U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 13th consecutive year, announce the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings. Mickes O'Toole, LLC has been ranked in the 2023 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list regionally in 5 practice...
BY: Christine Temple, Executive Editor | Originally posted at Springfield Business Journal After serving in public education for two decades, most recently at Springfield Public Schools as chief human resources officer, why move to private practice to open the...
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...
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 are proud to welcome Brian Ahle as 2022 Summer Associate. Brian received his B.A. from McKendree University in Lebanon, IL, where he majored in both Political Science and Business Administration. Currently Brian is enrolled at St. Louis University School of Law and...
On June 23, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Department of Education released proposed changes to the Title IX regulations for public comment. We will provide more information once the regulations are finalized. The rules are available here and a summary is...
