This could be the talk of the St. Louis Bar Association’s next meeting.

Two of the biggest legal names in the area sat opposite one another today in a court hearing for a suit brought by State Rep. Rodney Hubbard, who is challenging his narrow loss to State Rep. Robin Wright-Jones in a State Senate primary earlier this month.

Representing Hubbard was none other than Scott Rosenblum, the high-profile defense attorney whose clients have included former Rams star Marshall Faulk and Tom Lakin, the East Alton lawyer and Democratic powerbroker who has been ensnared in a tawdry sex case.

This might be, though, the first election law case for Rosenblum, who is more accustomed to representing officials who get in trouble once they are already in office.

Not to be outdone, standing in for Wright-Jones was former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie White, who left the bench last year for private practice.

White’s presence in the courtroom today led to the rare occasion of a judge referring to an attorney as “your honor.”

Hubbard’s cash and insider support arguably made him the favorite in the primary earlier this month. Even so, he lost by 101 votes.

On Tuesday, Hubbard filed a suit challenging the results of the contest, alleging a number of irregularities such as problems at the precincts and with voting machines.

This afternoon, Circuit Court Judge Edward Sweeney held a lengthy preliminary hearing, and appeared poised to let the case move forward.

The 5th District Senate contest has already been fought in the courts plenty.

Earlier this year, Wright-Jones successfully convinced a judge to disqualify State Rep. Connie Johnson, who was found to have crossed district boundaries to live with her mother.