Aug 20, 2015
Ian Cooper and Mollie Hennessee won a four-day jury trial for Missouri State University on August 20, 2015. The plaintiff was a teacher at the LNU-MSU College of International Business in Dailan, China. The plaintiff claimed that he was terminated because of his race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The jury returned a unanimous verdict for the University. This was Ian’s second victory this year in jury trials for Missouri State University.
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Jul 7, 2015
Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan defeated a Section 1983 claim brought by two faculty members seeking injunctive relief against Southern Illinois University and a University administrator. The case was heard before Judge David Herndon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The Court entered its Order denying the faculty members”™ claims on July 6, 2015. Ian P. Cooper is a founding Shareholder of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C. Ian practices
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Jun 27, 2015
Ian Cooper and Amy Clendennen won a five-day jury trial for Missouri State University on June 26, 2015. The plaintiff in the case, a faculty member at the University, made claims of age discrimination and retaliation under the Missouri Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) against the University and several administrators. Ian and Amy obtained dismissal of all claims against the individual defendants, and then won the trial before a Greene County, Missouri jury. The jury deliberated an hour and five minutes
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May 21, 2015
Ian Cooper and Mollie Hennessee were featured speakers at the Missouri Community College Association Spring Conference on May 21, 2015. Mollie and Ian discussed a wide range of legal issues impacting higher education including recent federal and state legislation and court cases under the Missouri Human Rights Act.
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 litigation and regularly
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Feb 18, 2015
Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan have won summary judgment in a tenure denial discrimination case brought by a former member of the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In Hatcher v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, et al., the former faculty member claimed that she was discriminated against on the basis of her gender when the University denied her application for tenure and promotion and terminated her employment. The faculty member also asserted that she had been retaliated
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Feb 11, 2015
Ian Cooper has won an appeal in a discrimination case brought by a doctoral student against Southern Illinois University and three faculty members who served on his doctoral committee. In Novak v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, et al., the doctoral student claimed that he was discriminated against on the basis of a disability. After Ian defeated the student’s claims in the district court, the student appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the
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Jan 21, 2015
Ian Cooper and Mollie Hennessee have won the appeal in a whistleblower claim brought by two faculty members at Southern Illinois University Carbondale against another faculty member. The case, entitled Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, et al. v. Jones, was originally filed in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, Illinois. After defeating the plaintiffs”™ whistleblower claims in Circuit Court, Ian and Mollie won the appeal before the Illinois Appellate Court for the Fifth District.
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Dec 12, 2014
Melanie Gurley Keeney, Ian P. Cooper, Katherine L. Nash and Kameron W. Murphy spoke at the Association of Corporate Council Continuing Legal Education program in St. Louis, Missouri. Their presentation, “What Are the Implications for Employers When Same-Sex Employees Say “I Do”? and “Litigation Update: New Direction in Failure to Hire MHRA Cases,” focused on the implications same-sex marriages have for employers with respect to employee health benefits, FMLA, COBRA, immigration issues and other areas, as well as
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Nov 28, 2014
Tueth Keeney is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been recognized by 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 2015 Super Lawyers. Michelle Basi and Mollie Hennessee have been recognized as “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers. Celynda, Ian, and Melanie are all founding shareholders of the firm. Only up to five percent of attorneys in
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Oct 15, 2014
Ian Cooper’s career in Higher Education law was featured in the October 2014 edition of the Super Lawyers magazine. The article, entitled “BMOC: Inside higher education law with Ian Cooper,” discusses Ian’s work with former Washington University and Southern Illinois University General Counsel Peter Ruger and others in dealing with numerous fascinating legal challenges for the Higher Education community. Read the article at http://digital.superlawyers.com/superlawyers/mkslrs14#pg16.
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Ian P. Cooper
Mollie G. Mohan
Kate L. Nash
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Celynda L. Brasher
Margaret A. Hesse
Michelle H. Basi