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The Hammond Building
312 East Capitol Avenue, P.O. Box 456
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0456 (Cole Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
Average Peer Review Rating
4.4
out of 5
(Main Office) Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. represents individual clients in a variety of civil and criminal matters, as well as clients with diverse national and local interests with an emphasis in administrative law, utility and telecommunication regulation, governmental affairs, liquor licensing, professional licensing, and other areas of the law related to state government. The firm has a substantial general civil, appellate and corporate practice, including civil litigation, banking, probate and estate planning, construction, insurance, and real estate law. Members of the firm represent local, state, national and international clients and often assist other attorneys in matters dealing with specific problems of their clients which are related to state government. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil, Trial, Appellate and Administrative Practice. Corporation, Sales/Use Tax, Construction, Public Utility and Telecommunication, Environmental, Motor Carrier, Taxation, Trust and Estate Planning, Probate, Wills, Health Care, Professional Licensure, Employment, Franchise, Insurance, Beverage Alcohol, Gaming, Real Estate, Banking and Governmental Relations Law, Family Law, Divorce, Child Support, Child Custody, State and Federal Criminal Defense, DUI, DWI, Drug Crimes, Traffic Violations, Parole and Probation, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Adoptions, Guardianships, Workers Compensation, Bankruptcy. Year Established: 1975
Firm Size: 14
Firm Affiliations STATE CAPITAL GLOBAL LAW FIRM GROUP ClientsGENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Missouri Automobile Dealers Assn.
Jefferson City School District
Riley Chevrolet, Inc.
Riley Oldsmobile-Cadillac-Toyota, Inc.
Missouri Beer Wholesalers Assn.
Kingdom Telephone Co.
Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Missouri Powersport Dealers Association.
Representative Clients:The Empire District Electric Company
Southern Union Company d/b/a
Missouri Gas Energy
Fidelity Telephone Company
Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
Rolla Municipal Utilities
Citizens Telephone Company of Higginsville, Missouri, Inc.
Wisch & Vaughan Construction Co.
Missouri Gas Utility, Inc.
Central Trust Bank
Missouri-American Water Company
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Casey's General Stores
Midwest Petroleum Company
Jefferson City Oil Co., Inc.
Brown Derby Stores, Inc.
Brown Printing
Modern Litho-Print Co.
Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund
Laclede Gas Company
Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Inc.
McCormick Distilling Company
All American Wines
Patient Care, Inc.
Missouri Vein Care
The Empire District Gas Company.
AddressThe Hammond Building
312 East Capitol Avenue P.O. Box 456
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0456, (Cole Co.)
PhonePhone: 573-635-7166
Facsimile: 573-635-0427
Website
http://www.brydonlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
David V. G. Brydon (Retired) born Jefferson City, Missouri, March 15, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Missouri. Education: Westminster College; University of Missouri (A.B., 1959; LL.B., 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Cole County, 1966-1977. Member: Cole County (President, 1967-1968) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar.
John D. Borgmeyer (Associate) born Jefferson City, Missouri, February 18, 1976; admitted to bar, 2009, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (B.A.; B.J., cum laude, 1998; J.D., 2009). Member, Missouri Law Review, 2008-2009. President, ACLU at MU Law, 2008-2009. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Estate Planning; Administrative Law.Email: John D. Borgmeyer
James C. Swearengen (Shareholder) born Two Rivers, Wisconsin, February 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Missouri; 1971, Hawaii. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1967); University of Missouri (J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Judicial Review and Administrative Appeals," Chapter 5, Administrative Law, 2nd Edition, MoBar CLE, 1990. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-2009. Member: Cole County (President, 1978-1979) and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Administrative Law Committee, 1979-1983). Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Administrative Law.Email: James C. Swearengen
William R. England, III (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Missouri. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1971); University of Missouri (J.D., 1974). Co-Author: "Public Service Commission," Chapter 7, Administrative Law, 3rd Edition, MoBar CLE, 2000. Assistant General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, 1974-1978. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-2009. Member: Cole County (President, 1984) and American (Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law, Vice Chairman, Communications Committee, 1987-1993) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Communications Law; Administrative Law.Email: William R. England, III
Johnny K. Richardson (Shareholder) born Brunswick, Missouri, March 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Missouri (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member, Mortar Board. Member, Board of Student Editors, Missouri Law Review, 1979-1980. Author: "Motions in Limine in Civil Proceedings," 45 Missouri Law Review 130, 1980. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Cole County, Missouri, 1981-1987. Member: Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Physicians Subcommittee, Health and Hospital Law Committee, 1991-1994); American Health Lawyers Association; National Association of Dealers Counsel. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Health Law; Professional Licensure Law; Sales and Use Tax Litigation; Automotive Dealer Law.Email: Johnny K. Richardson
Gary W. Duffy (Counsel) born Mexico, Missouri, October 3, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1971); University of Missouri (J.D., 1975). Director, Administrative Rules Division, Missouri Secretary of State, 1975-1978; Assistant General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, 1978-1979; General Attorney, Missouri Power and Light Company, 1979-1983. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1991-2009. Member: Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Vice-Chairman, 1981-1982 and Chairman, 1983-1987, Administrative Law Committee). Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Administrative Law.
