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 higher education in Missouri and Illinois. Shane routinely advises and represents employers in all aspects of  employment labor law, including wage and hour matters, the design and review of employee handbooks, drafting and enforcing no compete agreements, and investigating, 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 focuses much of his practice in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations, particularly in the public sector.  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 one hundred 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

PRESENTATIONS

Shane is a popular and accomplished speaker with a direct and engaging style. He has given more than 200 legal presentations and in-services to a variety professional associations, employers, and groups. Shane has been privileged to deliver presentations which have been sponsored by the following groups and associations:

Private Employment & Labor

• Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) - St. Louis
• Human Resource Management Association (HRMA) - St. Louis
• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Missouri
• Missouri Bar, Labor and Employment Spring Committee Meetings
• Missouri Bar, Labor & Employment Law Committee Annual Symposium
• Council on Education in Management/Professional Development Network
• Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville & Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
• Webster University, Missouri Baptist University, McKendree University, Lindenwood College
  

 Missouri Education

• Missouri School Boards Association(MSBA)
• Missouri Council of School Attorneys (COSA)
• Missouri Council of School Administrators (MCSA)
  
• Missouri United School Insurance Council (MUSIC)
  
• Missouri Association of School Administrators(MASA)
• Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis (CSD)
• KC Metro Personnel Management Association (MetroPERS)
• Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP)
  
• Missouri Educational Technology Professionals Association (METPA)

 Illinois Education

• SIU-C Education Law Conference
• ISBE Illinois Administrator Academies
• Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
• SIU School Administrators Legal Roundtable
• ISBE Mandatory School Board Member Training
• Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA)
• Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBo)
• Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund Plus (ISDLAF+)
• SIU-C Southern Illinois Educational Leadership Conference
• ROE #50 Regional Supt. of St. Clair County
• ROE #41 Regional Supt. of Madison County
• ROE #30 Regional Supt. of Jackson and Perry Counties
• ROE #45 Regional Supt. of Monroe and Randolph Counties
• ROE #25 Regional Supt. of Hamilton and Jefferson Counties
• ROE #21 Regional Supt. of Franklin and Williamson Counties
• ROE #11 Regional Supt. of Christian and Montgomery Counties
• ROE #13 Regional Supt. of Clinton, Marion and Washington Counties
• ROE #40 Regional Supt. of Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and Macoupin Counties
• ROE #2  Regional Supt. of Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, and Union Counties
• ROE #12 Regional Supt. of Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, and Richland Counties
• ROE #11 Regional Supt. of Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties
• ROE #20 Regional Supt. of Edwards,Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and White Counties

 

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)