the White House Council on Women and Girls in 2009, Olson joined a coalition of both conservative and liberal men and women petitioning the president to also form a White House Council on Boys and Men. She was interviewed on the matter by The Dr. Vibe Show. After some initial interest from the White House, the efforts ultimately failed.
Selected media interviews and coverage
* Toni Coleman, Child support formula may change: Model considering both parents' incomes is gaining ground, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, April 4, 2005.
* Mark Yost, Nothing succeeds like enforcement, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, July 19, 2005.
* Erin Carlyle, New law could make fathers' rights come smoother, City Pages, February 4, 2009.
* Gail Rosenblum, , Star Tribune, July 18, 2009.
* Gail Rosenblum, Shared parenting is one gift that's long overdue, Star Tribune, June 19, 2010.
* Patrick Thornton, , Minnesota Lawyer, January 20, 2012.
* Anne Polta, Advocates push for change in Minnesota's child custody law, West Central Tribune, March 7, 2012.
* Jeremy Olson, , Star Tribune, March 29, 2012.
* Sasha Aslanian, Dayton vetoes bill that would have given divorced parents more presumed custody, Minnesota Public Radio, May 24, 2012.
* Gail Rosenblum, Divorced dads get a big gift from a group of fired-up moms, Star Tribune, June 10, 2013.
* Gail Rosenblum, 'Divorce Corp.' stark reminder of high costs of U.S. breakups, Star Tribune, January 14, 2014.
* Dr. Vibe, , The Dr. Vibe Show, March 2, 2015.
* Lauren Steele, , Fatherly, October 1, 2018.
* Lauren Steele, , Fatherly, October 2, 2018.
Selected publications
* Molly Olson, , Twin Cities Pioneer Press, February 7, 2011.
* Molly Olson, Put a presumption of equal parenting into Minnesota law, St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 19, 2012.
* Molly Olson, Terry Brennan, Shared parenting popular, but still faces roadblocks, South Florida Sun Sentinel, March 22, 2016.
* Molly Olson, , Grand Forks Herald, April 15, 2017.
* Molly K. Olson, , Twin Cities Pioneer Press, July 19, 2018.
* Molly Olson, Journey to Equal Shared Parenting for Kids of Divorced and Separated Parents, Mankato Times, January 7, 2019.
* Molly Olson, , Mankato Times, January 23, 2019.