Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice including Trials and Appeals before State and Federal Courts, Government Regulatory and Legislative Practice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business and Corporate Law, Executive Compensation, Taxation, Securities, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Municipal Law.

Address

308 High Street, Suite 301
Jefferson City, MO 65101, (Cole Co.)

Phone

Phone: 573-634-2500
Fax: 573-634-3358

Website

http://www.blitzbardgett.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at St. Louis, Missouri)

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Marc H. Ellinger (Associate) born Jefferson City, Missouri, November 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri - Columbia (B.S., Accounting, 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Theta. Federalist Society, 1989-1992; President, 1990-1991. Certified Public Accountant, 1996. Member: Missouri Society of CPAs, 1996—; Cole County Republican Committee, 1994— (Treasurer, 1996-1998). Member: Cole County Bar Association (Member, Local Government Law Committee, 1993—, Chair, 2000; Council Member, 1994—; Member, Legislative Committee, 1994—); The Missouri Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Professional Responsibility Committee. Reported Cases: Kelly v. Hanson, 931 S.W.2d 816 (Mo. Ct. App. W.D. 1996); State Auditor v. Joint Committee on Legislative Research, 956 S.W.2d 228 (Mo. banc 1997); Kelly v. Hanson, 959 S.W.2d 107 (Mo. banc 1997). Practice Areas: Government Regulatory Litigation; Hancock Amendment Litigation; Municipal Law; Taxation; Administrative Law; Legislation.Email: Marc H. Ellinger

Thomas William Rynard (Associate) born Kansas City, Kansas, February 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.G.S., 1979); University of Missouri-Kansas (J.D., 1985). Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court. Recipient, W. Oliver Rasch Award. Author: "Insurance and Risk Management for State and Local Government," Matthew Bender, 1991; "The Public Employee and Free Speech in the Supreme Court: Self-Expression, Public Access to Information and the Efficient Provision of Government Services," 21 Urban Lawyer 44 (Summer 1989); The Local Government as Insured or Insurer: Some New Risk Management Alternative,: 20 Urban Lawyer 103 (Winter 1988); "Shipwrecks of the Law," Submissibility on Appeals, 42 Journal of the Missouri Bar 399 (September 1986); "Malpractice Exposure for Attorney Approval of Reaffirmation Agreements: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Amended Section 425(c)," Bankruptcy Developments Journal 545 (1986). Co-Author: with Prof. Robert Freilich, "Some Legal Considerations in Historic Preservation," Historic Kansas City Foundation Gazette, v. 7 no. 3 (July/August 1983); Co-Author: "Missouri Environmental Law," Federal Publications, 1993; "Missouri Construction Law," Federal Publications, 1993. Member: The Missouri Bar (Member: Local Public Law Committee; Military Law Committee). [Major, U.S. Army Reserve, JA, 1988—]. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Government Liability; Defense Law; Urban State and Local Government Law.