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Sarah Jane Hunt named as a 2019 Rising Star by Super Lawyers
In June 2019, Kennedy Hunt, PC partner, Sarah Jane Hunt, was selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star on the 2019 Missouri & Kansas Rising Star list. Being named a Rising Star is an honor reserved for lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of...
Summary Judgment Order in the Southern District of Illlinois
Kennedy Hunt, P.C. recently received an Order from Judge Gilbert in the Southern District of Illinois largely denying summary judgment in a sexual harassment and disability discrimination case against the City of Murphysboro, Illinois. Our client, the Plaintiff, was a...
Discrimination in Hiring
Discrimination in the workplace, in education and in all public places, was made illegal in 1964. Yet and still, workers and employees are still discriminated against 54 years later. According to 2018 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, black people are...
Study Finds Discipline Disparity Growing in U.S. Schools
Federal data released by the U.S. Department of Education indicates that the gap between discipline cases of white and non-white students is growing. According to their Civil Rights data collection for the 2015-2016 school year released in April 2018, the disparity...
The Problem With Virtual Education
More and more students are learning via virtual education in the United States. In lieu of getting their education in their public school buildings, students (often those who have been a part of behavioral conflicts at schools) are being placed in all online classes....
Renters Continue to Face Housing Discrimination in the U.S.
In 2016, there were 28,181 reported housing discrimination claims in the U.S. Of these, 91.5 percent occurred during rental transactions, according to the National Fair Housing Alliance. What’s more, of these 28,181 cases of housing discrimination, 55 percent involved...