Lashly & Baer, P.C. has a significant public institutions practice, which includes a major school district, a multi-state compact agency, libraries, municipalities, a rate review agency, issuers of tax-exempt obligations, and development and urban renewal authorities.  We enjoy a widespread reputation for provision of prompt legal services in the field of governmental and public agency law.

Three of our attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and several have been selected as Missouri Kansas Super Lawyers. We have represented public sector clients and provided sound counsel to public sector institutions for more than 35 years. 

Our lawyers are active in a wide variety of national, state and local professional associations including: Sections of Labor and Employment, Litigation, Real Property, and State and Local Government Law of the American Bar Association; the International Municipal Lawyers Association; Municipal Bond Attorneys of the United States; Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association; Missouri Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice; Defense Research Institute, Inc.; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Worldwide Employee Benefits Network; Missouri Council of School Attorneys; National Council of School Attorneys; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys; and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants; as well as court and administrative agency advisory committees.  Members of the Firm have held leadership positions in many of these professional associations.

Also see Tax-Exempt Organization and Election Laws.