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| | Jane returned to the St. Louis office in January 2005 after serving as Chief Legal Counsel and Chief of Staff to the Governor of Missouri. Dueker was a partner with Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP prior to serving in the Governor's office. Jane has extensive jury and bench trial experience representing a wide variety of clients in general and complex commercial litigation. Jane has litigated in many of Missouri's circuit courts and has appeared before each of Missouri's Courts of Appeals, the Missouri Supreme Court, Missouri's federal district courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and has briefing experience before the United States Supreme Court. As part of the firm's Governmental Solutions Practice Group, Jane also has extensive experience and unique capabilities in state and federal governmental practice, including providing day-to-day outside general counsel advice, representing clients before various governmental agencies, litigating administrative issues in all levels of state and federal courts and providing assistance with legislative initiatives. |
Practice Emphasis | Appellate
Business Litigation
Construction Litigation
Government Solutions
Health Care
Media & Advertising
Noncompetition Agreement Litigation |
Education | St. Louis University, J.D., 1992
University of Missouri - Kansas City, B.S., 1987
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Relevant Experience |
- General Commercial Litigation: contract disputes, employment matters including discrimination and post termination competition issues, unfair competition claims, land use and zoning issues, real estate disputes, antitrust claims, construction matters and collection matters
- Administrative/Governmental Experience: constitutional law, utility regulation and rate case proceedings, validity of state regulations, social services, state tax credits, economic and housing development assistance and state contracting
- Media and First Amendment Law: defamation claims, pre-publication review, access to public governmental records and meetings, general first amendment issues, news gathering torts and cameras in the courtroom
- Health Law: securing and opposing Certificates of Need, healthcare licensure and reimbursement
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Of Note | Jane served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Missouri from April 2003 until December 2004. As the chief executive officer to the Governor, Jane supervised statewide Governor's Office operations including budget, board and commission appointments, judicial appointments, legislative affairs, media and communications, policy development and implementation, legal and constituent affairs. Jane also supervised management of Missouri's 18.9 billion dollar budget, and executive agencies including the Office of Administration; and the Departments of Agriculture, Corrections, Economic Development, Health and Senior Services, Homeland Security, Insurance, Labor and Industrial Relations, Mental Health, Natural Resources, Public Safety, Revenue and Social Services. Jane also oversaw the Governor's policies and relations with the State's independent Boards and Commissions including: the Missouri Development Finance Board; Missouri Housing and Development Commission; Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee; the Missouri Department of Conservation; Missouri Department of Transportation; State Board of Education and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education.
As Chief Legal Counsel to Missouri's Governor, Jane supervised the general counsels and legal affairs of the state's executive agencies, served as liaison to the Attorney General's office on legal matters involving the state and provided legal analysis for legislative initiatives.
Jane was an Assistant Missouri Attorney General from 1992 to 1995. While at the Attorney General's Office, Jane provided general counsel and litigation representation to the Governor and State Treasurer, as well as various state agencies, including the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Health, the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee and the Missouri Department of Revenue. |
Community Involvement |
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Board Member
- Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System, Citizen Trustee
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Bar Admissions |
- Missouri, 1992
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1992
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1992
- United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1992
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Professional Affiliations |
- The Missouri Bar
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Lawyers Association of St. Louis
- St. Louis County Bar Association
- Women's Lawyer Association
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Speeches |
- "You Be the Governor: Making Decisions in the Fast Lane - Policy vs. Politics," Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, February 2007
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Articles |
- Tort Law: Cases, Materials, Problems, and accompanied Teacher’s Manual, Michie Publishing (1991) (research and editing)
- “State of the Art Defense" (Products Liability Article) - Anglo American Law Review (1991) (research and editing)
- Co-authored article "Preparing for Spontaneity at Trial" published in the American Bar Association nationally circulated Litigation Magazine – Fall 2000 issue, Vol. 27, Number 1, cited by United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, "Trying and Winning a Civil Antitrust Case 'Most Supreme Court cases are won or lost in the trial court'.'"
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