We are excited to once again offer our Spotlight Series for the 2024-2025 school year. The spotlight series is a free half-hour webinar series for school administrators and educators. The webinars will be held Friday mornings once a month. Elections and Speech on...
Welcome to Our Newest Senior Counsel
We are excited to announce Shawn M. McLain has joined the firm's Labor & Employment and Education Law Groups. Shawn concentrates his practice on education, litigation, and labor and employment law. Shawn works directly with boards of education and administrative...
Welcome to Our Newest Senior Counsel
We are excited to announce Julie A. Simaytis has joined the firm's Labor & Employment and Education Law Groups. Julie specializes in general civil litigation, dedicating her career to representing clients across a broad spectrum of litigation matters in both state...
Thomeczek Joins Mickes O’Toole
Mickes O'Toole is proud to announce that we have strengthened our Education Group with the addition of Bo and Jim Thomeczek, both well-known experts in the field of special education law. For decades, the firm of Thomeczek & Brink has been synonymous with top...
Thomas Mickes Honored with 2020 Friend of Rural Education Award
We are excited to congratulate Thomas A. Mickes on being honored with the MARE/MO K-8 “Friend of Rural Education” Award for 2020. Tom has dedicated his professional life to serving Missouri public school districts. He began his career in the classroom as a teacher and...
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...
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...