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The Firm advises public institutions
on organizational, operational, financial and
governance matters, and intergovernmental relationships.
We have prepared thousands of ordinances and
resolutions for consideration by the governing bodies of
municipalities, districts, authorities, and agencies
including the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis
and the St. Louis County Council. We have prepared
legislation that has been adopted by the Missouri and
Illinois General Assemblies. We have represented private
enterprises and public agencies before local boards,
commissions, and public officials regarding development
projects, and before local, state or federal legislative
bodies regarding proposed legislation,
and applicability or compliance with existing legislation. We have served as public counsel, judicial officers,
prosecutors, and counsel for those appearing before
various administrative agencies, and as special counsel
for a variety of agencies.
We regularly address the following
legal issues for our clients:
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Administrative Proceedings
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Annexation
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Appropriation and expenditure issues
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Bond
issue requirements
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Budget
and finance
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Calling,
conducting, and recording the proceedings public meetings
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Collective bargaining for school, fire, and
public transportation employees
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Community development
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Condemnation and inverse condemnation
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Conduct
of telephone meetings
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Conflict
of interest
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Constitutional issues affecting the operations of
public institutions, including search and
seizure, freedom of religion, freedom of speech,
equal protection under the law, freedom of
association and due process, election and
expenditure issues, fiduciary obligations, and the financing of
public projects
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County
government law
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Debt
limitations
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Delegation of authority
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Development projects
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Economic
development
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Elections campaign and
campaign contributions law
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Eminent
domain
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Environmental
contamination and remediation
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Federal
grants
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Fiduciary obligations
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Financial disclosure requirements
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Financing of public operations and facilities
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Governmental immunity
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Governmental
tort liability
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Indemnification of
public officials and of private parties by public
agencies
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Initiative and referendum
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Internal
bylaws and rules of order
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Legislative practice
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Lobbying
regulations
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Local
government law
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Maintenance and disclosure of public records
(Sunshine Law)
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Municipal corporation law
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Open
meetings (Sunshine Law)
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Oversight of municipal operations
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Proposed
legislation, amendment, applicability, and
compliance with existing legislation
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Public
employee relations
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Public
employee retirement
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Public
official liability
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Public
pension plans and
retirement systems
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Public
records (Sunshine Law)
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Public
transportation law
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Resignation, appointment, and election of board
members
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Resolution ballots, notices of election, and
ordinances
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Resolutions, bylaws, and policies
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Sale of
governmental assets to other public agencies and
to private parties
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Sales
taxes and exemptions
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Sovereign immunity
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State
government law
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Sunset
provisions
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Tax-exempt purchase of construction materials
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Use of
public monies
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Uses for
sales tax funds
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Zoning
and land use rights
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