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.
Survey shows abuse of individuals with disabilities widespread
A new survey by the Disability and Abuse Project reveals the harrowing prevalence of abuse of persons with disabilities, and the lack of effective responses. 40% of survey participants with disabilities reported experiencing sexual abuse and 50% said they had suffered...
TEK Law represents employee harassed by Bob Delaney, former St. Clair County Clerk
Our office represents a young woman who experienced sex discrimination, race discrimination, and wrongful termination at the hands of former St. Clair County Clerk Bob Delaney. The Kennedy Hunt, P.C. L.C. 906 Olive Street, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63101 314 872-9041...
Another Victory for Parents in Edwardsville
Family Health Insurance[/caption] Following a four-day due process hearing, an Impartial Hearing Officer ruled that Edwardsville School District had violated the IDEA by removing a student with autism from a private placement and returning him to the district without...
Protecting disabled adults at work and school
See news footage about a federal lawsuit filed by TEK on behalf of a woman with developmental disabilities who was raped at a developmental training program after her parents reported concerns about her attacker to the program’s administrator. Contact Us!
Village of Alorton pays East St. Louis woman $110,000 for overnight stay in inaccessible jail
The Village of Alorton has settled with a partially paralyzed woman after holding her overnight, confining her to an inaccessible jail cell, and forcing her to move up and down the stairs to the basement police station below City Hall and the detention cells. The...
Lawsuit seeks to prevent needless institutionalization of dialysis patients
Hands holding each other over a table New technology, such as ipads and other tablets, are helping individuals of all ages live more independently and reach their academic and vocational goals. These devices may be available through schools or other state and...
Missouri considering new rules for hearing special education due process hearings
The Missouri House is considering a bill (SB 595) introduced in the Senate that would change the qualifications for hearing officers in special education due process hearings. http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=9266 Contact Us!
Edwardsville District 7 to cut expenses by moving students out of private placements
The Belleville-News Democrat reported recently that District 7 has decided that “students with autism and emotional disabilities will return to District 7 classrooms next year.” This decision appears to disregard individual students’ needs and overrule IEP team...
Paralyzed Woman Sues Village of Alorton and Former Police Chief Michael Baxton
The Kennedy Hunt, P.C. filed ADA, Section 504, and Constitutional claims against the City of Alorton and former Police Chief Michael Baxton, Sr. on January 12 2012. The plaintiff is a woman paralyzed almost entirely from the waist down as a result of spinal cord...