Jesus A. Osete
Jesus A. Osete
Jesus A. Osete
Biography
Jesus A. Osete is an associate attorney in the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court and Commercial Disputes Practice Groups.
Jesus previously served as General Counsel to the Hon. John R. Ashcroft, secretary of state of Missouri. He also previously served as deputy attorney general for special litigation and deputy solicitor general under the Hon. Eric S. Schmitt, then-attorney general of Missouri. He has presented oral argument in high-profile cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of Missouri, and has litigated several high-profile cases in these courts and other federal and state courts across the country.
Before joining the firm, Jesus clerked for the Hon. Bobby E. Shepherd of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Hon. Chief Justice Zel M. Fischer of the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Jesus received his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where he served as senior executive editor of the Washington University Law Review. Before law school, he worked for the late Senator John McCain in the United States Senate, and received an A.B. in political science and pre-law from the University of Arizona.
Jesus is an active member of (and frequent speaker for) the Federalist Society, where he serves as secretary and steering committee member of the Jefferson City Lawyers Chapter. He also serves as a trustee for the Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society and served as vice-chair of the Missouri Bar Appellate Practice Committee. In 2018, he was one of approximately forty individuals in the United States selected to attend the Originalism Summer Seminar at the Georgetown University Law Center. In 2019, he was one of twelve young lawyers in Missouri selected to participate in the Missouri Bar’s Leadership Academy.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Influential Appellate Advocate, Missouri Lawyers Media, 2023
- Alumni, Missouri Bar Leadership Academy, 2019-2020
Professional Affiliations
- Secretary, The Federalist Society, Jefferson City Lawyers Chapter
- Trustee, Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Society
Clerkships
- Hon. Bobby E. Shepherd, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Hon. Chief Justice Zel M. Fischer, Supreme Court of Missouri
Spoken Languages
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Spanish
Admissions
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Missouri, 2016
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United States District Court for the Eastern and Western District of Missouri
United States District Court for the District of Kansas (inactive)
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Fifth and Eighth Circuits
Education
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Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., 2016
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The University of Arizona, A.B., 2013
Related Practice Areas
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Business & Commercial Disputes
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Appellate
Experience
- Biden v. Missouri, 142 S. Ct. 647 (2022) (first-chaired challenge to Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers)
- Biden v. Texas, 142 S. Ct. 2528 (2022) (second-chaired challenge to Biden Administration’s rescission of Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy)
- Moore v. Harper, No. 21-1271 (U.S. Supreme Court) (authored amicus brief in high-profile redistricting case on behalf of Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft)
- Doyle v. Tidball, 625 S.W.3d 459 (Mo. banc 2021) (second-chaired trial and appeal of challenge to the Missouri legislature’s refusal to fund Medicaid Expansion)
- United States v. Missouri, No. 2:22-cv-4022 (W.D. Mo.) (defended U.S. Department of Justice’s challenge Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act)
- Conservation Commission v. Schmitt, No. SC99092 (Mo. banc) (briefed and argued appeal involving the Missouri legislature’s appropriation authority over the Conservation Commission)
- Gasca v. Precythe, No. 20-3447 (8th Cir.) (appealed injunction ordering significant changes to Missouri’s parole system)
- City of St. Louis v. State, 643 S.W.3d 295 (Mo. banc 2022) (defended political subdivisions’ challenge Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act)
- S.M.H. v. Schmitt, 618 S.W.3d 531 (Mo. banc 2021) (appealed and successfully vacated $4 million judgment against the State)
- B.W.C. v. Williams, 990 F.3d 614 (8th Cir. 2021) (successfully defended on appeal First Amendment challenge to Missouri’s religious exemption form for mandatory school immunizations)
- Baker v. Crossroads Acad.-Cent. St., 648 S.W.3d 790 (Mo. App. 2022) (successfully defended on appeal constitutional challenges to Missouri’s religious exemption form for mandatory school immunizations)
- Dixon v. City of St. Louis, No. 4:19-cv-0112 (E.D. Mo.) (successfully defended Fourteenth Amendment challenge to Missouri’s bail system)
- I.D. v. Parson, No. 21AC-CC00309 (Mo. Cir. Ct.) (successfully defended the Governor of Missouri’s decision to stop enhanced unemployment benefits under the CARES Act)
- UMB Bank, N.A. v. Riley, 611 S.W.3d 788 (Mo. App. 2020) (successfully defended on appeal nearly $3 million judgment, and awarded attorney’s fees)
- Crangle v. Kelly, 838 F.3d 673 (6th Cir. 2016) (successfully appealed dismissal of habeas corpus petition)
- Doe by next friend Rothert v. Chapman, 30 F.4th 766 (8th Cir. 2022), cert. granted, judgment vacated, 598 U.S. ____ (2023) (defended Fourteenth Amendment challenge to state court clerk’s notification to pregnant minor’s parents of her application for a judicial bypass to obtain an abortion)
Resources
Publications
- The Praetorians: An Analysis of U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoints Following Martinez-Fuerte, 93 Wash. U. L. Rev. 803 (2016)
- Extending the “Slayer Rule” to Four-Legged Legatees, 8 J. Animal & Envtl. L. 56 (2017)
- Request for Accommodation Will Not Support Retaliation Claim Under Missouri Human Rights Act, SCOMO Holds, Lexology (Feb. 4, 2020)
Speaking Engagements
- "The Latest on The Supreme Court," The Federalist Society, Northwestern Student Chapter, April 6, 2023
- “Post-Dobbs Abortion Legislation in Missouri,” Missouri Chapters Conference, The Federalist Society, Jan. 20, 2023
- “United States Supreme Court Term Preview,” The Federalist Society, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia Student Chapter, Sept. 26, 2022
- “2022 Supreme Court Update,” The Federalist Society, Jefferson City Lawyers Chapter, Sept. 13, 2022
- “U.S. Supreme Court -Major Case Preview, October 2021 term,” The Federalist Society, Jefferson City Lawyers Chapter, Oct. 13, 2021
- “SCOTUS October Term Preview,” The Federalist Society, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia Student Chapter, Oct. 4, 2021
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