Law Office of David M. Heimos, Attorney at Law

Law Firm Overview

Born September 27, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri

Has been a practicing attorney in St. Louis for over 25 years, since being admitted to the bar in 1982.

Licensed to practice law in Missouri and Illinois

U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and Southern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

National Employment Lawyers Association (Member, St. Louis Chapter)

American Association for Justice (Member, Employment Rights Law Section)

Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

Missouri Bar (Special Representative of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Bar Committee, 1982)

Illinois State Bar Association

American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section)

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Labor and Employment Section)

Lawyers Association of St. Louis

Areas of Practice

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

Honors and Awards

• Attained Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating of "AV-Preeminent", which is based on confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary and signifies very high ethical standards and very high to preeminent legal ability.
• Recipient of Volunteer Lawyer Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc., October 8, 2004
• Selected as a Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyer, initially in 2006, thereby being designated among the top 5% of Missouri and Kansas practicing attorneys, based on an extensive peer review and evaluation process conducted by Law and Politics.

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)