Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore Hires Four Attorneys

September 28, 2023

Experienced Prosecutors to Join Homicide Unit, Lead Financial and Civil Matters Unit

ST. LOUIS, MO (September 28, 2023) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has added four attorneys to the office’s growing team of prosecutors. They are Kerri Davis, Lois C. Jackson, Kelli Reichert, and Rachel L. Morgan.

Davis will join the Homicide Unit. She was First Assistant Public Defender in the Madison County Public Defender’s Office in Edwardsville, IL, where she supervised 14 assistant public defenders. She previously worked as an Assistant Appellate Prosecutor in the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office. As an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office, she was responsible for the prosecution of more than 200 felony cases, including homicide, armed robbery, and sexual assault. Davis is a graduate of Blackburn University in Carlinville, IL, and Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, IL.

Jackson will lead the Financial and Civil Matters Unit (formerly the White Collar Crimes Unit). As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis, Jackson prosecuted drug and violent crime cases. She has extensive experience managing civil litigation for large

businesses. She was Senior Vice President & Partner and Assistant General Counsel for FleishmanHillard, a global PR agency in St. Louis, where her duties included assisting with the implementation and maintenance of compliance programs. Most recently, Jackson worked at the St. Louis University School of Law as Staff Attorney in its Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. Jackson is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN and a graduate of St. Louis University School of Law.

Morgan is an experienced prosecutor who worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office in Springfield, MO, specializing in felony drug crimes. She is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, and the University of North

Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, NC. She served in the U.S. Army from 2007-2013. From 2009 through 2010 she led a 37-person Military Police Platoon deployed to partner with Iraqi Police in Diyala Province in enhancing regional security and improving policing tactics. She subsequently was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, where she led a 230-person Military Police

Company. She currently is a part-time member of the U.S. Army Reserve, serving as Senior Law Enforcement Advisor to the Commanding General of 416 Theater Engineer Command in Darien, IL. Most recently, she worked for the Springfield law office of Doug Fredrick, handling family law cases.

Reichert has worked as a litigator in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office since her graduation from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2021. She has defended a variety of legal claims including employment actions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and personal injury claims. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri – Columbia.

“Every new hire strengthens our team and advances our goal of eliminating the backlog of cases in this office by the end of 2023,” said Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore. “Ms. Davis, Ms. Jackson, Ms. Morgan and Ms. Davis will give us additional capacity to aggressively prosecute violent criminals and others whose crimes threatens the safety and welfare of our community.”

Davis, Jackson, Morgan, and Reichert will begin working in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office in October.

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For Immediate Release

For more information contact:

Amber Raub

Public Information Officer

St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office

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