Michelle Hammond Basi practices primarily in the areas of education, litigation, and labor and employment.  Michelle represents school districts with respect to employment and termination matters, wage-hour compliance, student discipline and student rights, civil rights, and church/state issues.  Michelle has successfully represented school districts in student and employment matters before State and Federal Courts and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, and the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

• Chancellor’s Scholar
• Order of St. Ives
• Public Interest Law Group Board Member

• Graduated summa cum laude
• University Honors Program

• Author, Missouri Bar CLE School Law Deskbook, Chapter 9, “Church and State,” Supplement, 2008
• “Managing Legal Risks: Liabilities in the Private School Setting,” 2008
• “Demystification of Employee Mental Disabilities in the Workplace,” 2008
• “FMLA Recordkeeping Procedures,” Cooperating School Districts, 2007
• “Advanced Student Threat law,” 2007
• “Title IX: Gender Equity in Athletics,” 2006
• “FMLA: Regulations, Policies and Procedures,” Lorman Education Services, 2004
• “FERPA and Other Legal Issues for School Secretaries and Registrars,” 2004

• The Missouri Bar Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys
• Missouri School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys