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Legal Roundtable Tackles Dicamba Verdict, Public Defender Workloads, Pot Pardons, More

From left: Bill Freivogel, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky provided legal analysis on a variety of topics.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
From left: Bill Freivogel, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky provided legal analysis on a variety of topics.

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske convened this month’s Legal Roundtable panelists to take a closer look at local and regional issues pertaining to the law.

Discussion topics included a federal judge’s refusal to approve a deal reducing Missouri public defender workloads, a Kansas City initiative to clear marijuana convictions more easily, and the huge verdict regarding Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup.

From left: Bill Freivogel, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky provided legal analysis on a variety of topics.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
From left: Bill Freivogel, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky provided legal analysis on a variety of topics.

The lawyers also discussed a proposal to limit punitive damages in Missouri, possible changes to the criminal justice system involving juveniles, and the FCC's ruling against offensive shock jock Bob Romanik.

Joining the discussion were three lawyers:

  • Bill Freivogel, professor for the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Nicole Gorovsky, local attorney and owner of Gorovsky Law, LLC
  • Susan McGraugh, professor, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at St. Louis University School of Law


St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is hosted by Sarah Fenske and produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Evie Hemphill, Lara Hamdan and Joshua Phelps. The engineer is Aaron Doerr, and production assistance is provided by Charlie McDonald.

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Alex Heuer joined St. Louis Public Radio in 2012 and is the executive producer of St. Louis on the Air. Alex grew up in the St. Louis area. He began his public radio career as a student reporter at Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois and worked for a few years at Iowa Public Radio. Alex graduated summa cum laude from Western Illinois University with a degree in history and earned a teaching certificate in 6 - 12th grade social studies. In 2016, he earned a Master of Public Policy Administration with a focus in nonprofit organization management and leadership from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has won local and national awards for reporting and producing and his stories have been featured nationally on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.