Feb 2009–Present
Current role
Partner
Dowd Bennett LLP
Missouri
AttorneyCivil LitigationWhite Collar Crime
Counsel 2009-2021.
About
Rosemarie ‘Mo’ Blase assists in all stages of civil litigation and drafts complex motions and briefs on behalf of the firm’s corporate and individual clients.
Mo works closely with other Dowd Bennett attorneys and their clients to identify and analyze the key legal issues of a particular lawsuit. She then drafts motions and briefs for all stages of litigation, submitting them to state and federal courts, including state appellate and supreme courts, as well as federal Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mo also publishes byline articles covering a variety of legal topics, including new developments and legal strategies associated with healthcare, the False Claims Act and class action litigation.
Earlier in her career, Mo clerked for the Honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, and the Honorable James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She joined Dowd Bennett in 2009.
Roles
Sep 2004–Jan 2009
Former role
Contract Attorney
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
Contracts / ContractingResearchComplianceLitigation Support SpecialistContract Attorney
Aug 2000–Dec 2002
Former role
Associate
Jones Day
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AttorneyCivil LitigationResearch
Jul 1999–Jun 2000
Former role
Law Clerk
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States
(appointed)District of Columbia
Law ClerkResearchLegal Assistant
Served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable William H. Rehnquist, researching and drafting opinions, orders, and bench memoranda.
Aug 1998–Jun 1999
Former role
Law Clerk
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
(appointed)Minnesota
Law ClerkResearch
Served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable James B. Loken, researching and drafting opinions, orders, and bench memoranda.