Minimizing legal risks to clients and friends of the firm is an important focus of Tueth Keeney. To do so, Tueth Keeney attorneys often serve as presenters at conferences focused on risk management. Ian Cooper recently spoke at the Regional Meeting for the University Risk Management and Insurance Association in St. Louis, Missouri. The meeting was held at the Drury Plaza Hotel at the Arch on May 13, 2010.

Ian conducted an educational session on Campus Safety and the Clery Act. Recent acts of violence across college campuses continue to pose significant challenges to the higher education community and to university risk managers. Ian's presentation focused on recent amendments to the Clery Act and provided information regarding recent litigation and potential litigation relating to campus violence.

Ian Cooper is a founding Shareholder of the Firm of Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. Prior to founding the Firm, Ian was a partner at Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin (now Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP) in its St. Louis office. Before entering private practice, Ian served as Law Clerk to the Hon. James F. Warren of the Texas Court of Appeals, First Supreme Judicial District, in Houston, Texas from 1984-1985. 

Ian practices in the areas of employment, higher education, commercial and tort litigation. Ian has tried numerous jury and bench trials in federal and state courts in Missouri and Illinois. Ian has served as lead counsel in significant employment, tort and commercial cases, including class actions and other complex litigation.

Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt P.C. maintains one of the largest and most successful higher education law groups in the Midwest. Our higher education practice includes representation of numerous colleges and universities throughout Missouri and Illinois. In addition, the Firm is one of approximately twenty law firms in the nation that have been appointed to act as Select Counsel to represent higher education institutions insured by United Educators Insurance Risk Retention Group, Inc., the nation's largest insurer of colleges and universities. The attorneys in the Firm's higher education group provide a full range of services to colleges and universities, ranging from day-to-day counseling on legal issues, to representation in complex litigation.