D. Shane Jones is a Shareholder of the Firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C.  He has been with the firm since it was founded in 2000, and has been a shareholder since 2003.  Prior to joining Tueth, Keeney, Shane was an attorney at Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin (now Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP) in its St. Louis office.

Shane practices labor law, employment law, and education law, in both Missouri and Illinois. He advises and represents employers in wage and hour matters, the design and review of employee handbooks, and employee discipline and termination.  Shane has also successfully defended employers against discrimination and other labor and employment claims in state and federal courts. 

Shane focuses much of his practice in labor relations and collective bargaining.  He is experienced in crafting initial proposals and counter-proposals, and in presenting the employer’s position at the bargaining table.  He has directly negotiated or participated extensively behind the scenes in the negotiation of more than sixty collective bargaining agreements, including negotiations under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, the “meet and confer” process in the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law, and the new Constitutional right to bargain collectively, recently recognized by the Missouri Supreme Court.

Shane’s experience also includes protecting the employer’s interests at virtually every stage of the labor relations process.  He has helped non-union employers maintain union-free work environments through campaigns and elections under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law.  He has also sucessfully pursued and defended unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, and successfully defended employers in grievance arbitration before labor arbitration forums such as AAA. 

• Assoc. Editor, Washington University Journal of Urban & Contemporary Law 
• Winner, Phillip Jessup International Moot Court Competition 
• Washington University Honor Scholar 
• Order of the Coif

• Winner, O.U. Award of Excellence
• Recipient, R. Boyd Gunning Scholar 
• Completed degree in 3 years, 1990-93

Shane is a popular and accomplished speaker.  He has been invited to speak at more than 150 legal seminars and events in Missouri and Illinois, ranging from single employer in-service programs, to statewide conferences.  Over the past decade, Shane has delivered presentations sponsored by a variety of clients, groups, and associations, including the following:

Illinois Education Law

• Illinois School Boards Association (ISBA)
• Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA)
• Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO)
• Regional Supt. of St. Clair County
• Regional Supt. of Madison County
• Regional Supt. of Monroe and Randolph Counties
• Regional Supt. of Clinton, Marion and Washington Counties
• Regional Supt. of Calhoun, Greene, Jersey Macoupin Counties 

Missouri Education Law

• Missouri School Boards Association (MSBA)
• Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA)
• Missouri United School Insurance Council (MUSIC)
• Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis (CSD)
• Missouri Council of School Administrators (MCSA)
• Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP)
• Missouri Educational Technology Professionals Association (METPA)
• Southeast Missouri Local Administrators of Special Education (MoLASE)

Private Labor & Higher Education

• The Missouri Bar, Labor & Employment Law Committee
• Professional Development Network/Medical Educational Services, Inc.
• Council on Education in Management
• Lorman Education Services
• Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
• Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
• Webster University
• Missouri Baptist University
• Southwest Baptist University
• East Central College

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS

• Shane authored the “Prevailing Wage” chapter in the Missouri Bar CLE publication Employee-Employer Law, 3rd Edition published by the Missouri Bar (Mo.Bar 3rd Ed. 2008).
• Shane co-authored the “Employment Law” chapter 2008 Supplement in the Missouri Bar CLE publication Missouri School Law published by the Missouri Bar (Mo.Bar Supp. 2008).
• Shane co-authored the “Employment Law” chapter in the Missouri Bar CLE publication Missouri School Law published by the Missouri Bar (Mo.Bar 2003).
• Shane was a credited reviewer and editor of the “Missouri Public Sector Labor Law” chapter in the Missouri Bar CLE publication “Missouri Employer-Employee Law, 2nd Edition” published by the Missouri Bar (Mo.Bar 2nd Ed. 2000).
• In law school, Shane authored a legal article addressing certain Constitutional and evidentiary issues in public school district student discipline hearings.  The article is published in the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law, and may be found at 52 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 375 (1997).

• The Missouri Bar, Labor and Employment Law Committee
  • Vice-Chair, 2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-10;  
• Illinois State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
• North American Association of Educational Negotiators (NAEN)