The Women's Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL) announced the results of its ninth annual Women in the Workplace: Employment Scorecard, recognizing 11 St. Louis-area employers that are leading the way in creating workplaces where women can succeed, advance, and...
Sep 3, 2026 
Kylie S. Piatt
August 20, 2026 – Tueth Keeney proudly announces that Kylie S. Piatt has been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for her work in Education Law. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honors attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding...
Sep 3, 2026 
Celynda L. Brasher
Ian P. Cooper
James R. Layton
Kate L. Nash
Margaret A. Hesse
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi
Mollie G. Mohan
August 20, 2026 – Tueth Keeney is delighted to announce that eight of our attorneys have been recognized again as some of the top lawyers in the Midwest. Best Lawyers honorees are selected through a peer-review process evaluating professional excellence within...
Nov 7, 2025 Celynda L. BrasherIan P. CooperJames R. LaytonKate L. NashKylie S. PiattMargaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley KeeneyMichelle H. BasiMollie G. Mohan
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt PC is pleased to announce that 8 lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to...
Feb 18, 2025 James R. Layton
Tueth Keeney’s Jim Layton has been recognized by Missouri Lawyers Weekly as one of 2024’s “Influential Appellate Attorneys.” Congratulations, Jim! Jim Layton leads the firm’s Appellate practice group and is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Labor and...
Aug 15, 2024 Celynda L. Brasher
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. attorney Celynda L. Brasher was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" for Education Law in St. Louis. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored...
Aug 15, 2024 Celynda L. BrasherIan P. CooperJames R. LaytonKate L. NashKylie S. PiattMargaret A. HesseMelanie Gurley KeeneyMichelle H. BasiMollie G. Mohan
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. is pleased to announce that 8 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are...
Jun 13, 2024 Ian P. Cooper
Missouri Lawyers Media honored Ian Cooper at its annual ICON awards luncheon on June 13, 2024. Ian was recognized for his long and distinguished career and for his longstanding commitment and contribution to the legal profession. Ian P. Cooper is a founding...
Apr 19, 2024 Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper has won a case brought under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act brought by a former faculty member at Southern Illinois University. The former employee claimed that he was terminated on the basis of his national origin, race, and age, and in retaliation for making complaints. On March 31, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted the University summary judgment on all claims.
Tueth Keeney was recognized by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL) as a top place for women to work in the seventh annual “Women in the Workplace: Employment Scorecard.” Tueth Keeney was recognized as one of 14 St. Louis employers demonstrating excellence in four areas of workplace gender equity – leadership, compensation, flexible work policies, and recruitment and retention.
Mar 6, 2024 Ian P. Cooper
Veronica E. Potter
Veronica Potter and Ian Cooper won a five-day jury trial for Washington University on March 1, 2024, in St. Louis County Circuit Court. The plaintiff was a former employee of the University who claimed he was terminated because of his race and his prior complaints, and that he was subjected to a hostile work environment. The claims were submitted to the jury under the MHRA’s prior “contributing factor” standard of liability. After five days of evidence, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the University on all claims.
Nov 13, 2023 Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper and Jenna Lakamp have won a case brought under the Age Discrimination Act, a federal statute prohibiting age discrimination against students by universities and other recipients of federal funds. The case was brought by a former student in Southern Illinois University’s Nurse Anesthetist graduate program in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
