Published by MoASBO, July 2011 Q: Our principals are frequently asked to provide job references for former employees. With the passage of the Amy Hestir law, do we need to make any changes? A. The new law requires all Missouri public school districts to adopt a...
Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich successfully represented the Carthage R-IX School District in an appeal of a teacher termination proceeding before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District. After a hearing before the District’s Board of Education, the Board...
Once again, Tom Mickes, managing and founding member of Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC has been selected by vote of peers in the legal community to the Best Lawyers in America list for 2011. Tom is recognized for his work in the Education Law field in which he has...
The 25th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission of Missouri has awarded Thomas Mickes the Distinguished Community Service Award for 2011. The award was given for Tom’s work with Harris-Stowe State University.
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...
Mickes Goldman O’Toole education law attorneys shared expertise on a variety of schools law matters at the 2010 Missouri Association of School Business Officials (MOASBO) Annual Conference in April. Included were the following presentations: Dealing With Teachers and...
Tom Mickes, managing and founding member of Mickes Goldman O’Toole, LLC has been selected to the Best Lawyers in America list for 2010 by vote of peers in the legal community. Mickes is cited for his work in the general education field in which he has practiced as an...
Thomas Mickes and Natalie Hoernschemeyer obtained a victory from the Missouri Supreme Court this term in one of the few school cases that came before the high court. Tom and Natalie successfully represented Central R-3 School District regarding a legal dispute over...
