The POWER List 2023: Jonathan F. Dalton
Staff Report//January 11, 2023//

As a lawyer, Jonathan F. Dalton represents businesses and professionals still getting their start or firmly grounded in their respective markets. He expands that representation as a lobbyist armed with his legal experience in strategic political solutions.
Dalton earned his law degree from Saint Louis University in 1986 and went on to work in federal legislative and regulatory affairs. He later returned to Missouri to work at the earlier iterations of the firms now known as Lewis Rice and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. He first began lobbying in Missouri in 1994.
Dalton also served as mayor of Town and Country from 2005 to 2021.
He joined his current firm in 2014. He’s a partner based in Armstrong Teasdale’s St. Louis and Jefferson City offices, and the president and CEO of its lobbying subsidiary.
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