AREAS OF PRACTICE
Labor, Employment, Education

CONTACT INFORMATION

Illinois:
Tel: 1.618.307.2010
Fax: 1.618.692.4122

Missouri:
Tel: 1.314.880.3610
Fax: 1.314.880.3601

Email:

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri, 1997
Illinois, 2001

D. Shane Jones practices in the areas of labor & employment law, education law, and litigation in both Missouri and Illinois. Shane routinely advises and represents employers in wage and hour matters, in the design and review of employee handbooks, and in disciplining and terminating employees.  He has also successfully defended employers against discrimination claims, First Amendment claims, Due Process claims, and other Labor and Employment actions in state and federal courts. 

Shane also practices in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations.  He is experienced in crafting proposals and counter-proposals, and in effectively 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 seventy five collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor Relations Act, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and in the “meet and confer” process under the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law. 

Beyond negotiations, Shane’s traditional labor experience includes protecting the employer’s interests at virtually every stage of the labor process.  He has helped non-union employers to maintain union-free work environments through campaigns and elections under the National Labor Relations Act and the Missouri Public Sector Labor Law.  He has also effectively 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  labor arbitration grievances forums in private forums such as AAA. 

EDUCATION

J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1997

• Order of the Coif
• Washington University Honor Scholar
• Winner, Phillip Jessup International Moot Court
• Editor, Journal of Urban and Contemporary law

B.A., Public Administration, University of Oklahoma, 1993

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

PRESENTATIONS

Shane is a popular and accomplished speaker. He has given well over 100 legal presentations and in-services to a variety of employers, administrators, and professional associations. Since 2000, Shane has been privileged to deliver presentations which have been sponsored by the following groups and associations:

Illinois Education

• Illinois School Boards Association
• Illinois Association of School Administrators
• Illinois Association of School Business Officials
• 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 and Macoupin Counties

Missouri Education

• Missouri School Boards Association
• Missouri Association of School Administrators
• Missouri United School Insurance Council
• Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis
• Missouri Council of School Administrators
• Missouri Association of Secondary Principals
• Missouri Educational Technology Professionals Association
• Southeast Missouri Local Administrators of Special Education

Private Labor and Higher Education

• The Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Law Committee 
• Professional Development Network
• Council on Education in Management
• Lorman Education Services
• Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
• Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
• Webster University
• Missouri Baptist University

PUBLICATIONS

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

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

•  American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
• Illinois State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
• The Missouri Bar, Labor and Employment Committee
  • Vice-Chair, 2008; 2009; 2010
• North American Association of Educational Negotiators (NAEN)