Ms. Largent serves as a Practice Group Leader for the Rails to Trails practice group. Her primary focus is representing landowners nationwide whose property has been taken by the federal government without just compensation. In addition to establishing when the government is liable for taking land, Ms. Largent’s practice centers largely on establishing the value of the land taken. She also focuses her practice on appellate litigation and commercial disputes. Ms. Largent has assisted in drafting dozens of appellate briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Eighth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit, as well as the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts of Illinois and Appellate Court of Missouri.

Mr. Olsen is a Senior Professional Land Surveyor with Engineering Design Source, Inc., a Civil Engineering and Surveying Firm based in Chesterfield, Missouri. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a professional land surveyor, beginning in the Chicago metropolitan area. Mr. Olsen is currently licensed as a land surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Texas. He has been fortunate to have worked on numerous Highway Department/Department of Transportation horizontal and vertical control surveys, land acquisition and topographic surveys, County Transportation Department Plats of Highway, and Municipal Highway Department surveys. Mr. Olsen has also worked on many commercial and residential developments throughout northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. He is currently enrolled in the University of Maine Graduate School in the Eng. D. (Doctor of Engineering) Engineering Technology/Surveying Engineering Program. Mr. Olsen has an MS in Engineering Technology/Surveying Engineering from the University of Maine and a BA in Mathematical Sciences. He has presented seminars and webinars previously with HalfMoon Education on topics including Law and Ethics of Illinois Land Surveying; Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (and on the Ground); Complying with Minimum Standards of Practice; Handling Ethical Issues in Land Surveying Practice; Complying with the Illinois Plat Act; Complying with National Society of Professional Surveyors Creed and Canons.

Prior to his service at TVA, Mr. Savage was in private survey practice for 10 years specializing in dispute resolution and expert witness services. He has surveyed several disputed state boundaries to resolve jurisdictional conflicts. Mr. Savage is an adjunct professor at Cleveland State Community College where he teaches courses in boundary law, geodesy, GIS, and surveying fundamentals. He has researched and retraced the historical surveys of Henry David Thoreau and has published several articles on the subject. Mr. Savage teaches exam review and continuing education seminars at various state and local conferences across the country.

There are very few eminent domain lawyers within the state of Missouri who are as accomplished and decorated as Mr. Wallach. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 30, 1938, and received his education at the reputed University of Missouri. He secured a B.A in 1962, before receiving his J.D. in 1965. As an eminent domain lawyer, Mr. Wallach is highly knowledgeable in the fields of: Eminent Domain, Property Tax Appeals, Real Estate Litigation, Land Use, Zoning Law, and Municipal Law. He is a member of the Missouri Bar having served as Chairman on two occasions and is now part of the Eminent Domain Committee. Mr. Wallach is also a member of the Bar Association of St. Louis, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the highly selective American Property Tax Counsel. He has also served as Assistant Attorney General of Missouri between the years 1966 and 1967, as well as Special Assistant Attorney General of Missouri between 1967 and 1968. Mr. Wallach is held in high regard by the eminent domain lawyer community within the state. Despite his knowledge and expertise in various fields of law, He labels himself as an eminent domain lawyer before anything else. Over the course of his career, Mr. Wallach has devoted himself entirely to representing property owners engaged in various disputes regarding condemnation law and ad valorem tax appeals. He has provided sound legal representation for thousands of clients, presenting cases to juries and other administrative bodies. Mr. Wallach expertise as an eminent domain lawyer is not restricted solely to St. Louis and Missouri, having provided representation for cases in Kansas and Illinois as well. What makes him stand out as an eminent domain lawyer is his rare and carefully honed sense of judgment, especially in cases regarding property valuation. Moreover, he also possesses a keen ability to convey appeals effectively before judges, government agencies, and juries, lubricating the way towards securing fair settlements for all his clients. Mr. Wallach previously served as Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri, a position, which gave him the insight and exposure that few other eminent domain lawyers possess. It is while he was holding these positions that he was able to develop his communication skills, which now allow him to convey the most complex cases in ways that anyone can understand. Mr. Wallach ability to simplify complex issues is the reason why he is regarded as a leading eminent domain lawyer within the state of Missouri. His expertise in condemnation and eminent domain law has been recognized both locally and nationally, indicated by his inclusion in the Woodward/White’s list of Best Lawyers in America, as well as St. Louis Magazine’s Best Lawyers in St. Louis list.