Poore named as Jackson city attorney

The Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday named former Assistant U.S. Attorney Curtis O. Poore, a one-time Jackson alderman and municipal judge and a 1987 Southeast Missouri State University graduate, as city attorney effective Jan. 1.

Poore succeeds city attorney Tom Ludwig, who has retired after serving in the role since 2001.

Poore, a partner in The Limbaugh Firm in Cape Girardeau, earned his juris doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School.

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• Specializes in criminal defense, personal injury and civil litigation.
• Named to POWER 30 list denoting him as one of the 30 most powerful attorneys in white-collar criminal defense for Missouri.
• Appointed in 2020 by Gov. Mike Parson to the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission.
• Served as an adjunct instructor teaching constitutional law and criminal law and procedure.
• Holds an AV Peer Review rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Director.

Poore's Limbaugh Firm bio page said he has been a Sunday school teacher for more than 20 years and serves as a deacon and leadership team member in his church.