May 18, 2018
Melanie Gurley Keeney chaired a panel presentation on “What You Need to Know About Employing Foreign Nationals Under the Current Administration.” Mollie Hennessee of Tueth Keeney also participated in the panel presentation. The Association of Corporate Council St. Louis is the preeminent organization serving in-house counsel in the St. Louis area.
Immigration – The Firm represents businesses, institutions of higher learning, and individuals with respect to immigration-related matters, including obtaining visitor visas, temporary and
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May 17, 2018
Attorneys from Tueth Keeney are often in demand for their expertise in school law and employment matters. On Saturday, June 2nd, Firm Shareholder Celynda Brasher will speak at the 2018 MSBA Leadership Summit being held at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach. Celynda’s presentation, entitled “Negotiating Administrator Contracts” will identify the components of a quality administrator employment contract. The Missouri School Boards”™ Association (“MSBA”) represents the leadership teams of school districts who are charged with shaping the educational programs of the
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May 10, 2018
Melanie Gurley Keeney recently presented a webinar entitled “Employment Discrimination Caselaw Update.” She presented an update of cutting-edge cases in employment discrimination that have followed since the en banc 7th Circuit found a sexual orientation discrimination claim to be cognizable under Title VII. The National Council of School Attorneys (COSA) provides information and practical assistance to more than 3,000 attorneys representing K”‘12 public school districts and state school boards associations.
Tueth Keeney has one
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Mar 15, 2018
Tueth Keeney attorney Kate Nash will moderate a free webinar by the ELA “Lessons Learned in Higher Education: Sexual Misconduct Around the World”, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Find out more about the webinar here https://www.employmentlawalliance.com/webinars/lessons-learned-in-higher-education-sexual-misconduct-around-the-world.
Katherine L. Nash practices primarily in the areas of education, non-profit, litigation, labor and employment law. Kate has extensive experience representing and advising private and public employers in all areas of employment law. She practices primarily
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Feb 5, 2018
Firm Attorneys Melanie Keeney, Kate Nash, Jim Layton, Mollie Hennessee and Mollie Mohan recently presented a Legal Update for a Continuing Legal Education Program on behalf of the Association of Corporate Counsel. The program addressed: 1) MHRA liability standards, individual liability, and damage caps in light of recent court decisions; 2) issues to consider from the moment of an adverse decision (or the appeal by the opponent of a favorable decision) to denial of the
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Oct 18, 2017
Margaret Hesse spoke at the Missouri Association of School Business Officials Fall Administrator’s Conference on the topic of Website Accessibility for People with Disabilities. Margaret has been a frequent guest speaker at MoASBO conferences for many years.
Margaret A. Hesse primarily practices in the areas of education law, employment law, and litigation. She has represented school districts in employment matters, including Title VII, the Safe Schools Act, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age
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Oct 17, 2017
In two October presentations, attorney Jim Layton of Tueth Keeney is training attorneys general in the United States about the art of legal writing. On October 13, Jim delivered a presentation on “Legal Writing in the Digital Age” to all the attorneys in the Utah Attorney General’s office. Later in the month of October, Jim will address the same topic as a faculty member “” for the seventh time “” at the NAGTRI Persuasive Legal
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Sep 19, 2017
Beginning September 19, 2017 Teach Illinois will release a series of webinars featuring six Tueth Keeney attorneys unpacking and working through the landmark school funding reform bill that became law in Illinois on August 31, 2017. This new law, SB 1947, not only reforms the school funding formula, but it also revises many provisions in the school code. Tueth Keeney attorneys are taking the law piece-by-piece to explain
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Sep 13, 2017
Today Tueth Keeney attorney Jim Layton, formerly Missouri Solicitor General, spoke in the plenary session of the Missouri Judicial Conference in Kansas City. The Conference includes Missouri’s 142 circuit judges, 201 associate circuit judges, and 39 court of appeals and supreme court judges. Jim’s topic was, “Five things every Missouri judge should know about the Missouri constitution.” The “five things” Jim discussed are:
- It’s not very old.
- It’s not a delegation of power.
- It’s about procedure, not
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Sep 6, 2017
Ian Cooper and Kameron Murphy presented on August 30 at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual employment law update in St. Louis. Ian and Kameron’s presentation focused on employment changes of interest to Missouri employers, including amendments to the Missouri Human Rights Act, changes to Missouri workers”™ compensation law, legislative changes to the project labor agreement statute, and the current status of right-to-work legislation.
Ian P. Cooper serves clients in employment, higher education, commercial, and tort
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Melanie Gurley Keeney
Celynda L. Brasher
Kate L. Nash
James R. Layton
Mollie G. Mohan
Margaret A. Hesse
Laura E. Hemmer
Merry Rhoades
Robert L. Jackstadt
Ian P. Cooper