Jan 1, 2007
The shareholders of the law firm Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C. recently elected Firm attorneys Melanie Gurley Keeney, Ian P. Cooper, and Robert L. Jackstadt to the Firm’s Management Committee. Their duties are set to begin January 1, 2007. Melanie Gurley Keeney practices in the areas of employment, education and immigration law. Ian P. Cooper practices in the areas of commercial, employment, higher education, environmental and tort litigation. Robert L. Jackstadt practices in the areas
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Oct 8, 2006
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues. The University of Vermont recently asked Tueth Keeney shareholder Ian Cooper to present a session for its upcoming 16th Annual Conference on Legal Issues in Higher Education being held in Burlington, Vermont on October 8-10, 2006. Mr. Cooper’s presentation addressed the topics of “Religion, Sexual Orientation, and the Right of Expressive Association.” The presentation focused on some of the most
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Oct 5, 2006
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues. Four attorneys from Tueth Keeney were chosen to comprise an Ethics – Wisdom panel at the National School Board Association (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys’ Advocacy Seminar which took place October 5-7, 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri. Melanie Gurley Keeney, Celynda Brasher, Merry Rhoades, and Peter Yelkovac were asked to lead this interactive session designed to support attorneys new to
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Dec 10, 2004
Tueth Keeney recently won summary judgment for Saint Louis University in a disability and retaliation case in St. Louis. Plaintiff, a disabled former student, was barred from campus after making threats against a University faculty member. The student filed an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri seeking an injunction requiring the University to readmit him, as well as claims for actual and punitive damages. Tueth Keeney first defeated the student’s demands for re-admission,
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