Biography | Practice, Qualifications and Distinctions
Mediation Practice Emphasis
- Employment and Workplace Conflicts
- Wage and Hour Disputes
- Non-Competition and Trade Secrets Cases
- School-related Disputes
- Contract Actions
- Business Conflicts
- Shareholder Disputes
- ERISA Claims
- Civil Rights Controversies
- Blue Sky and Securities Cases
- Insurance Coverage Disputes
- Professional Malpractice Claims
- Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and other Tort Claims
- Sexual Abuse Claims
- Bilateral Cases
- Multiple Plaintiff Cases
- Multiple Defendant Cases
- Class Actions
- Collective Actions
ADR Qualifications and Associations
- Certified Neutral—U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Designated Outside Mediator—U.S. District Court for Western District of Missouri
- Mediator Panel—U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee––U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Missouri
- Implicit Bias—United States Arbitration & Mediation
- Advanced Training—Association of Attorney-Mediators
- Qualified Mediator under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 17
- Mediation Skills Training—Northwestern University, School of Continuing Studies
- Advanced Mediation Skills—Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law
- ADR Neutrals Seminar—U.S. District Court E.D. Mo. and St. Louis University School of Law
- Mediation & Assessment Program, CLE for Outside Mediators, U.S. District Court W.D. Mo.
- Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
- President, Association of Attorney-Mediators (National), 2021-2022
- President, St. Louis Chapter, Association of Attorney-Mediators, 2016-present
- Vice-President, St. Louis Chapter, Association of Attorney-Mediators, 2014-2015
- Member, ADR Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court E.D. Mo.
- Mediator for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Mediator for Missouri Commission on Human Rights
- Nearly 25 Years’ Experience as Employment Attorney and Business Litigator
Professional Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawyer of the Year, 2018, Employment Law
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2013-2025
- Top 50: St. Louis Super Lawyers®, 2011, 2012, 2014-2015, 2020-2022
- Top 100: Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers®, 2014, 2021
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers®, 2010-2024
- Michael J. Leech President’s Award, Association of Attorney Mediators
- Missouri Lawyers Media, Up and Coming Lawyers, 2009
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars, 2008
- St. Louis Managing Partner, Spencer Fane, 2014-2019
