Question: The father of Chris Weddle is a managing partner for a firm headquartered in what state?
Context: Jon Moulton (born 15 October 1950) is a British venture capitalist.  He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital, and is the former managing partner of the private equity firm Alchemy Partners.  Moulton is best known for leading Alchemy Partners' bid to buy MG Rover from BMW in 2000, which ultimately lost out to a rival offer from the Phoenix Consortium. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., since 1995 simplified as Edward Jones is a financial services firm headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri, United States and serves investment clients in the U.S. and Canada, through its branch network of more than 14,000 locations and currently have relationships with nearly 7 million clients and $1 trillion asset under management worldwide.  The firm focuses solely on individual investors and small-business owners.  Edward Jones is a subsidiary of The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P., a limited liability limited partnership owned only by its employees and retired employees and is not publicly traded. J.F.O. 'Jef' McAllister (born February 13, 1956) is an American journalist, author and lawyer.  Formerly the London Bureau Chief of TIME Magazine, he is currently the Managing Partner of McAllister Olivarius, an international law firm headquartered in London.  He is married to Ann Olivarius. Harney Westwood & Riegels (or Harneys) is an offshore magic circle law firm headquartered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).  It also has offices in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Hong Kong, London, Montevideo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Vancouver, and an affiliated office in Mauritius.  It offers advice in Anguillan, Bermudan, BVI, Caymanian, Cypriot and Mauritius law.  The current managing partner is Peter Tarn. Charles Moran Jr. (May 27, 1906 in New York City – June 7, 1978 in Teasdale, Utah) was an American racecar driver and managing partner of Francis I. DuPont, brokerage firm.  He was born in New York City, son of Charles Moran, naval historian, and Martha Adams.  He attended St. George's School in Newport, R.I., and Princeton University.  He graduated from Columbia University.  In 1928, driving a Rallye, he finished 4th in the 24-hour race at Baldoux, the Bol d'Or, driving the full 24 hours without relief.  For the next year and a half he campaigned this car in Spa, San Sebastien, Madrid, Geisberg.  He was the first American to race at LeMans in 1929, in a DuPont, with co-driver Alfredo Luis Miranda; he raced the same car at Indianapolis in 1930 with George Reed in the mechanics seat.  In 1932 he gave up racing, joined DuPont Motors as an engineer, and then moved to a related enterprise, the brokerage firm of Francis I. DuPont, where he became managing partner in the 1950s.  In 1935 he married Josephine Taylor; they had two children, Charles Moran III(1936) and David Taylor Moran(1940).  Charles Moran Jr. served in the O.S.S.in England and France in 1944-5.  In 1949 he resumed racing, this time in sports cars (Bugatti, MGs, Cunninghams, A. C. Bristol, Lotus, Ferrari) in SCCA events and again at Le Mans, with his Ferrari 212 (1951, finishing 16th, 1952 DNF) and with his Cunningham C4Rx coupe, co-driver John Gordon Bennett (1953, finishing 10th).  He became Secretary of the Sports Car Club of America in 1952-3 and President in 1954-5.  He was a member of the Commission International Sportive and the American representative at the Federation Internationale d'Automobile.  He chaired the Board of Trustees at St. George's School 1958-62. James D. Weddle is the managing partner of Edward Jones Investments.  He joined the firm as an intern while earning his MBA at Washington University in St. Louis when he was hired in 1976 as a part-time intern in the firm’s Research department.  After completing his MBA, Weddle left Research to become a financial adviser in Connersville, Indiana.  He opened the firm’s 200th branch.  In 1984, Weddle was named a principal in the firm and moved back to St. Louis, Missouri, where he assumed a series of responsibilities, including one of the firm’s largest areas, Mutual Fund Sales and Marketing.  He is a graduate of DePauw University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.  Weddle is a member of the University of Missouri Chancellor's Council, the Washington University Olin School of Business National Council, the Webster University Board of Trustees, President of the Board of The United Way Of Greater St. Louis, a member of the Board of Governors for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and a past board member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Chris Weddle has represented the United States in the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann seven times, winning Silver and Bronze Medals in the All Ireland in the solo competitions as well as a gold medal in the Grapaí Cheoil.  He has performed in Canada, Ireland, throughout the United States, he has opened for various artists such as the Chieftains, and has played before the U.S. Congress.  He has recorded several CDs consisting of traditional Irish music as well as rock and bluegrass.  In recognition of his accomplishments, he has received the highest Congressional award given to civilians - the Congressional Award gold medal which was presented to him in June 2002 in Washington, D.C.  He graduated from Webster University in 2006 with a degree in Film Production and is son of Jim Weddle, managing partner for Edward Jones Investments. Shardul S. Shroff is an Indian corporate lawyer.  He is the executive chairman of the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.  Prior to the split in the Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co", which was India's largest law firm, Shardul used to be the managing partner of the north India region of the firm headquartered in New Delhi. Sullivan is a brand engagement firm headquartered in New York City that works with primarily blue-chip companies.  Founded in 1990 by Barbara Apple Sullivan, Managing Partner, it has been named an Inc. 5000 "Fastest Growing Company" 2012-2015.  It is a privately held, certified woman-owned business with approximately 70 employees. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is a law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama.  In addition to its Birmingham office, Bradley Arant also has offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, Huntsville, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama, Tampa, Florida, Washington D.C., and Nashville, Tennessee.  On December 8, 2008, Bradley Arant announced its merger with Boult Cummings Conners & Berry, PLC, with the combined firm taking the name Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.  The merger became effective on January 1, 2009.  The combined firm is listed as one of the "National Law Journal"' s 250 largest American law firms in its NLJ 250.  The firm's managing partner is John B. Grenier, who was previously the managing partner of Bradley Arant Rose & White.  The combined firm is known for major construction company work in Europe and Asia, for multinational pharmaceutical company work in New York and California, for major insurance and financial services work in Texas, Indiana, and Alabama and for working with national tire manufacturers in Tennessee and Georgia.
Answer: Missouri