We are proud to announce four of our law attorneys have been chosen as Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine for Missouri and Kansas. Rising Stars (Schools and Education) Wendy Boggiano Betsey Helfrich Sarah Schmanke Rising Stars (Employment & Business...
2018 Best Law Firms Announced
Mickes O'Toole, LLC has been named a Tier 1 firm in St. Louis for Education Law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2018. This is the seventh years in a row Mickes O'Toole has been ranked. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based...
Three Mickes O’Toole Attorneys Ranked As Best Lawyers In St. Louis For 2018
Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their fields. For 2018, three Mickes O’Toole attorneys have earned this distinction; Thomas A. Mickes in Education Law; Thomas J. O’Toole,...
MASA Focus On Series 2017
When Workers Can’t Work: Solving the FMLA/ADA/Workers’ Compensation Puzzle Presenters: Representatives of Mickes O’Toole, LLC What can a school district do when an employee is no longer physically or mentally able to work? A wrong answer to this question can cost...
Geri Lynn Arrindell Has Joined the Firm
Geri Lynn Arrindell brings with her over ten years of experience in the areas of labor and employment, and general business litigation. She is a former Illinois Assistant Attorney General and has worked in Private Practice for several large national firms before...
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court order granting a preliminary injunction issued to permit a transgender student’s access to the boys’ restroom in accordance with his gender identity. The...
Federal Appeals Court Decision in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case May Have Broad Impact for Public School Districts
By: Sarah Schmanke In April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision finding that Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. See Hively v. Ivy Tech Community...
Missouri Senate Bill 182 Prohibits Use Of Project Labor Agreements For School Construction Projects
Senate Bill No. 182 On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, Governor Greitens signed Missouri Senate Bill 182 (“SB 182”). This new measure essentially prohibits all political subdivisions of the State of Missouri from entering Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) for public works...
Time Out with a Time Limit: Missouri’s Administrative Leave Law – By: Wendy Boggiano
Published by MARE, March 2017 In September of last year, the Missouri Legislature voted to override Governor Nixon’s veto of House Bill 1432 and thus the bill became law. The new law, Missouri Revised Statute Section 105.264, puts forth requirements that must be...
Sarah Schmanke & Betsey Helfrich to Speak at Annual LRP Institute
On April 26, 2017 Sarah Schmanke and Betsey Helfrich will be speaking at the 38th Annual Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individual with Disabilities in National in Harbor, Maryland. Sarah and Betsey will be discussing the important topic of "Legal...