Introducing MGO Creative Training Solutions. CTS was established by school law attorneys to provide training solutions for school district students and staff, in the form of animated videos, handouts and worksheets. The Federal Communications Commission released a...
Court Finds In Favor of District in Illinois Human Right Act Suit
Mickes Goldman O'Toole attorneys Christi Flaherty and Wendy Kasten were able to obtain a defendants’ verdict in a case against a Madison County, Illinois School District. In this case, a substitute teacher’s aide, who had been employed by the District as a substitute...
Hoernschemeyer and Boggiano Successfully Defend Lawsuit: No Constitutional Right to Play Sports
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Wendy Boggiano successfully represented a Missouri school district against a lawsuit requesting a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief preventing the school district from declaring two students to be...
Mickes and Helfrich to Present at 2012 NSBA Seminar
We are excited to announce Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich will be presenting at the NSBA Council of School Attorneys' 2012 School Law Practice Seminar. They will be speaking on the Children's Internet Protection Act and other First Amendment concerns. The seminar is...
2012 School Law Seminars
Registration for the 2012 School Law Seminars is now open. The sessions will be held: Columbia, MO - Holiday Inn Executive Center - July 29, 2012 St. Louis, MO - Maryville University - Auditorium - August 2, 2012 Cape Girardeau, MO - Southeast Missouri State...
Rubenstein Wins St. Louis County Judgment in Favor of Landlord
Sarah Rubenstein recently won a judgment in a rent and possession action brought on behalf of Walmar Investment Company. Walmar brought suit in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County to regain possession of its property from a holdover tenant, Don DeFoe Flowers, Inc.,...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Attorneys Prevail in Class Action Lawsuit
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Christi Flaherty recently defeated a class action lawsuit against Moberly Area Community College. The College was among several Missouri colleges sued by their students, inter alia, the Missouri Returning Heroes Act (a statute that caps the...
MGO Named Best Law Firm for 2011 and 2012
For the second 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 other than ours is...
Eighth Circuit Affirms Decision in District’s Favor
The Mickes Goldman O’Toole law firm is proud to announce the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recent decision in the D.J.M., et al v. Hannibal Public School District #60, et al. The case concerned a student’s claim that his long term discipline for making death threats...
Mickes and Helfrich Successfully Defend Southwest Missouri School District in Missouri Court of Appeals
Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich successfully represented the Carthage R-IX School District in an appeal of a teacher termination proceeding before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District. After a hearing before the District’s Board of Education, the Board...