by Mickes O'Toole | Feb 1, 2013 | Articles, MoASBO
Published by MoASBO, February 2013 Imagine the following scenario: a student makes a claim that he has been sexually harassed by another student in your district. Per Board of Education policy, you follow grievance procedures and after investigating, determine that...
by Mickes O'Toole | Jan 25, 2013 | News
On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law exonerating MGO client Potosi R-III School District of all charges that it discriminated against a student based on the student’s...
by Mickes O'Toole | Jan 9, 2013 | Articles, MARE
Published by MARE, January 2013 In October, the United States Court of Appeals in the Eighth Circuit reversed a District Court’s decision to grant an injunction to two Missouri students who claimed that their school district violated their First Amendment free speech...
by Mickes O'Toole | Jan 4, 2013 | News
For the third year in a row U.S. News and Best Lawyers have named Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC as one of the “Best Law Firms” in the country, and the only one in St. Louis, in the area of Education Law. The only other firm so recognized in Missouri...
by Mickes O'Toole | Nov 14, 2012 | News
The “President’s Choice Award” from the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame is given annually to a person or company who has made significant contributions to the St. Louis sports community. From the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame website: “Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., is in...