Two attorneys seek KC mayor’s office

Scott Lauck//April 3, 2019//

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Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association President Nate Orr, center, starts off a debate between 10 candidates seeking to be the next mayor of Kansas City on March 6, 2019. The candidates are Jermaine Reed, Alissia Canady, Scott Taylor, Henry Klein, Quinton Lucas, Phil Glynn, Jolie Justus, Scott Wagner, Vincent Lee and Steve Miller. The top two winners at the April 2 primary election will move onto the June 18 general election to succeed current Mayor Sly James, a past president of KCMBA, who is term limited.
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Kansas City mayoral candidates Jermaine Reed, Alissia Canady (standing), Scott Taylor, Henry Klein, Quinton Lucas and Phil Glynn take part in a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
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Kansas City mayoral candidates Jolie Justus (standing), Scott Wagner, Vincent Lee and Steve Miller take part in a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. KCMBA President Nate Orr, at far left, served as moderator.
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Alissia Canady, a Kansas City councilmember, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates. Canady is a former assistant prosecutor in Jackson County.
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Scott Taylor, a Kansas City councilmember and an attorney at Miller & Company, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Quinton Lucas, a Kansas City councilmember and attorney at German May, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Jolie Justus, a Kansas City councilmember and attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Stephen Miller, a lawyer and former chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, speaks at a debate hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association on March 6 for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Jermaine Reed, a Kansas City councilmember, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Henry Klein, a bank branch manager, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Businessman Phil Glynn speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Scott Wagner, a Kansas City councilmember, speaks at a debate on March 6 hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.
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Vincent Lee, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Kansas City in 2015, speaks at a debate hosted by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association on March 6 for the city’s 2019 mayoral candidates.

Two attorneys are finalists to be the next mayor of Kansas City.

Out of a field of 11 candidates, Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas won the largest number of votes in the city’s primary election on April 2. They now move onto the June 18 general election.

The winner will succeed current Mayor Sly James, an attorney and past president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, who is term limited.

Justus, currently a Kansas City councilwoman, is director of pro bono services at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. She served eight years as a Democratic state senator, where she helped lead a massive effort to rewrite Missouri’s criminal code. She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1998.

Lucas, also a City Council member, is of-counsel with German May, where his practice includes business litigation, white collar and appellate work. He is also an associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Law. He earned his law degree from Cornell University 2009 and then clerked for Judge Duane Benton of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.