Sep 16, 2014
Melanie Keeney and Ian Cooper have been selected for inclusion in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®. Melanie has been named the 2014-15 St. Louis Immigration Law “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers, and has been recognized in the practice areas of Employment Law ““ Management, Immigration Law, and Education Law. Ian is being recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Labor and Employment Litigation and Commercial Litigation.
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Jul 1, 2014
Ian Cooper has been elected a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and will be inducted into the College at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California in November. Ian was the only lawyer from Missouri who was elected to become a Fellow in the College in 2014. The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is “a fellowship of the most accomplished members of the labor and employment law community” in the United States.
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Apr 19, 2014
As expected, Northwestern University (the “University”) has filed its Request for Review of NLRB Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr’s controversial March 26 decision that scholarship football players at the University are “employees” entitled to union representation. The Regional Director’s decision came in response to the football players”™ January 2014 filing of a “Certification of Representation Petition,” or “RC Petition,” premised on the seemingly novel legal theory that Division I scholarship football players were employees of the University despite their
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Nov 30, 2013
Tueth Keeney is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys are 2014 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. Celynda L. Brasher, Ian P. Cooper, Margaret A. Hesse, Melanie Gurley Keeney and Katherine L. Nash have all been selected as 2014 Super Lawyers. Celynda, Ian, and Melanie are all founding shareholders of the firm. Only up to five percent of attorneys in a state are named Super Lawyers. Selecting the attorneys involves an in-depth, measurable process. Peer nominations by
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Oct 25, 2013
Ian Cooper and Mollie Hennessee defeated the plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a reverse discrimination claim brought under the Missouri Human Rights Act. On October 24, 2013, the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, ruled in favor of the University of Missouri – Kansas City in Taylor v. Curators, et al., and denied plaintiff’s motion for certification of a class of 39 applicants to the position of police officer.
Tueth Keeney represents numerous public and private colleges
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Oct 5, 2013
Ian Cooper and Kate Nash obtained the dismissal of a suit brought by a candidate for the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. On October 4, 2013, the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Illinois dismissed the plaintiff’s claims in Sharkey v. Board of Trustees, et al. Ian and Kate attacked the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to hear Plaintiff’s claims for declaratory and injunctive relief.
Tueth Keeney represents numerous public and private colleges and universities and community
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Mar 23, 2013
Ian Cooper was a featured speaker at NACUA’s annual Higher Education Discrimination Law workshop in Nashville, Tennessee on March 22, 2013. Ian spoke on “Managing High Profile Discrimination Litigation.” Approximately 250 in-house counsel from colleges and universities across the United States attended this year’s NACUA workshop.
Ian Cooper is a founding Shareholder of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C. Ian practices in the areas of employment, higher education, commercial and tort
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Feb 21, 2013
Melanie Keeney, shareholder with the firm, recently spoke at the Annual CACUBO Winter Workshop in Indianapolis. The Central Association of College and University Business Officers’ (CACUBO) Winter Workshop, had the theme “Navigating the Crossroads of Higher Education.” Melanie presented an “ADA/FMLA Update” on February 20, 2013.
Melanie Gurley Keeney, a founding Shareholder of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C. , practices in the areas of Employment, Immigration, and Education
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Jan 10, 2013
Ian Cooper and Kate Nash have won the dismissal of a class action filed against the University of Missouri by Iraq war veterans claiming that the University denied them benefits under Missouri’s Returning Heroes”™ Act. On January 9, 2013, Judge Thomas Prebil dismissed the Plaintiffs”™ claims with prejudice in Dunn v. Curators of the University of Missouri, et al. Judge Prebil’s dismissal order is the second time Ian and Kate have defeated plaintiffs seeking class certification of
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Aug 30, 2012
Ian Cooper and Amy Leech Clendennen won an appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District for Missouri State University. The appellant, Dr. Mary Anne Jennings, claimed that the University breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing against the University, and further argued that she was entitled to a declaratory judgment against the University. Ian and Amy prevailed at the trial court level and again on appeal. On August 27, 2012,
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Ian P. Cooper
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Celynda L. Brasher
Kate L. Nash
Margaret A. Hesse