Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Betsey Helfrich of the firm’s education department successfully represented a Missouri school district before the Missouri Court of Appeals. After a hearing before the district’s Board of Education, the Board terminated three tenured...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole named “Best Law Firm”
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 a 500-attorney firm in Kansas...
Sarah W. Rubenstein has joined the Firm’s Business and Corporate Practice Group
Mickes Goldman O'Toole, LLC is pleased to announce that Sarah W. Rubenstein has joined the firm effective September 1, 2010. Sarah brings thirteen years of business litigation experience to the firm, enabling the firm to expand its business litigation practice. Sarah...
Trial Court Grants District’s Motion to Dismiss
Natalie Hoernschemeyer successfully represented a Missouri school district in a breach of contract lawsuit brought by the unsuccessful bidders for a construction contract with the district. The lawsuit demanded $275,814.00 in alleged damages. On July 27, 2010, the...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Secures Spectacular Special Education Victory for School District Client
On July 2nd, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Lathrop R-II Sch. Dist. v. Gray affirming the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lathrop R-II...
2010 Education Group Seminars Set
Registration is now open for the Fall 2010 Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC School Law Seminars. These highly popular legal education events for school administrators, board members and superintendents will be held at five locations around the state of Missouri during...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Education Law Attorneys Present Information at MOASBO
Mickes Goldman O’Toole education law attorneys shared expertise on a variety of schools law matters at the 2010 Missouri Association of School Business Officials (MOASBO) Annual Conference in April. Included were the following presentations: Dealing With Teachers and...
Trakas Provides Insight on Addressing Disability Harassment
Ernest Trakas, a Mickes Goldman O’Toole special education attorney, is among attorneys providing insight on how school districts school address and prevent disability harassment situations in a recent issue of the national publication Special Education Connection. ...
Tom Mickes Named to “Best Lawyers” List
Tom Mickes, managing and founding member of Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC has been selected to the Best Lawyers in America list for 2010 by vote of peers in the legal community. Mickes is cited for his work in the general education field in which he has practiced as an...
Teri Goldman Shares Expertise on Service Animals
Teri Goldman, special education attorney and founding partner of Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC, provided expertise on the use of service animals in the recent edition of Special Education Connection, a national medium serving special education teachers, school...