Cases
Our attorneys are knowledgeable and experienced in various of areas of the law. To read more about the types of cases we bring, please see more below.
Employment Law
Employees are given rights under federal and state laws. Our office protects those rights, including fighting workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation, as well as retrieving unpaid compensation and overtime wages.
Education Law
Education law cases brought by our office ensure children receive the education they are entitled to under state and federal laws. Our attorneys are highly experienced in special education law as well as other cases that arise in the school setting.
Civil Rights Law
From city ordinances that violate the Fair Housing Act, to sexual harassment by state employees, our office fights back to protect our clients’ civil rights.
News Reports: Lack of Beds at Group Homes Leaves Girls in Foster Care Without Care
According to multiple reports, girls needing specialized care in the foster care system in Missouri are facing a lack of beds. Missouri Girls Town, a home for girls with mental or behavioral health needs, is facing staffing and funding challenges, causing it to...
Why Children with Disabilities are Missing School
A recent NPR report details the experience of a child with disabilities in California who has missed days and days of school because her school district has been unable to provide her the dedicated, one-on-one aide she is guaranteed. Her mother says the school...
News Coverage: Midwest schools face civil rights investigations. Trump’s Education Department cuts may end them
The Trump administration’s upheaval of the Department of Education will have wide-reaching impacts on students and schools across the country, including on hundreds of possible civil rights violations at schools in the Midwest. The White House recently closed seven...
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a groundbreaking law in the United States that provides comprehensive civil rights protection to people with disabilities. The ADA has sweeping, ground-breaking impacts, including: making it illegal to discriminate against...
Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
A WNBA star recently sued her former team and the league itself, alleging discrimination over her pregnancy. According to the federal lawsuit, the Las Vegas Aces failed to honor parts of her contract and then traded her after she revealed she was pregnant. The...
News Coverage: OTHS failed to accommodate student’s disabilities, lawsuit says
A Kennedy Hunt P.C. disability rights lawsuit is landing local news coverage. The lawsuit alleges O’Fallon Township High School discriminated against and failed to accommodate our client, a minor child with disabilities suffering from chronic lung scarring, thyroid...
News Coverage: St. Clair County fired the HR director for investigating an official’s relative, he alleges
A recent Kennedy Hunt P.C. human rights case is receiving new media coverage. The lawsuit alleges our client, the former St. Clair County HR director, was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for investigating sexual harassment and discrimination claims made against...
News: Managing Partner Quoted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Managing partner Sarah Jane Hunt was quoted in a recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a legislative effort to amend the Missouri Human Rights Act. The proposed change seeks to explicitly exclude gender identity and sexual orientation explicitly from...
News: Missouri Supreme Court Hears Case on Transgender Student’s Use of School Bathroom
The Missouri Supreme Court will soon decide if a Missouri school district’s denial for a transgender student to use multi-stall bathrooms and locker rooms is a form of sex discrimination. The impending ruling in the $4 million discrimination case will set a precedent...
What Dismantling the DOE Means for Students with Disabilities
The Trump administration plans to dismantle the Department of Education soon. The DOE oversees protecting students’ civil rights, Title I funds for low-income students, special programs for students with disabilities, student loans, and more. The White House will need...