Attorneys from Tueth Keeney often contribute their time and talents on a voluntary basis to educate and inform their colleagues. Tueth Keeney shareholder, D. Shane Jones was a featured presenter at the Missouri Bar Labor and Employment Committee Spring Committee Meetings held on May 8, 2009 in Jefferson City, Missouri. The meetings were held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, and represented the final meeting of the 2008-2009 bar year for most committees. 

Shane, who chairs the Missouri Bar subcommittee on traditional labor issues, provided labor law perspective on both the Case Law Update and the Legislative Update sections of the Labor and Employment Committee program. His presentation addressed topics from recent Supreme Court opinion, through pending Missouri state court litigation, and concluded with an update on the status and prospects for passage of the federal Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as the federal "card check" bill.  Both committee members and non-committee members were welcome to attend the meeting, and CLE credit was offered. 

D. Shane Jones practices in the areas of labor and employment law, education law, and litigation in both Missouri and Illinois. He routinely advises and represents employers in wage and hour matters, in the design and review of employee handbooks, and disciplining and terminating employees. Shane has also successfully defended employers against discrimination claims, First Amendment claims, Due Process claims, and other constitutional issues, in both state and federal courts.

Shane also practices in the area of collective bargaining and labor relations. He is experienced in crafting proposals and counter-proposals, and in effectively presenting the employer’s position at the collective bargaining table. He has directly negotiated, or participated significantly behind the scenes, in the negotiation of more than fifty 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.

Shane is a Vice-Chair of the Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Law Committee, an author of the "Prevailing Wage" chapter in the most recent Missouri Employee-Employer Law Desk Book, and a co-author of the "Employment Law" chapter in the most recent Missouri Bar School Law Desk Book as well as its most recent supplement. Shane has been a Tueth Keeney shareholder since January, 2003.

Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan, & Jackstadt P.C. has successfully represented a number of businesses, large and small, throughout the Midwest in labor and employment matters. Our broad range of experience includes employment discrimination litigation, wage-hour investigations, affirmative action revision plans development, INS audits, and a variety of traditional labor matters.