Paul A. Boudreau (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1985). Co-Author: "Public Service Commission," Chapter 7, Administrative Law, 3rd Edition, Mo. Bar CLE, 2000. Author: "Appealing Alleged Violations of Missouri's Solid Waste Law," 1 Mo. Envir. L and Pol'y Rev. 23, 1993. Member, State Personnel Advisory Board, 1995-2004. Member: Cole County Bar Association; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Consumer Bankruptcy; Firearms Law; Sales and Use Tax Litigation; Business Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Paul A. Boudreau
Charles E. Smarr (Shareholder) born Columbia, Missouri, October 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1982). Author: "Agency Summaries-Division of Liquor Control," Chapter 14, Administrative Law, 2nd Edition Mo. Bar CLE 1994 Supplement. Assistant Attorney General, State of Missouri, 1982-1984. Supervisor of Liquor Control, State of Missouri, 1984-1993. President, National Conference of State Liquor Administrators, 1990-1991. Member: Cole County and American (Member, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, Alcoholic Beverage Practice Committee) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Administrative Law Committee, 2005-2007); The National Conference of State Liquor Administrators (Associate Member). Practice Areas: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; Licensing Law; Franchise Law; Administrative Law; Gaming Law.Email: Charles E. Smarr
Dean L. Cooper (Shareholder) born Columbia, Missouri, February 24, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1990, U.S. Court of Military Review; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1986); University of Missouri (J.D., 1989). Omicron Delta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review, 1988-1989. Distinguished Military Graduate. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2009. Member: The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; Energy Bar Association. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1990-1993]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Public Utility Law; Estate Planning.Email: Dean L. Cooper
Gregory C. Mitchell (Counsel) born Columbia, Missouri, July 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (A.B., 1984; J.D., 1989). Order of Barristers; Board of Advocates. Recipient, Fred L. Howard Appellate Advocacy Prize, 1989. Former Executive Director, Missouri Motor Vehicle Commission. General Counsel: Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 1998; Missouri Powersport and Automobile Dealers Associations, 1999. Member: Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Administrative Law Committee, 1991); National Association of Dealer Counsel. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Professional Licensing Law; Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing and Regulation; Franchise Law; Corporate Law; State Legislative Practice.Email: Gregory C. Mitchell
Brian T. McCartney (Shareholder) born Columbia, Missouri, March 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Knox College (B.A., 1989); University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., 1998). Recipient: John E. Burruss Memorial Prize for Best Student Writing in Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1997-1998. Member, Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1996-1998, Assistant Managing Editor, 1997-1998. Author: "Damages to Personal Property," Chapter 11, Missouri Damages, Mo. Bar CLE, 2nd Edition; "Creeping and Glimmers of the Moral Rights of Artists in American Copyright Law," 6 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. 35 (1998). Member: Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Communications Law; Administrative Law.Email: Brian T. McCartney
Diana Christine Carter (Shareholder) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Missouri State University (B.S., 1994); University of Missouri, Columbia (J.D., 1998). Member, Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1996-1998, Note and Comment Editor, 1997-1998. Member: Boone County, Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public Utility Law; Real Estate; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Employment Law.Email: Diana Christine Carter
Scott A. Hamblin (Shareholder) born Topeka, Kansas, March 31, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri, Kansas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., Political Science, 1995); University of Missouri-Columbia (J.D., 1999). Order of Barristers, Board of Advocates, Moot Court. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Cole County, 2003-2005. Member, Missouri Bar Referral Service Committee, 2006. Member: Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Cole County and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; Missouri Bar Leadership Academy; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Family Law; Adoption Law; Guardianship; Estate Administration; Divorce; Child Custody; Civil Litigation; State and Federal Criminal Law.Email: Scott A. Hamblin
L. Russell Mitten (Shareholder) born San Diego, California, May 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Missouri; 1980, Texas; 1983, Washington; 1987, Hawaii. Education: Southeast Missouri State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Washington University (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Senior Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1975-1977. Assistant General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, 1977-1979; Attorney, GTE Corporation, 1979-1985; Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary, GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company, 1985-1990; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Citizens Communications Company (n/k/a Frontier Communications), 1990-2005. Member: The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Texas; Washington State and Hawaii State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Public Utility; Telecommunications Law; Administrative Law; Corporate Governance; General Corporate Law; SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures.Email: L. Russell Mitten
Jamie J. Cox (Associate) born Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, December 20, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Missouri. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (A.B., English, magna cum laude, 2000; J.D., 2003). Journal of Dispute Resolution, 2002-2003. Recipient, Judge Cottey Advocacy Award, 2001. Member: The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; The Cole County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Governmental Practice; Professional Licensure and Administrative Law.Email: Jamie J. Cox
Erin Wiseman (Associate) born Hannibal, Missouri, March 7, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Truman State University (B.S., 2000); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 2007). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Cole County Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association; American Inns of Court, Elwood Thomas Inn. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Family Law; Criminal Law; Municipality Representation; Personal Injury; Estate Planning.Email: Erin Wiseman
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