AREAS OF PRACTICE
Education, Labor and Employment

CONTACT INFORMATION
Tel: 1.314.880.3619
Fax: 1.314.880.3601
Email:

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri, 1994
Illinois, 1995

Peter G. Yelkovac concentrates his practice on the representation of school districts and governmental entities.  He also represents national medical care entities and providers with respect to employment matters and technology-related issues.

An experienced defense attorney, he has successfully litigated dozens of cases in federal and state courts.  Pete regularly advises his clients on the legal parameters of freedom of expression.  He has defeated several lawsuits that were brought against his clients under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.  In addition, Pete has been at the forefront of addressing the legal ramifications of online social networking and the use of the Internet as a vehicle for defamation.  Pete received his L.L.M. degree, an advanced law degree, from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where he studied cutting-edge issues in the areas of personal privacy and the regulation of expression.

As a school lawyer, Pete serves as general counsel for dozens of school districts.  He also regularly represents his clients in administrative proceedings and during investigations by federal and state agencies.  Education-related associations, organizations, and institutions regularly Pete to deliver speeches and presentations on a variety of legal topics.  Pete is a well-regarded speaker on the use and perils of social networking in the employment and education settings.  Additionally, he has delivered several Missouri Bar-sponsored presentations to Missouri attorneys regarding legal issues in the respective areas of employment and education. 

Pete is also a prolific author on legal topics.  He writes a regular column on hot legal issues in the MoASBO journal for school business officials.  He served as editor and co-author of the first edition of the Missouri Bar’s School Law Deskbook.  His article on world trade law, focusing upon the European Union’s application of the Generalized System of Preferences, was recently published by a Sri Lankan law college.  He will also be a contributor to the Medical Justice Blog on technology-related issues.

EDUCATION

L.L.M. (Master of Law), University of Cambridge, 2010

J.D., Valparaiso University, summa cum laude, 1994

• Executive Managing Editor of Law Review

B.S., Indiana State University, summa cum laude, 1991

• Graduate of University Honors Program

PRESENTATIONS

Pete is an accomplished speaker and author on education and employment law topics.  A representative sampling of his speaking engagements includes the following:

• The Missouri Bar
• Council on Education in Management
• Lorman Education Services
• Medical Educational Services
• Education Law Association (ELA/NOLPE)
• Missouri Association of School Business Officials
• Professional Development Network
• Missouri Council of School Attorneys
• Missouri Association of School Administrators
• Missouri Council of School Administrators
• K-8 Statewide Administrators Association
• Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals
• Missouri School Boards’ Association
• Several regional educational administration organizations
• University of Missouri – St. Louis
• University of Central Missouri
• Missouri State University
• Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar  
• National Council of School Attorneys
• Missouri Council of School Attorneys

Pete has also served his community as a member of a city's Board of Adjustment and its Charter Commission.