Ian P. CooperAttorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues and members of the community. Ian Cooper was a featured speaker at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’ (BAMSL) conference on the Art of Mediation Advocacy. Ian spoke on the topic of “Effective Mediation Advocacy from the Advocate’s Perspective” before an audience of lawyers, mediators and judges. The program took place on August 28, 2009 at the BAMSL headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. The program was designed to help the participants become better mediation advocates in civil litigation. It included discussion on the practical and psychological differences between the litigation and mediation processes, and why different advocacy skills are required in each.
Ian Cooper is a founding Shareholder of the Firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. Prior to founding the Firm, Ian was a partner at Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin in its St. Louis office. Ian practices in the areas of commercial, employment, higher education, environmental, and tort litigation. Ian has tried numerous jury and bench trials in federal and state courts in Missouri, Illinois, Texas and Arkansas. Ian has served as lead counsel in significant employment, tort and commercial cases, including class actions and other complex litigation.
Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. has successfully represented a number of businesses, large and small, throughout the Midwest in labor and employment matters. Our broad range of experience includes employment discrimination litigation, wage-hour investigations and defense, INS audits, affirmative action plans development and revision, and a variety of traditional labor matters.