Welcome Message
Committee Chair, David L. McCain, Jr., Missouri Attorney General’s Office
Legislative Update
Moderator: Eric D. Jennings, General Counsel, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City
Panelists: Rep. Mary Elizabeth A. Coleman (District 97 - Arnold); Rep. Mark Ellebracht (District 17 – Liberty); Rep. Dean Plocher (District 89 – St. Louis) Rep. Louis Riggs (District 5 – Hannibal); Rep. Wes Rogers (District 18 – Kansas City); Rep. Robert Sauls (District 21 – Independence); Rep. Rudy Veit (District 5 – Wardsville); Rep. Gina Mitten (District 83 – St. Louis); Senator Bill White (District 32 – Joplin); Rep. Sarah Unsicker (District 91 – Shrewsbury) and Rep. Steve Roberts (District 77 – St. Louis)
How to Lose Your License
Speaker: Stephan R. Tomlinson, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Jefferson City
How to Litigate During COVID
Speaker: Tristin M Estep, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis
Trial Skills in the Age of COVID
Speaker: Tristin M Estep, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis
Understanding & Addressing Implicit Bias
Speakers: Christa B. Moss, United States Attorney's Office, Springfield and Maurice Moss, City Utilities of Springfield, Springfield
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Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a Republican, represents parts of Jefferson and St. Louis counties (District 97) in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was elected to her first two-year term in November of 2018.
Rep. Mark Ellebracht, a Democrat, represents District 17 in the Missouri House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the Joint Committee on the Justice System and Subcommittee on Litigation Reform.
B.A. from William Jewell College; J.D. from the University of Missouri, School of Law.
Tristin Estep works at the Missouri Attorney General’s Office as the Deputy Chief of the Public Protection section. Tristin prosecutes cases state wide acting as special prosecutor in Missouri counties. She has tried dozens of cases to juries in serious and complex cases including homicide, child sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, adult sexual assault, and more. Prior to her employment with the Attorney General’s Office, Tristin worked as a prosecutor in Cole County, as well as at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office where she was a member of the Special Victims Unit. She is a 2015 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law, with concentrations in criminal and civil litigation.
Eric D. Jennings currently serves as Government Relations Counsel for the Supreme Court of Missouri and previously served as General Counsel and Government Relations Director for The Missouri Bar and as legislative staff in the Missouri General Assembly. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law.
David McCain attended law school at UMKC. Following law school, David clerked at the Kansas Court of Appeals. He has worked at the Missouri Attorney General’s Office since 2014. David is a graduate of the MoBar Leadership Academy. He currently serves as vice chair of the Missouri Bar Government Practice Committee.
Representative Gina Mitten (D-83) represents portions of St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Ms. Mitten graduated summa cum laude from University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is a 2001 recipient of the American Mock Trial Association’s National All American Attorney award. In 2005, Ms. Mitten received her Juris Doctor degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a primary editor of the Journal of Law and Policy and recipient of the Don Sommers Prize for Professional Responsibility (ethics).
Before joining the House of Representatives, Representative Mitten was a member of the Richmond Heights City Council from 2004-2012. She also served on the St. Louis County Municipal League’s legislative affairs committee (2005-2010) and was a voting member of the Clayton/Richmond Heights Joint Study Committee (2005-2006). Ms. Mitten has been an ardent supporter of the Maplewood Richmond Height School District for more than fifteen years, and served on its Building Corporation from 2007 to 2018.
In addition to her legislative duties, Representative Mitten is an attorney, focusing her practice on civil litigation and domestic relations.
Christa Moss, Missouri Bar Board of Governor for the Southern District, currently serves as a Civil Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. She was formerly a law Clerk for the Federal Chief Magistrate Judge, David Rush, as well as a civil defense litigator in a mid-size firm in Tulsa, OK, and an Assistant City Attorney for the Kansas City, MO, City Attorney's Office. Christa received her Bachelor’s degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Ok, and earned her J.D. from the College of William and Mary in 2012. Christa is an alumna of the Missouri Bar Leadership program and previously served on the Missouri Bar YLS Board. She is actively involved in the state and local bars as well as community activities, serving on a number of civic and non-profit boards.
Maurice, a Missouri native, is Utility Counsel for City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, where he represents and supports all five business units, which includes electricity, natural gas, water, broadband, and public transportation. His background includes administrative and regulatory matters involving energy and gas markets and transportation, environmental regulations and land use disputes. Prior to taking the position at City Utilities, Maurice held various positions for the Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture.
Maurice and his wife Christa met at and received Bachelors degrees from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Ok. Maurice earned his J.D. at Western Michigan in 2010. Both Maurice and Christa are alumni of the Missouri Bar Leadership program and are actively involved in the state and local bars as well as community activities, serving on a number of boards and task forces. They are currently living their best stay at home pandemic life with their three year old James and their dog Jax.
Representative Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020 to represent 5th District. A 1990 graduate of UMC School of Law, he serves the on House Budget, Economic Development and Workforce Development Committees and has practiced in Northeast Missouri since 1990.
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