Position: Shareholder
Practice Areas: Education; Labor and Employment.

Celynda L. Brasher practices in the areas of education, labor and employment law. She represents school districts in employment and termination matters, student rights and discipline, special education, school finance, civil rights, contracts, church/state issues, and Hancock Amendment challenges. She represents public and private employers in discrimination defense, union organization, unemployment compensation, wage/hour compliance and terminations. Celynda has litigation experience in state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Celynda is a founding Shareholder of the Firm.

• J.D., St. Louis University School of Law, cum laude, 1991
- Order of the Woolsack
- Managing Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal

• B.S., St. Louis University School of Nursing, 1980
• B.A., Drury College, 1975

• Missouri, 1991
• Illinois, 1992

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Illinois State Bar Association
• National Council of School Attorneys
• Missouri Council of School Attorneys

• "Pomp and Circumstance: Graduation, Honors and Transcripts," 2000
• "The Internet-Policies and Problems," 1999
• "How and When to Make the Relatedness Determination," 1999
• "Legal Issues Involving School Nurses," 1998
• "Employment Law Discussion," 1997
• "Time-Out Rooms Dos and Don’ts," 1997
• Co-author, "School Law," Chapter 16, Missouri Local Government Law Deskbook (1992 and 1997 supplements)
• "Safety in Schools–The Safe Schools Act and Other Recent Developments," 1996
• "Preparing for Transition Services and Graduation," 1996
• "Overview of School Law Issues," Stetson University, 1995
• "FMLA and ADA Compliance," 1995
• "Sexual Harassment," 1994
• "Student Health Issues," 1994
• Co-author, "Special Education in Missouri," The St. Louis Bar Journal, Winter 1994
• "DFS Investigations-Abuse in the Home and at School," 1994
• "Family and Medical Leave Act," 1993
• "OCR Investigations," 1993
• "Teens and Drugs," St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine, 1993
• Co-author, "Avoiding Conversion of Unemployment Claims to Contract Claims," Inquiry and Analysis, 1992
• "Sexual Harassment of Students: Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools," 1992
• "Confidentiality and Access to Student Records," 1992