Inside the AGO

Karen Bagby named Employee of the Quarter

The Attorney General's Office has a very efficient legislative section, and much of that is due to the professionalism and effectiveness of administrative assistant Karen Bagby. Attorney General Jay Nixon recently announced that Bagby was named Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2008.

Karen is responsible for coordinating legislative correspondence, including consumer matters, to ensure that legislators' constituent concerns are addressed; tracking legislation impacting the Attorney General's Office; handling fiscal note requests for the office; coordinating Sunshine inquiries into the office; and organizing and scheduling moot courts to prepare attorneys for oral arguments. Nixon said Karen knows the legislative process extremely well and ensures the legislative staff is aware of upcoming hearings, proposed amendments, committee substitutes and floor substitutes that may have a fiscal impact.

Bagby has been with the AGO since 2003.

Eagle Scout Nixon helps honor latest Missouri Eagle Scouts in Capitol ceremony

Attorney General Nixon helped honor the 2007 Eagle Scout class from Missouri's Great River Council in a recognition ceremony in the rotunda of the state Capitol on Feb. 18. Some 137 Boy Scouts from the Great River Council attained the rank of Eagle Scout in 2007. Nixon spoke to the Eagle Scouts and their families about his own experiences as a Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout, and congratulated the young men on a designation they will always retain.

Pictured at right, Nixon congratulates Eagle Scout Jacob Eshenroder of Troop 29 in Camdenton on his accomplishment.