AREAS OF PRACTICE
Education, Labor and Employment, Workers' Compensation

CONTACT INFORMATION
Tel: 1.314.880.3608
Fax: 1.314.880.3601
Email:

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri, 1994
Illinois, 1993

Margaret A. Hesse primarily practices in the areas of education law, employment law, and litigation. She has represented school districts in employment matters, including Title VII, the Safe Schools Act, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Equal Pay Act. She has represented employers in labor matters before the United States Department of Labor/Wage and Hour Division, the Illinois Commission on Human Rights and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations board. Margaret has also represented employers in workers’ compensation matters before the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and has handled numerous appeals before the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission and the Missouri Court of Appeals.  Margaret also has practiced in the fields of medical malpractice and legal malpractice.

Margaret has focused her practice in litigation.  She has tried numerous bench and jury trials in the State of Missouri and Illinois.  Margaret’s recent trials include:

• Unanimous defense verdict for a school district sued for breach of contract and fraud;
• Directed verdict for a private university sued by a former coach for Title IX violations and Equal Pay Act violations;
• Defense verdict for a school district sued for breach of contract for retirement benefits;
• Defense verdict for international employer charged with violating the American with Disabilities Act; and
• Defense verdict for school district sued for breach of health insurance benefits contract.

EDUCATION

J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1994

B.A., Fontbonne College, cum laude, 1989

PRESENTATIONS

• “The Accommodations Process after the ADA Amendments Act of 2008", Missouri School Law Seminar, 2011
• "Civil Rights and Discrimination, Governmental Liability,” Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Update, July 1995
• “HIPAA for Missouri and Illinois Public School Districts,” Presentations, March and April, 2003
• Missouri K-8 Association Annual Meeting, Annual Speaker
• Missouri United School Insurance Council Annual Meeting, Annual Speaker
• Missouri Association of School Business Officials Annual Meeting, Annual Speaker

CIVIC AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

• Ursuline Academy, Board of Trustees
• Ursuline Academy, Chairperson, Strategic Planning Committee
• Peter and Paul Community Services, Special Events Committee
• St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Handbell Choir

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

• Missouri Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Association
• Council of School Attorneys