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Legal Roundtable Discusses Gardner Lawsuit, Roundup Trial, Title IX Case

Legal Roundtable panelists Bill Frievogel, Nicole Gorovsky and Mark Smith joined host Sarah Fenske.
David Kovaluk | St. Louis Public Radio
Legal Roundtable panelists Bill Frievogel, Nicole Gorovsky and Mark Smith joined host Sarah Fenske.
Legal Roundtable panelists Bill Frievogel, Nicole Gorovsky and Mark Smith joined host Sarah Fenske.
Credit David Kovaluk | St. Louis Public Radio
Legal Roundtable panelists Bill Frievogel, Nicole Gorovsky and Mark Smith joined host Sarah Fenske.

On Monday’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 St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s federal lawsuit alleging a racist conspiracy that prevents her from enacting her agenda, a forthcoming trial involving Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, and a federal judge’s dismissal of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Washington University by a former student.

Joining the discussion were William Freivogel, journalism professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and lawyer; local attorney Nicole Gorovsky of Gorovsky Law; and Mark Smith, associate vice chancellor and dean for career services at Washington University.

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 and Lara Hamdan. 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.