Oct 13, 2009
Tueth Keeney shareholder Celynda Brasher presented a live video webcast for the Missouri School Board Association (MSBA) on October 13, 2009. Tueth Keeney attorneys are highly regarded speakers on many legal topics, including education law. The MSBA presented a series of webcasts for its members on collective bargaining and labor relations for Missouri Schools. Celynda’s webcast titled, “Good and Not-So-Good Contract Language in Collectively Bargained Agreements” discussed specific contractual provisions districts should avoid, and also demonstrated example provisions that should
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Oct 13, 2009
Tueth Keeney is proud of its commitment to advising and educating school administrators on the complex and ever-changing legal issues facing public schools. Firm shareholder D. Shane Jones recently contributed his time and expertise to speak with administrators from the Egyptian Division of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO). Founded in 1952, Illinois ASBO is devoted to the school business management profession and strives to promote the standards of school business administration. On October 13, 2009, Shane talked
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Oct 8, 2009
Tueth Keeney is proud of its commitment to advising and educating school administrators on the complex and ever changing legal issues facing public schools. In the spirit of that commitment, firm shareholders Celynda Brasher and D. Shane Jones presented a live streaming video webcast for the Missouri School Board Association. The presentation was the 3rd in a series of webcasts on the topic of Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations in Missouri schools. On October 8, 2009, Celynda and Shane presented,
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Oct 6, 2009
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues. Firm shareholder, D. Shane Jones, recently presented a live streaming video webcast for the Missouri School Board Association. This webcast was the second in a series that presented on various topics regarding Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations in Missouri Schools. The webcast aired live on October 6th, 2009 and gave participants a
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Sep 18, 2009
Minimizing legal risks to its clients is an important focus of Tueth Keeney. To minimize a client’s legal risks, Tueth Keeney attorneys often present in-services for its clients. Merry C. Rhoades and Laura E. Hemmer recently contributed their time and expertise to provide an in-service for Mid-State Special Education Cooperative. Mid-State Special Education, located in Central Illinois, is a four county joint agreement, which provides services to children with special needs, age 3 through 21 inclusive, who reside in the
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Sep 3, 2009
Ian Cooper and Laura Hemmer recently won an important victory for Jefferson College. In Jones v. Jefferson College, a former faculty member claimed that the College discriminated against him on the basis of age (the employee was 60) when it decided not to renew his appointment. The faculty member brought his age discrimination claim in state court under the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”). The trial court accepted the legal arguments Ian and Laura submitted on behalf of the College,
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Aug 28, 2009
Attorneys 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
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Jul 23, 2009
In the spirit of Tueth Keeney’s continuing commitment to advising and educating school administrators on the complex and ever-changing legal issues facing public schools, the firm hosted three school law seminars free of charge to clients and friends of the firm. More than 500 Missouri public school administrators attended the three seminars which took place on July 23, 2009 in Blue Springs, Missouri, July 24, 2009 at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Lake Ozark, Missouri, and July 28, 2009 at the
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Jul 13, 2009
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues and members of the community. Tueth Keeney is proud of its commitment to advising and educating school administrators on the complex and ever-changing legal issues facing public schools. D. Shane Jones and Celynda Brasher, both shareholders of the firm, helped lead the Missouri School Board Association’s First Annual Labor Relations Boot Camp. The boot camp was an intensive,
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Jun 3, 2009
Dozens of participants from Missouri and Illinois school districts gathered on June 3, 2009 to take part in the 5th Annual Bi-State Education Foundation Golf Tournament. Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. was proud to again be a major co-sponsor of the tournament. The Bi-State Education Foundation golf tournament is the primary fundraiser for the Bi-State Education Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide scholarships to public high school students in Missouri and Illinois. Although there was
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Celynda L. Brasher
Laura E. Hemmer
Merry Rhoades
Ian P. Cooper
Kate L. Nash
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi