AREAS OF PRACTICE
Missouri Education

CONTACT INFORMATION
Tel: 1.314.880.3615
Fax: 1.314.880.3535
Email:

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri, 2003
Illinois, 2004

Michelle Hammond Basi practices in the areas of school law, special education, school litigation, and labor and employment law. Michelle represents school districts throughout Missouri with respect to employment and termination matters, special education, Section 504, student discipline and student rights, civil rights, and church/state issues. Michelle has successfully represented school districts in student and employment matters before various federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including the EEOC, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, and the Office for Civil Rights. She is also a regular speaker at statewide and regional school law conferences.

Michelle received two bachelors' degrees simultaneously from Saint Louis University, each summa cum laude. She earned her J.D., Order of St. Ives, from the University of Denver College of Law.

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 2003

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

B.A., Saint Louis University, 2000

• Graduated summa cum laude
• University Honors Program

PRESENTATIONS

• Missouri Bar CLE School Law Seminar, "First Amendment in the Context of School Districts and U.S. Supreme Court Decisions," 2011
• 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

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

• 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