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The Kansas City-based firm lured formere lawyerJoe Bednar, a longtimse lawyer in that firm’s Jefferson City outpost, to open Spencer Fane’x fourth office location. “It’as something we thought we wante d to do to providd that additional expertise for clients who are lookinfg for assistance with some of the government issuesz that are starting to occur and become more and more Spencer Fane Chairman MichaeoSaunders said. Bednar, a former chief legalk counsel to formerMissouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, is also a registeref lobbyist.
But Saunders said Bednar’s work won’t be limited to “He’s got a fair amount of experience as apracticingt attorney, and really what we thinkl he’s going to be doing is helpingv in more of a substantive way in pushinfg forward and helping to complete various types of transactionsd and deals that clients are going to be interestes in completing,” Saunders said. is amon g few Kansas City firms that keep a JeffersonnCity office. CEO Joel Voran said the office completes a larg measure of regulatory workfor clients.
Leawood-based has had a Jeffersom City office for10 years, primarilyg as an extension of its litigation practice and an officer for partner Chip Robertso and two other lawyers, said Jim Bartimus, a partnetr with the firm in Leawood. Spencerd Fane also recently landed two estateplanninbg lawyers, Elvin Knight and Scott Blakesly, both formerlty of . Nevertheless, Saunders said the firm will not embark ona rapid-growtbh plan. “We’re sort of doing the steady, no-fireworkds kind of practice,” he said.
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