Tueth Keeney Attorneys Named To 2024 Best Lawyers® List

Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. is pleased to announce 7 of our lawyers have been included in the 2024 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 legal excellence. “Best Lawyers was founded more than 40 years
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Attorneys, Honors and Awards, Missouri Education Law, Higher Education Law, Labor and Employment, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice, 2023, Celynda L. Brasher, Ian P. Cooper, James R. Layton, Kate L. Nash, Kylie S. Piatt, Margaret A. Hesse, Melanie Gurley Keeney, Michelle H. Basi

5 Tueth Keeney Attorneys Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List

Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. is pleased to announce that 5 lawyers have been included in the 2023 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 legal excellence. “Best Lawyers was founded more than 40 years
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Honors and Awards, Missouri Education Law, Illinois Education Law, Higher Education Law, Labor and Employment, Immigration Law, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice, 2022, Ian P. Cooper, James R. Layton, Kate L. Nash, Margaret A. Hesse, Melanie Gurley Keeney

Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. Ranked in 2023 “Best Law Firms”

 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 13th consecutive year, announce the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings. Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. has been ranked in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list regionally in 6 practice areas. Firms included in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list
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Missouri Education Law, Illinois Education Law, Higher Education Law, Labor and Employment, Immigration Law, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice, 2022

Jim Layton Addressed City Officials Regarding Redistricting in a Webinar Sponsored by the Missouri Municipal League

On August 25, 2021, Jim Layton addressed city officials regarding redistricting in a webinar sponsored by the Missouri Municipal League. Cities and other political subdivisions that elect governing bodies in geographic districts must draw new district lines to reflect the results of the 2020 U.S. Census. The detailed data from the 2020 Census was released
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Legal Presentations, Appellate Practice, 2021, James R. Layton

Jim Layton named to “Power list of Appellate Attorneys”

Missouri Lawyers Weekly has named Tueth Keeney’s Jim Layton to its “Power List of Appellate Attorneys.”  The list was compiled by the Lawyers’ Weekly editorial team, based on appellate opinions, interviews with attorneys and other leaders, and its archive of significant appeals.  Lawyers’ Weekly noted that Jim has argued more than 90 times before the
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Honors and Awards, Appellate Practice, 2021, James R. Layton

Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan Win Appeal After Successful Trial

In December of 2018, Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan won a Judgment for the City of Columbia, Missouri in Boone County Circuit Court.  The case, Sanders v. City of Columbia, involved a former Police Officer for the City who was dismissed following his use of force on a prisoner in a holding cell.  The former
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Firm Victories, Labor and Employment, Appellate Practice, 2020, Ian P. Cooper, Mollie G. Mohan

Jim Layton Leads American Academy of Appellate Lawyers Task Force on Remote Oral Argument

Appellate advocacy has changed quickly and dramatically since the arrival of COVID-19, with courts across the country using audio and video links to hold oral arguments electronically. This week, even the U.S Supreme Court joined the movement, holding its very first telephone oral arguments—which included questions from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from her hospital room,
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Appellate Practice, 2020, James R. Layton

Jim Layton Trains Government Lawyers Nationwide On Remote Appellate Arguments

Jim Layton, who leads Tueth Keeney’s appellate practice group, presented “Preparing to Argue to Appellate Judges, From Your Home to Theirs: Remote Appellate Advocacy in the Wake of COVID-19.” Attending—by video feed—were 565 lawyers from 46 states and three U.S. territories; others have since watched a recording of the program. The program was presented by
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Legal Presentations, Appellate Practice, 2020, James R. Layton

Tueth Keeney’s Jim Layton Urges Missouri Supreme Court to Preserve Sovereign Immunity for Political Subdivisions, Such as School Districts and Counties

Today Jim Layton of Tueth Keeney filed a brief for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MoDL) as amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) in the Missouri Supreme Court in Moore v. Bi-State. The question before the Court is whether caps on damages that apply to most Missouri political subdivisions—such as school districts and counties—apply
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Appellate Practice, 2020, James R. Layton