Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their fields. For 2025, seven Mickes O’Toole attorneys have earned this distinction; Natalie A. Hoernschemeyer, Anne R. Kerns, Mara J....
On July 24, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri temporarily enjoined the 2024 Title IX Regulations, recently issued by the Department of Education under the Biden administration. As we wait for additional clarity from the Court...
New Overtime Regulations On April 23, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) published final rules that updated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime regulations. The new regulations focus primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels...
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...
Best Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their fields. For 2024, seven Mickes O’Toole attorneys have earned this distinction; Natalie A. Hoernschemeyer, Anne R. Kerns, Mara J....
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...
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...
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....
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...
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Grant Wiens will be presenting at the MoASBO 2022 Spring Conference. The new policies and regulations under Title IX have been in place for a little over a year. Many school districts across the state now have first-hand knowledge of the...
