In November, Missouri voters approved Amendment 2 to permit state-licensed physicians to recommend marijuana for medical purposes to patients with serious illnesses and medical conditions. The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS) answered some of the frequently asked questions Missourians have about medical marijuana. Can I legally possess medical marijuana now? No. Amendment […]

Earlier this month, medical marijuana was legalized in Missouri. Medical marijuana legalization threatens the use of drug dogs trained to detect marijuana in the state. Are the Dog Days Over? Any search of a vehicle must be supported by probable cause. The officer must be able to point to facts or circumstances that would lead […]

Adam appeared on KOLR 10 Daybreak this morning to discuss more on the 1st degree murder trial of Nicholas Godejohn. Click here  to view the story.    

Watch Adam on KOLR 10 Daybreak as he discusses day three of the Nicholas Godejohn murder trial. Click here to view today’s report.

Adam appeared this morning on Springfield, Missouri’s KOLR 10 Daybreak to provide legal analysis of the Godejohn trial and the importance of proving deliberation in a homicide. To view the story click here.

This week, medical marijuana was legalized in Missouri. But those with a medical marijuana license jeopardize their Second Amendment right to buy and possess a gun. It is illegal to buy a firearm with a medical marijuana license. Also, it is illegal to sell a firearm or ammunition to someone with a medical marijuana license. […]

We are honored to announce two recent awards for the Law Office of Adam Woody.  Just this week, it was announced that the Law Office of Adam Woody has been named by the U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers in the Ninth Edition of the “Best Law Firms” rankings for the first time.  […]

Under old Missouri law, both a serial rapist and a person charged with misdemeanor sexual misconduct (public urination in some cases) would be placed on the state’s Sex Offender Registry for life. The Registry’s burdensome reporting requirements applied to both people, including reporting to a police station four times every year. Everyone was lumped together. […]

Springfield Attorney Brad Bradshaw wants to make sure his medical marijuana initiative, Amendment 3, is the only one voters see on ballots for Missouri’s November election. Bradshaw has filed suit to remove two other medical marijuana initiatives from the ballot, but time may not be on his side. Bradshaw challenged the signature count for Proposition […]

All eyes were on Southwest Missouri this summer when 17 people died while riding the ducks on Table Rock Lake. Predictably, families of those killed began filing lawsuits against Ride the Ducks and its owner, Ripley Entertainment. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri is attempting to intervene in the civil […]