Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Sexual Harassment
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Age Discrimination
• Race Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• National Origin Discrimination
• Retaliation for Opposing or Reporting Illegal Conduct (Whistle Blowing)
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Breach of Contract
• Libel and Slander
• Employment Law

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell rating of "AV"
• Recipient of Volunteer Lawyer Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc., October 8, 2004
• Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer, 2006

Published Works

• "Age Discrimination", 2008 Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Deskbook, Employment Discrimination, Chapter 10, 2008

Classes and Seminars

• "Employment Discrimination Update in Missouri", National Business Institute, September 17, 2002
• "Employment Law", The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, June 30, 2005
• "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace", St. Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education, July 8, 2005

Representative Cases

• Fischer v. Brancato, 147 S. W. 3d 794 (Mo. App. 2004)
• Fischer v. Brancato, 174 S. W. 3d 82 (Mo. App. 2005)
• Schubert v. Bethesda Health Group, Inc., 319 F. Supp. 2nd 963 (E.D. Mo. 2004)
• Treiber v. Lindbergh School District, 199 F.Supp. 949 (E. D. Mo. 2002)
• Anderson v. Dillard's, Inc., 109 F. Supp. 2d 1116 (E.D. Mo. 2000)
• Dailey v. Park Place Airport Parking, L.L.C., 2000 WL 641203 (E.D. Mo. 2000)
• Disbennett v. General Motors Corp., 79 F. Supp. 1093 (E.D Mo. 1999)
• Burgess v. A.M. Multigraphics, a Div. of A. M. International, Inc., 989 F. Supp. 1012 (E.D. Mo. 1997)
• Brown v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 113 F. 3d 139 (8th Cir. 1997)
• Schultz v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 105 F. 3d 1258 (8th Cir. 1997)
• Heintzelman v. Runyon, 120 F. 3d 143 (8th Cir. 1997)
• Welch v. Liberty Machine Works, Inc., 23 F. 3d 1403 (8th Cir. 1994)
• Gevers Heating & Air Conditioning Co. v. R. Webbe Corp., 885 S. W. 2d 771 (Mo. App. E.D. 1994)
• Bresnahan v. May Department Stores Co., 726 S. W. 2d 327 (Mo. banc 1987)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Litigation & Appeals, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Whistleblower/Qui Tam