Staff Report//January 22, 2019//
Lawyers and legislators met Jan. 17 for the Legislative Legal Landscape, a roundtable conversation focused on the legislative session underway in Jefferson City.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and 11 members of the General Assembly fielded questions on topics ranging from tort laws and medical marijuana to transportation funding and the proposed consolidation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County.
The event, held at Saint Louis University School of Law, was co-hosted by Missouri Lawyers Media and The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and sponsored by Husch Blackwell. The moderators were Husch Blackwell partner and former House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, Anthony G. Simon of The Simon Law Firm, and Missouri Lawyers Media Senior Reporter Scott Lauck.