Governmental Issues
Jefferson City is where the State’s business gets done. Every elected state official and almost every state agency has its principal office in Jefferson City.
Our firm handles a wide variety of matters related to governmental issues. Some of the matters we routinely handle include:
- complex litigation involving state governmental departments or agencies
- ballot title disputes and other litigation involving initiative petitions
- challenges to, and defense of, state statutes and regulations
- analysis of legislation
- bill drafting and expert testimony at hearings
- professional licensing (doctors, dentists, engineers, real estate agents, pharmacists, nurses)
- discrimination claims filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights
- sales and use tax disputes and secondary responsibility for tax delinquencies
- responding to administrative subpoenas and investigations
- Administrative Hearing Commission hearings
- Department of Natural Resources permits
- Minority/Women Business Enterprises certification assistance