Nov 9, 2015 
Kate L. Nash
Kate Nash and Mollie Hennessee presented to the members of the Missouri Council of Student Affairs Officers and the Missouri Community College Student Affairs Officers on November 4, 2015. Their presentation focused on numerous areas of interest to Student Affairs...
Nov 2, 2015 
Celynda L. Brasher
Celynda Brasher will be providing a break-out session, entitled, "We"™ve Been Hacked!," at the Central Office Administrators conference, sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Administrators, on November 2, 2015. Participants will receive information about...
Oct 29, 2015 
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Melanie Gurley Keeney will serve as a member of a panel presenting a webinar sponsored by the Employment Law Alliance on November 17, 2015. The webinar, "Navigating the U.S. Business Immigration Maze: Practical Guidance for Employers," will address business...
Oct 23, 2015 Kate L. NashMelanie Gurley Keeney
Melanie Gurley Keeney and Kate Nash will be presenting to the National School Boards 2015 School Law Practice Seminar for the Council of School Attorneys on October 23, 2015. Their presentation on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace "“ The Do's, Don'ts and Defenses...
Oct 21, 2015 
Michelle H. Basi
Mollie G. Mohan
Mike Curry, Amy Clendennen, Michelle Basi, and Mollie Mohan recently gave presentations for the Missouri Council of School Administrator's Focus On Series in various locations throughout Missouri, including Sedalia, Jefferson City, and Troy. These attorneys presented...
Oct 20, 2015 
Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
Kate Nash and Ian Cooper recently spoke at the Missouri College & University Professional Association "“ HR Fall Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Ian and Kate addressed college and university human resources professionals from around the state about...
Oct 17, 2015 Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper won dismissal of a faculty member's claims against a former Dean at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois on October 16, 2015. The faculty member claimed that the former Dean and another administrator...
Oct 15, 2015 Melanie Gurley Keeney
Melanie Gurley Keeney has been invited to serve on a liaison committee to develop a set of recommendations for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to consider as it works to re-organize and improve the V.A.'s approach to the hiring and retention of international...
Oct 1, 2015 Celynda L. Brasher
Celynda Brasher will be giving a breakout session at the Missouri School Boards Association Board Secretaries Workshop on October 1, 2015. The session is entitled Preventing Fraud in the Central Office, and will address legal and practical issues in fraud prevention...
Sep 26, 2015 Melanie Gurley Keeney
Melanie Gurley Keeney has been invited to serve as a member of the board of the Council for Educational Advancement, a foundation created to help educators and administrators gain access to valuable professional development and special programs offered by...
Sep 16, 2015 Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
Ian Cooper and Kate Nash won an appeal for Stephens College and three of its administrators in the Missouri Court of Appeals on September 15, 2015. The plaintiff was a former student at the College who sued in the Circuit Court of Boone County for breach of contract...
Sep 15, 2015 Ian P. Cooper
John M. Reynolds
Ian Cooper and John Reynolds won an appeal for ConocoPhillips in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on September 15, 2015. Ian and John sought reversal of a class certification order entered by the district court in a case involving...
