Atty. Penny Speake
Penny is a member of Healy Law Offices, LLC, a Missouri and Arkansas-based law firm that focuses on energy and utility law. Healy Law Offices, LLC is the outside general counsel for the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA) and the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC).
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About Penny Speake at a glance
Penny Speake is a Member based in Springfield, Missouri, practicing at Healy Law Offices, LLC. They have 36+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1990. Their practice focuses on environmental, government, and energy. Admitted to practice in Missouri (1990). Serands clients in Springfield, MO and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Penny is a member of Healy Law Offices, LLC, a Missouri and Arkansas-based law firm that focuses on energy and utility law
- Healy Law Offices, LLC is the outside general counsel for the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA) and the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC)
- Penny has expertise in the areas of pole attachments, small cell wireless structures and right of way management
- She has represented Missouri municipalities and worked with multi-disciplinary teams addressing the legal, financial, engineering and technical aspects in negotiations with telecommunication providers
- Penny continues to advocate for more and continued local control over the issues associated with pole attachments, placement of small cell support structures and deployment of small cell wireless attachments
- Prior to joining Healy Law Offices, LLC, Penny was a state prosecutor for over twenty years
- During that time she tried over 200 jury trials including capital murder cases, manslaughters, robberies, methamphetamine labs, assaults, as well as child and adult sex crimes
- She has also argued successfully before Missouri’s Supreme Court which created new law regarding drug enforcement checkpoints
- Penny attended Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University) where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with honors
- She then attended Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where she was a Fisse Scholar
- While attending law school, she was awarded the Ali-ABA Environmental Law national scholarship and was selected to serve in the Federal Civil Litigation Clinic
Practice Areas Explained
Penny Speake's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Penny Speake handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Environmental attorneys for regulatory compliance, contamination, land use, and natural resource law.
Penny Speake is one of 56,434 environmental attorneys indexed nationally. Browse environmental attorneys in Missouri →
Attorneys for administrative law, agency hearings, government contracts, licensing, and public benefits.
Penny Speake is one of 132,225 government attorneys indexed nationally. Browse government attorneys in Missouri →
Energy attorneys for oil & gas, renewables, utility regulation, and energy sector transactions.
Penny Speake is one of 36,230 energy attorneys indexed nationally. Browse energy attorneys in Missouri →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Missouri
Practicing law in Missouri. Legal matters in Missouri are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Springfield are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Missouri state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Missouri brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Missouri courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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