Elections & Campaign Finance Team
Candidate / Campaign Representation
Representing a candidate or a campaign requires active review of filings, advertising, media events, social media and publications to ensure compliance with all state and federal campaign laws and regulations.
Our firm has extensive expertise in establishing campaign, candidate and political action committees, preparing and filing campaign finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission, reviewing reports filed with the Federal Election Commission; and reviewing and ensuring compliance with disclosure, advertising and campaign finance requirements.
Our attorneys are experienced in handling media interviews, editorial board visits and serving as spokespersons for campaigns across Missouri.
Our attorneys have experience in defending campaigns, candidates and political action committees from complaints before the Missouri Ethics Commission and appeals from decisions of the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Initiative Petitions/Ballot Measures
Our attorneys have been involved in the entire life cycle of ballot initiatives, from conducting legal research to assist in developing the public policy, drafting the initiative and ballot language, and shepherding the initiative through qualification by state and local government officials.
Our attorneys have drafted statewide and local initiative petitions and have worked to effectively qualify ballot measures for circulation.
Our attorneys have experience in the development and analysis of fiscal impact filings on initiative petitions.
Our attorneys have led challenges and defended the validity of ballot measures through litigation in trial and appellate courts.
We represent initiative proponents and opponents in statewide and local campaigns, ensuring campaign finance and campaign media compliance and reporting, conducting outreach activities and serving as campaign spokespersons.
Litigation
Our attorneys have represented proponents and opponents of ballot measures in litigation in circuit courts and appellate courts, and our firm has been a leader in initiative petition litigation.
Our firm has also represented candidates in the defense and prosecution of election contests and qualification challenges and have successfully defended the substantive validity of ballot measures following voter approval.