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- TITLE: MO legislature trying to stop civil cases in St. Louis by firing 6 judges
Missouri Legislature attempting to stifle civil cases in St. Louis by firing 6 judges, in order to clog up the court system.
I got an email alert from the Bar Association warning about our Legislature’s plan to clog up the St. Louis civil court system. By removing a bunch of judges, cases cannot get heard, and […]
- TITLE: For My Law Student Visitors Generally
Welcome to my Law Student visitors
This is my generic welcome page for law students. This is not the only page for you. I have another, Employment Law Students, for those interested in practicing employment law rather than just learning a little about this area of law.
I especially welcome feedback from law students about this site.
Your […]
- TITLE: Drugtesting - What Lawyers Look At
Drug testing
You tested dirty, but you’re clean. You think the employer falsified the test.
This Article discusses suing the employer for falsifying a positive result.
If you were selected for testing due to some discriminatory or retaliatory reason, or you were punished excessively for a dirty test because of discrimination or retaliation, then your case is not […]
- TITLE: Pro-Se litigation - filing a lawsuit without a lawyer
Pro Se filings Filing a lawsuit without a lawyer
Many people find that their discrimination cases need to be filed quickly and they can’t get a lawyer. This is usually because they have a “Right to Sue” letter issued by the EEOC or MCHR that is about to expire. See my Discrimination article for more about […]
- TITLE: Personnel Files in employment law
PERSONNEL FILES - EMPLOYEE FILESYour employer will not let you see your file or give you a copy.
There is no law in Missouri that requires that the employer show you your personnel file or give you a copy. You will be able to get your personnel file if you sue the employer on some legal […]
- TITLE: Honesty Issues - Stealing, etc - Generally
DISHONESTY or STEALING issues
Your employer has accused you of some form of dishonesty
Honesty-related problems crop up regularly in employment cases. Sometimes we can diffuse them and sometimes not. Depending on the unique facts of the case, allegations of honesty problems might actually strengthen your case. It makes me dig deeper, looking for a good lawsuit, […]
- TITLE: Employment Handbooks and Personnel Manuals
Employment handbooks and manuals
(and miscellaneous handouts about employment policies)
For private-sector employees …
As a general rule for private, non-governmental employees, handbooks, manuals and handouts are not “contracts” in Missouri. For example, let’s say the employer “promises” in a handbook that you will not be fired without a three-step disciplinary process. But you got fired without […]
- TITLE: Employment Law Students
Employment Law Students
How to get trained as an employment lawyer
Prospects for getting a job as an employment lawyer
Miscellaneous thoughts
How to get trained as an employment lawyer
If you want to practice plaintiff’s employment law right out of law school, you must learn the major concepts in employment law, and then perform a lot of self study […]
- TITLE: Bargaining Power
Bargaining Power, in a nutshell
Bargaining power is, at essence, a comparison between the following things:
How badly the other side wants to make a deal with you
How badly you want to make a deal with the other side
Between the outlines of those two phrases, there is a vast sea of gray area, populated by the unique […]
Tim's Missouri Employment Law
is by Attorney Tim Willoughby
Tim is a St. Louis Missouri employment lawyer and a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA). Visit NELA.org and the Missouri Bar Lawyer Directory.
Tim Willoughby, Attorney
(Licensed in Missouri)
10024 Office Center Ave, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63128-1381
ph: 314-729-7750
fax: 314-729-7799
Near I-270 and Tesson Ferry Road
... a little bit south of I-44
Google Map of 10024 Office Center Ave, St. Louis MO 63128
[PLEASE NOTE: Be very careful with directions that you might get on-line, with regard to my office, due to a quirk in Google. Google Maps sometimes gives strange results for my building's address, probably because there are multiple streets with similar names. Google sometimes says my building is South of I-270, but it's actually North of I-270. Use MY directions instead. Here are directions to my office, with aerial photos and map..]
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