We are pleased to announce Christi Flaherty has joined the Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC Education Group. Christi represents Missouri and Illinois school districts and private sector employers in employment discrimination cases, labor negotiations and personnel actions,...
2011 Spring Administrators’ Conference
Registration for the 2011 Spring Administrators’ Conference is now open. The sessions will be held in Fairview Heights, IL on March 28, 2011 and in Marion, IL on March 30, 2011. For more information and to register please click here.
Missouri Court of Appeals upholds Board of Education’s Decision to Terminate Three Tenured Teachers
Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Betsey Helfrich of the firm’s education department successfully represented a Missouri school district before the Missouri Court of Appeals. After a hearing before the district’s Board of Education, the Board terminated three tenured...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole named “Best Law Firm”
U.S. News and Best Lawyers have named Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC as one of the “Best Law Firms” in the country, and the only one in St. Louis, in the area of Education Law. The only other firm so recognized in Missouri other than ours is a 500-attorney firm in Kansas...
Blinded by the Light: The Potential Future of the Missouri Sunshine Law – By: Scott Kimble
Published by MARE, October 2010 Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the Missouri Sunshine Law.[1] In fact, four bills were introduced in the Missouri Legislature this past General Session which concerned the Act. Two of those four bills sought to add...
A Review of U.S. Department of Education Family Policy Compliance Office Guidelines – By: Betsey A. Helfrich
Published by MOASBO, October 2010 Release of Personally Identifiable Student Information in the Face of an Emergency The chance of a man-made or natural emergency occurring at your school is slight. However, it is imperative to take steps now to be prepared to respond...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Secures Spectacular Special Education Victory for School District Client
On July 2nd, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Lathrop R-II Sch. Dist. v. Gray affirming the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lathrop R-II...
Legislature Expands School District Employees’ Protection from Civil Liability – By: Sarah A. Wight
Published by MOASBO, July 2010 Sixteen newly enacted statutory sections relating to elementary and secondary education will be effective August 28, 2010. These sections are the product of a recent house bill that revised fourteen current statutory sections and created...
This Sounds Pretty Bad, But is it Immoral? – By: Betsey A. Helfrich
Published by MARE, June 2010 An Examination of Immoral Conduct under the Missouri Teacher Tenure Act It’s Monday morning. You hear through the rumor mill that one of your best high school teachers was arrested over the weekend for driving while intoxicated. To make...
2010 Education Group Seminars Set
Registration is now open for the Fall 2010 Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC School Law Seminars. These highly popular legal education events for school administrators, board members and superintendents will be held at five locations around the state of Missouri during...