Katherine L. Nash and Mollie E. Hennessee Recently Spoke at the Missouri Community College Association’s Annual Convention

Katherine L. Nash and Mollie E. Hennessee presented two sessions at the Missouri Community College Association’s Annual Convention in Branson, Missouri on November 7, 2014.   Their first presentation ““ titled “The Violence Against Women Act and What it Means for Community Colleges” ““ focused on the requirements of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and the challenges faced by administrators in higher education in implementing these requirements.   Their second presentation ““ titled “Sexual Violence on Campus

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Tueth Keeney Attorneys Named 2014 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers

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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Firm Attorneys are Featured Speakers at MOASBO’s Annual Support Personnel Conference

Melanie Keeney, Margaret Hesse and Madeline Magner spoke at the Missouri Association of School Business Officials”™ Annual Fall Support Personnel Conference on November 12, 2012.   Ms. Keeney   spoke on the importance of conducting accurate background checks of applicants.   Ms. Hesse spoke on navigating employee requests for leaves of absences under the ADAAA, the FMLA and Missouri Workers”™ Compensation Law.   Ms. Magner discussed how support personnel should handle employee payroll garnishments.   MOASBO has been hosting this

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Tueth Keeney Attorney Peter G. Yelkovac Quoted in Leading Publication for Surgeons Regarding Internet Defamation of Physicians

Firm Shareholder Pete Yelkovac was recently quoted in an article that appeared in the widely read magazine, Plastic Surgery Practice.  The article, entitled Real Stress from the Virtual World: Physicians and Online Ratings, highlighted the ever-growing challenges caused by anonymous online reviews of medical providers.

Noting Yelkovac’s experience in the representation of physicians who have experienced unfair online reviews, the article portrayed Cyberspace as a “rough-and-tumble place” that “can be highly upsetting” for a victim of unfair critiques on the

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Tueth Keeney Completes Another Year of Successful School Law Seminars

“Close to 500 school superintendents, administrators and school board members from across the State of Missouri attended Tueth Keeney’s Annual School Law Seminars held in July, 2012. Tueth Keeney presents the seminars annually to clients and members of the education community on a broad range of legal topics that affect school districts.   The Seminars were held over three days across the state in Blue Springs, MO, Lake of the Ozarks, MO,

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Tom Tueth, Margaret A. Hesse and Amy Leech Clendennen win summary judgment for Parkway School District in Missouri constitutional law case

Firm attorneys Tom Tueth, Margaret Hesse and Amy Clendennen succeeded in overturning a law that prohibited the Parkway School District from operating a recycling facility. The lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of a Missouri statute on the basis that the statute was “special legislation” directed at just the District.

The statute prohibited school districts that fell within a very narrowly defined class from operating a recycling facility near residential property. The Parkway School District is the only school district

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Firm Attorneys Create Professional Development Training Videos for Missouri Council of School Administrators

The Missouri Council of School Administrators (MCSA) invited the firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. to produce a series of professional development training videos on various legal topics. The training videos will be available for members of the MCSA to view on the MCSA’s website. The MCSA is the umbrella organization for two autonomous statewide professional associations of public school administrators. The Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) serves school superintendents. The Missouri Association of Elementary School

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Margaret Hesse Returns to Speak to Teachers at the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform professional educators throughout Missouri and Illinois. Margaret Hesse was recently asked to return to the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish Hospital to talk about “Legal Issues in Clinical Education”. The presentation took place on January 5, 2010. Margaret’s presentation covered  rights and obligations  on a  variety of legal topics including  Constitutional and Contractual Duties for private and public

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Tueth Keeney Presents 2008 Annual Labor, Employment & Immigration Seminar in St. Louis

The Tueth Keeney law firm and the attorneys of its employment law practice group will present its Annual Labor, Employment and Immigration Law seminar on November 20, 2008 at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri.   This comprehensive labor, employment, and immigration seminar, offered at no cost to clients and friends of the firm, stresses the “real world” problems faced by HR professionals, in-house counsel, and corporate officials.   Topics include:

  • Significant Ramifications of ADA Amendments of 2008
  • Preparing
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