Four Mickes O'Toole attorneys will be presenting at the 2023 MASA & MOSPRA Spring Conference. The conference is the premier Missouri conference for public school superintendents, assistant superintendents, communications officers and other school leaders! Members...
Mickes O’Toole Recognized as a Top 20 Law Firm
Mickes O'Toole was honored to be recognized as a Top 20 Law Firm by Missouri Lawyer Weekly. Many of our attorneys have been named as POWER List attorneys in Education & Employment law. Additionally, Vince Reese and Tom Mickes were included on the Top Power 100...
Client Alert: Staying Out of The Weed(s): Legalized Marijuana & Schools | By: Natalie Hoernschemeyer, Grant Wiens & Abbey Widick
On November 8, 2022, Missouri voters approved Constitutional Amendment 3, a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana throughout the state, changing the criminal implications of marijuana convictions, and revising certain requirements for medical marijuana. It...
Mickes O’Toole Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2022
We are proud to announce nine Mickes O'Toole attorneys have been chosen as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine for Missouri and Kansas for 2022. This is the first year Mara Lahnar has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and Heather Igoe as a Rising...
Mickes O’Toole Ranked in 2023 “Best Law Firms” List
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...
A Conversation With … Penney Rector | Springfield Business Journal
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...
Hoernschemeyer and Kerns Win Whistleblower Lawsuit
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...
45th Annual MO-CASE Special Education Conference
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,...
Excited to Welcome Our Newest Attorney
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...
2022-23 School Year Spotlight Series Begins
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...