The 2019 DRI Diversity for Success Seminar and Corporate Expo will be June 19-21 in New Orleans, LA. Mickes O'Toole senior associate, Geri Lynn Arrindell will be the Expo Chair and moderating a panel at the event. Panel Discussion: Taking a Knee: A Fireside Chat |...
2019 New Superintendent Boot Camp Date Announced
The date for the 2019 New Superintendent Boot Camp have been set. This years Boot Camp will be on September 10, 2019 at the Des Peres Lodge in St. Louis. Topics will include; Hiring Employees, Investigating Employee Misconduct, Staff Discipline and Dismissals,...
Client Alert: Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule
Background In the final months of President Obama’s Administration, in May 2016, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its much-anticipated final rule revising the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Those regulations...
Vince Reese Selected as a Top 100 St. Louisans to Know to Succeed in Business
We are proud to congratulate Vincent Reese, the Managing Partner at Mickes O’Toole, on being selected by St. Louis Small Business Monthly as a, "Top 100 St. Louisans to Know to Succeed in Business." Vince focuses his practice on labor, employment, and education law,...
Client Alert: Circuit Court Weighs in on New Collective Bargaining Rules
A St. Louis-area court issued an order at the end of last week that may affect how you and your District participate in collective bargaining. Below is an overview of what the Court Order does and doesn't do, along with some guiding information on what your District...
Mickes O’Toole Ranked 3rd in Missouri for Bond Counsel
The Mickes O’Toole Public Finance Group, led by Lori Lea Shelley, has been ranked 3rd for Bond Counsel in Missouri by Thomson Reuters for 2018. This is the second year in a row Mickes O'Toole has ranked among the Top Five in Missouri.
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Wendy D. Boggiano serves as general counsel to numerous school district clients, advising them daily on education matters, including anti-discrimination laws, personnel improvement plans, student discipline matters, and employee misconduct investigations....
Mickes O’Toole Instrumental in Obtaining 8th Circuit Appellate Court Win for Palmyra R-I School District
On January 3, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit handed down its decision in favor of the Palmyra R-I School District (“District” or “Palmyra”) in the case of E.D. et al. v. Palmyra R-I School District. The case was on appeal from the...
Mickes O’Toole Obtains Missouri Court of Appeals Win
Congratulations to the attorneys of Mickes O'Toole for obtaining a win in the Missouri Court of Appeals for the West District for her client, CSMA BLT, LLC. The Appellate Court upheld the trial court’s determination on summary judgment that a foreclosure sale...
Hoernschemeyer Appointed Chair, Boggiano Named Partner, Douglass & Brazill Join Firm
At Mickes O’Toole, we recognize the importance of education to our community and society as a whole. We are proud of the role our attorneys play in assisting our almost 250 Missouri and Illinois educational clients in providing a quality education to their students...