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Practice Areas: Government Law; Litigation; Administrative Law; Constitutional Law.

Additional Information: Member: American Bar Association; The Missouri Bar, Former Chair, Young Lawyers Section; Cole County Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers (Missouri State Chair, 1994-1996); Fellow, Missouri State Chair, 1994-96; Courts and Judiciary Committee, Former Chair; Federal Bar Association, Member, Board of Editors, Federal Bar Journal, 1964; Judicial Article Revision Committee, Member, played a significant role in amending the state constitution in 1978; Legislative Committee, Former Chair; President's Award and Smithson Award, Recipient, 1976.


Biography: Missouri Law Review, Board of Editors, Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, President's Award and Smithson Award, 1976, The Missouri Bar.

Military: JAGC, active duty, 1962-1965, first as a First Lieutenant, then a Captain. He went on to practice with two Jefferson City law firms before going into sole practice in 1987.

Prior to joining Husch in 1990, Alex served as the Director of Legal Affairs for The Transit Casualty Company Receivership. He has also been a consultant to the Missouri State Court Administrator and an instructor in Conflicts of Law and Insurance at the University of Missouri School of Law.

Alex has handled a number of well-known cases, including litigation involving:

the constitutionality of the Missouri School finance system;
the authority of the Missouri Lieutenant Governor during the Governor's absence;
initiative petitions proposing the Hancock Amendment and legalized horse racing;
corporate takeover litigation representing clients such as limited liability corporations;
antitrust litigation including the successful defense of American Health and Life Insurance Company;
and numerous other state and federal court matters.

Office Locations:
Chattanooga, TN 423.266.5500, 423.266.5499
Jefferson City, MO 573.635.9118, 573.634.7854
Kansas City, MO 816.421.4800, 816.421.0596
Memphis, TN - Downtown 901.523.1123, 901.523.7472
Memphis, TN - East 901.888.4000, 901.888.4040
Nashville, TN 615.963.2200, 615.963.3611
Peoria, IL 309.637.4900, 309.637.4928
Saint Louis, MO 314.480.1500, 314.480.1505
Springfield, MO 417.862.6726, 417.862.6948 Wichita, KS 316.264.3339, 316.264.0135





Office Phone: 573-635-9118

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Firm Members: Robert Hess, II Robert Hess Harvey Tettlebaum