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A judge and politician sought secrecy through the courts. Their plans have gone awry83%
By Danny Wicentowski0%
12/19/2025, 8:51:20 PM
Topics: St Louis On The Air, Legal Roundtable
Keywords: Stlpr Talk Shows, Legal Roundtable
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 41% saturation with 103 hits. Analysis detected 301 faulty-reasoning hits from 251 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 74.9% and a BS Rank of 83% (3,745 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.90% of the article peer group.
The Legal Roundtable takes up cases involving secrecy, lawsuits and discipline.
A Missouri legislator facing accusations of assault.
A St. Charles judge hauled before a disciplinary panel to explain why he dressed up as Elvis Presley.
In both instances, the public figures at the center of these separate cases sought secrecy to keep their behavior out of the public eye — however, their legal maneuvers are now in the spotlight.
In this December edition of the Legal Roundtable, our panel of expert attorneys dissects the cases of St. Charles Judge Matthew Thornhill and Missouri state Sen. Steve Roberts.
This month’s panel of attorneys include former prosecutor Nicole Gorovsky; Mark Smith, the former vice chancellor and dean of career services at Washington University; and former federal prosecutor Javad Khazaeli.
Along with the cases involving legal secrecy, the panel discusses Kim Gardner’s attempt to keep her law license, pharmaceutical giant Bayer's appeal of a jury verdict to the Missouri Supreme Court, and the City of Des Peres’ new law that aims to stop panhandling.
To hear the full conversation with the Legal Roundtable, listen to “St. Louis on the Air” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube, or click the play button below.
“St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region.
The show is produced by Miya Norfleet, Emily Woodbury, Danny Wicentowski, Elaine Cha and Alex Heuer.
The production intern is Darrious Varner.
The audio engineer is Aaron Doerr.
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