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City announces new attorney hires; James Clark named to Jefferson City office

5756481 · February 11, 2025
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Summary

City representatives announced new attorney hires and an expansion of the firm’s staffing, including James Clark joining the Jefferson City office with more than three decades of legal experience.

City officials announced new additions to the city’s legal staffing during the meeting, naming James Clark as a newly hired attorney assigned to the Jefferson City office.

A speaker identified as the city attorney said Clark brings about 30 years of legal experience, including five years running the Missouri Ethics Commission and prior service in the Attorney General’s office and veterans-related commissions. The speaker said Clark has started work in the Jefferson City office and that the firm also placed a new associate in the Springfield office and has extended an offer for a litigation practice-area leader for the Lees Summit office; if that hire is accepted the speaker said the office would reach 17 attorneys within a short time frame.

The announcement was presented as an informational item during the attorney reports portion of the meeting; no formal council action or vote was recorded on the hires in the meeting transcript.