Johnson makes partner at law firm

Matthew Johnson has been named a new partner at Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf law office in Colfax.

He joined the firm in 2014 after graduating from St. Louis University Law School that May.

Johnson worked in the Davenport office of Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf until last September, after which he and wife Tayler, originally from Rosalia, moved to Colfax.

Johnson, who is the Colfax office manager, works on various estate planning, probate and buying and selling of land matters for what is known primarily as a transactional law firm.

The five partners in the firm are Ken Carpenter, Rusty McGuire,...