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SWMW Law employees join local veterans to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service
One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous quotes asks an important question – “What are you doing for others?” On Saturday, SWMW Law employees answered by forfeiting their day off to help serve some of East St. Louis’s most vulnerable residents. “As lawyers, we...
SWMW attorneys, staff end 2022 preparing meals for those in need
SWMW Law puts a high priority on putting people first, and in December, attorneys and staff members teamed up with St. Louis-based Food Outreach to do just that. Volunteers joined the dedicated team at Food Outreach to work in their Nutrition Center, which provides...
SWMW Law Celebrates 10 Years of Putting People First
In 2012, three veteran attorneys left their respective law firms with a singular dream in mind: to create a mesothelioma law firm where clients are more than just a case number. Members Ben Schmickle, Steve Wohlford and Matt Morris knew it would be an uphill climb to...
SWMW Law Team Reaches New Heights in Honor of Clients at American Lung Association’s ‘Fight for Air Climb’
SWMW Law attorneys and staff took a trip to Busch Stadium earlier this month, but it wasn’t to watch baseball – it was to participate in the American Lung Association’s (ALA) “Fight for Air Climb” in honor of the firm’s clients. The ALA’s signature fundraising event,...
Remembering Those Taken by Mesothelioma this Father’s Day
Our nation’s first Father’s Day celebration was also held on June 19—in the year 1910, but only in a single state and decades before it became a national holiday. According to most sources, credit for the holiday goes to a young girl in Washington state who was...
Why Juneteenth is an Important Day in Our Nation’s History and How SWMW Law is Commemorating It
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day in 1865 when slavery truly ended. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, declaring that all enslaved people under Confederate control would be forever free. Unfortunately, it...
Remembering Workers and Making Their Workplaces Safer, Healthier
While today we take for granted the belief that every worker has a fundamental right to safety on the job, for centuries workers have suffered from unclean, unsafe, or hazardous work environments. Labor unions were among the first groups to advocate and fight for...
International Women’s Day: SWMW’s Women Partners Share their Challenges, Triumphs, and Hopes for the Future in Law
Today is International Women’s Day, an observance that began in a handful of countries in the early 1900s as part of campaigns for equal rights and protections. Today, the observance celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and...
Remembering Mesothelioma Victims on Rare Disease Day
Despite all our scientific advances in medicine, hundreds of diseases remain classified as rare and difficult to treat due to lack of scientific research and evidence. Often, rare diseases share a constellation of symptoms with multiple other diseases and can be...
SWMW Law employees join local veterans, volunteers to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service
One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous quotes asks an important question – “What are you doing for others?” Last week, SWMW Law employees answered by forfeiting their day off to help serve some of St. Louis’s most vulnerable residents. “As lawyers, we put...