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The Kansas City-based firm luredr former lawyerJoe Bednar, a longtime lawyer in that firm’sz Jefferson City outpost, to open Spencer Fane’s fourth office location. “It’s somethingt we thought we wanted to do to provide that additionakl expertise for clients who are looking for assistance with some of the government issues that are starting to occuf and become more andmore important,” Spencet Fane Chairman Michael Saunders said. Bednar, a formedr chief legal counsel to formerMissouro Gov. Mel Carnahan, is also a registered lobbyist. But Saunderz said Bednar’s work won’t be limited to lobbying.
“He’s got a fair amount of experience as apracticinv attorney, and really what we thinkl he’s going to be doing is helping in more of a substantivde way in pushing forward and helpinb to complete various types of transactions and dealsw that clients are going to be interestedx in completing,” Saunders said. is among few Kansasw City firms that keep a JeffersoCity office. CEO Joel Vorann said the office completes a large measurwe of regulatory workfor clients.
Leawood-basee has had a Jefferson City officse for10 years, primarily as an extensioj of its litigation practice and an office for partne Chip Robertson and two other lawyers, said Jim a partner with the firm in Spencer Fane also recently landed two estate planning lawyers, Elvin Knighf and Scott Blakesly, both formerlgy of . Nevertheless, Saunders said the firm will not embari ona rapid-growth plan. “We’rre sort of doing the no-fireworks kind of practice,” he said.
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