8:30-9 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast
9-9:50 a.m. | Plenary 1 | Legislative update
An update of the 2025 legislative sessions will be provided.
Speaker: Andrew W. Briscoe, Government Relations Director, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City
9:50-10:10 a.m. | Break
10:10-11 a.m. | Plenary 2 | Managing complex matters
In government practice there is a wide variety of matters that arise for lawyers. Some, of course, are routine and often repeated. But there are a great many that are complex factually, procedurally, and legally. This session will deal with preparing and handling especially complex matters and how government lawyers can obtain the best results considering all the various interests that may be involved.
Learning objectives:
Speaker: Jeremiah J. Morgan, Deputy Attorney General - Civil, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Jefferson City
11-11:20 a.m. | Break
11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Plenary 3 | ALJ Panel
A discussion of the practice before the Administrative Hearing Commission with Commissioners providing their insight on the operations and practice of the AHC.
Speakers: Comm. Katie Jo Wheeler, Administrative Hearing Commission of Missouri, Jefferson City; Comm. Amy S. Westermann, Managing Commissioner, Administrative Hearing Commission of Missouri, Jefferson City
Moderator: Marc H. Ellinger, Ellinger Bell LLC, Jefferson City
12:10-1:10 p.m. | Lunch (included for onsite attendees)
1:10-2 p.m. | Plenary 4 | Sunshine Law Update
This will be a complete overview of the Missouri Sunshine Law and the most basic of knowledge to allow for a general understanding of the statues used most in the law.
Learning objectives:Understanding what the Sunshine Law is.
Speaker: Victoria Hooker, Sunshine Law Outreach, Missouri Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City
2-2:20 p.m. | Break
2:20-3:10 p.m. | Plenary 5 | Writing as a team sport
Speaker: Rick Horowitz, Wordsmith in Chief, Prime Prose, LLC,
3:10-3:30 p.m. | Break
3:30-4:20 p.m. | Plenary 6 | Ethics and state employees (1.0 ethics)
Speaker: Brian J. Hamilton, Missouri Ethics Commission, Jefferson City
4:20 p.m. | Adjourn
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