Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Anne Kerns obtained a victory for a Missouri public school district in a case pending before the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Plaintiff employee brought a whistleblower claim under Missouri Revised...
Mickes O'Toole was proud to sponsor the 45th Annual MO-CASE Special Education Administrator's Conference. Josh Douglass presented with Tim Lewis, Ph.D. of the University of Missouri on Educational and Legal Perspectives of Behavior Management. Attorneys Katie Forster,...
We are excited to announce Abbey S. Widick is the firm's newest attorney. Abbey Widick focuses her practice on education and labor and employment law. Abbey’s interest in the rapidly changing nature of public education was piqued during her first two years interning...
We are excited to once again offer our Spotlight Series for this school year. The spotlight series is a free half-hour webinar series for school administrators and educators. The webinars will be held Friday morning every two weeks. The first one of the 2022-20 school...
Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their fields. For 2023, seven Mickes O’Toole attorneys have earned this distinction; Wendy D. Boggiano, Natalie A. Hoernschemeyer, Anne R....
MUSIC Fall Workshops will be presented by the attorneys of Mickes O’Toole, LLC. Registration for the workshops are now open at www.mickesotoole.com/music. Dates & Locations September 19, 2022 – St. Joseph (10am – 12pm) Troester Media Center (TMC) 3401 Renick St....
Congratulations to the dozens of Illinois school districts whose are celebrating the dismissal of Austin v. Bd. of Ed. CUSD #300 et al. today! Great work by Melanie Renken, who argued for the dismissal on August 10, 2022, and to Heather Igoe, Vince Reese, and the...
We’re proud to announce that Vince Reese, the firm's Managing Partner, was named to the 2022 POWER List of Missouri Employment Law Attorneys. Learn more about our Labor and Employment Law Group here.
Mickes O’Toole is proud to announce that Cheri Suddarth, the firm's Director of Finance and Administration, has been named a 2022 Unsung Legal Hero by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. The Unsung Legal Heroes Award honors law firm employees across the State of Missouri who...
During the 2021-2022 school year, the Attorney General for Missouri filed several lawsuits against public school districts to challenge their legal authority to implement COVID mitigation measures like masking. In one of the few cases where the Court weighed in on the...
