After a distinguished legal career spanning more than five decades, Rich Rothman retires from the firm he helped build into one of St. Louis’s most respected practices. Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C. announces with great pride — and with equal measures of gratitude — the retirement of Richard B. Rothman, a founding Member of the […]

Evan Kennedy (né Rodriguez) has joined the firm as Counsel in its Jefferson City and Columbia offices, practicing appellate litigation, constitutional disputes, elections and campaign finance, regulatory and administrative law.  Evan’s experience in private practice and state government provides him unique insight into legislation, litigation and administrative avenues for achieving client objectives and delivering outstanding […]

Let’s face it, a phone call to your business attorney is typically an afterthought, not a before thought. As in, before you find yourself on the wrong end of a civil lawsuit. Hiring an experienced business lawyer early in the game helps to ensure you still have a business come the ninth inning.

SB 68 renames the Missouri Works Training Program to the “Missouri One Start Program,” which provides flexible funding for a company’s training costs associated with a new facility, expansion or retraining project.  Companies may utilize industry training funds to offset training costs for new products, new manufacturing processes, technological innovation, and productivity improvement.   Under SB 68, a company is no longer required to retain its current number of employees, instead becoming eligible by maintaining at least one-hundred jobs in the year preceding the application.