Paul Rost is a founding shareholder of Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C. His principal practice involves land use and zoning issues along with other matters affecting municipal corporations.

Paul has served as consultant for municipalities with regard to land use planning and regulation and has assisted in drafting and reviewing comprehensive zoning codes. Paul has represented municipalities in zoning and land use matters before their boards of adjustment, has served as counsel to planning and zoning commissions and boards of adjustment and has advised municipalities in the drafting and interpretation of ordinances and resolutions. He has also represented these public entities in litigation both at the trial level and before the court of appeals. He has been responsible for the development and implementation of various municipal administrative procedures. He has experience with bidding procedures and prevailing wage compliance on public works projects.

Paul also has experience in representing cities with regard to public/private partnerships and financing options such as Tax Increment Financing (TIF), tax abatement (Chapter 353), Community Improvement Districts, (CID), and Transportation Development Districts (TDD).

Paul serves as City Attorney for the cities of Green Park, Missouri, Warson Woods, Missouri and Wentzville, Missouri and serves as Village Attorney for the Village of Marlborough, Missouri.

Paul received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Saint Louis University and his B.A. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. While in law school, Paul was Notes and Comments Editor of the Saint Louis University Law Journal and served as law clerk to the Honorable William D. Stiehl, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Missouri Bar
Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association
American Bar Association
ABA Section of State and Local Government Law
City Clerks and Finance Officers Association (Eastern Division)

COURT ADMISSIONS
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

LECTURES/SPEECHES
Legal Issues Facing City Clerks, City Clerks & Finance Officers Ass'n, Spring Institute (2006)

Missouri Sunshine Law, Missouri Municipal League Annual Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, September 12, 2005

Everything You Always Wanted to Know from Your City Attorney but Were Afraid to Ask, City Clerks & Finance Officers Ass'n, Spring Institute (2005)

Putting Planning Back Into Zoning, American Planning Association Seminar, (July 2002)
Ordinance Drafting 101, City Clerks & Finance Officers Ass'n, Eastern Division (2004)
Sunshine Act & Record Retention, City Clerks & Finance Officers Ass'n, Spring Institute (2004)
The Board of Adjustment & the Law of Variances, St. Louis County Municipal League (2003)
HIPAA Privacy, City Clerks & Finance Officers Ass'n, Spring Institute (2003)
Completion of Public Works Projects, St. Louis County Municipal League (2003)
Wage, Free Speech and Other Workplace Issues, City Clerks and Financial Officers Spring Institute (March 2002)
Meeting Decorum, Civility & Interactions, Public Input & The Public Hearing Process, City Clerks and Financial Officers Spring Institute (March 2001)
Parliamentary Procedure and Other Procedures Affecting City Clerks (March 2000) Guest Lecturer, Washington University School of Law, State and Local Government Law, July 23, 1999
Minutes and Recording Votes, City Clerks Finance Officers Association—Eastern Division, July 15, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri
Land Use Update-Missouri Law, Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association, July 9, 1999, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Land Use Planning in Missouri, July 17, 1998, St. Louis, Missouri
Ordinances, Minutes, Contracts, Voting and Other Procedures Affecting City Clerks, City Clerks & Financial Officers Spring Institute, March 24, 1999, Jefferson City, Missouri

ARTICLES/PAPERS
D. Vogel & P. Rost, Holding Your Ground: The Role of Environmentally Friendly Redevelopment Regulations, MISSOURI MUNICIPAL REVIEW, February/March 1999.
D. Vogel & P. Rost, Municipal Rezonings In Light of the Vested Rights Doctrine, ST. LOUIS BAR JOURNAL, Winter 1998.
Co-author, Zoning, Subdivisions, & Annexation, Chapter 20, MISSOURI REAL ESTATE PRACTICE, 2000, 2006 Supplements.

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