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.
Efforts to Increase Seclusion in U.S. Schools
Public schools in the country may receive federal guidance for restraint and seclusion for the first time ever -- which would be a major gain for students with disabilities. Seclusion is when a student is isolated from other classmates, and restraint is when a student...
Discrimination in St. Louis Workplaces
St. Louis is no stranger to discrimination in the workplace. Kennedy Hunt P.C. represents many employees who are victims of discriminatory actions in their place of work. On Nov. 21, the St. Louis American published an article about a former St. Louis Metropolitan...
Airbnb and Issues of Racism
In recent years, the popularity of rental service Airbnb has certainly grown. The service allows hosts to post their properties (houses, condos, apartment, even rooms) for guests to rent. Airbnb mainstreams the rental of properties. But it hasn’t existed without...
How Changes to Merit Laws Affect Missouri’s Workers
Major changes to Missouri’s 70-year-old Merit System for state employees have taken hold this year. According to Missouri’s Office of Administration, the merit system’s purpose is to “protect employees from arbitrary actions, personal favoritism, and political...
CNN versus the President and its reflection on First Amendment rights
On Nov. 13, White House officials revoked CNN journalist Jim Acosta’s press pass, striping him of his press credentials and barring him from entering White House press conferences. Just three days later, U.S. district judge Timothy Kelly ruled that the White House’s...
Implicit Bias and Cognitive Reactions to Poverty
In Missouri, 14 percent of people in the state are at or below the poverty line. In addition to the difficulties that go along with being impoverished, those who fall into this category often face implicit biases against them because of the fact they are poor. In an...
What Title IX Changes Could Mean for You
By Camille Respess In a sweeping announcement on Nov. 16, the U.S. Department of Education secretary Betsy DeVos announced new changes to Title IX, a federal civil rights law passed in 1972. Title IX stated that, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of...
Racial Profiling Keeps Happening in St. Louis
Places of public accommodation are barred from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, or disability. It’s actually prohibited by both Missouri and federal law. Yet and still, racial profiling keeps happening in St. Louis....
Missouri violates prisoners’ rights
The state violated the rights of inmates in Missouri prisons, a judge recently found. According to a lawsuit filed by four inmates seeking to represent all Missouri inmates serving life for crimes committed before the age of 18, the state’s parole board violated the...
Wage Theft
Instances of wage theft occur far too often in the United States. Wage theft is when employees are not given their rights, earnings or benefits they deserve from their employers. This can be manifested in a number of ways: minimum wage violations, failure to receive...