Elizabeth J. Mooney

     

Elizabeth J. Mooney practices primarily in the areas of education, non-profit, litigation, labor and employment law.  Betsey represents school districts with respect to employment and termination matters, special education, wage-hour compliance, student discipline and student rights, civil rights, and church/state issues.  Betsey has successfully represented school districts in student and employment matters before State and Federal Courts and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, and the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.  As the former Associate General Counsel for a large private university, Betsey has extensive experience advising higher education clients on a host of student affairs and campus security issues, including student privacy concerns, the Jeanne Clery Act, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1998

• Dillard Fellow
• Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of Law and Politics

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995

• Graduated with Honors and Highest Distinction
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Senior Marshal

Professional Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar
• The Illinois Bar

Civic and Charitable Activities

• President, Alliance of Parents and Teachers, St. Gerard Majella School
• Advisory Board Member, Joshua Chamberlain Society