About

Provided by Thompson Coburn LLP

Our labor and employment lawyers implement workplace solutions that ensure compliance, minimize litigation risks, and keep businesses thriving. While we offer just-in-time guidance and strategic advice to help clients avoid risks, we are also skilled advocates with proven litigation experience. Our L&E team includes a deep bench of seasoned trial lawyers who have taken cases to verdict in state and federal courts and successfully handled matters before administrative bodies and in arbitration and mediation. We also anticipate and address potential issues before they become problems, saving time, money, and headaches.

Clients are drawn to our proven track record in labor and employment counseling and litigation, hiring us for traditional labor matters, union organizing and elections, wage and hour class litigation, noncompete and restrictive covenant litigation, workplace accommodations, policy drafting and training, business immigration matters, and discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims.

We review agreements, handbooks and policies to ensure compliance and propose revisions and additions. We also provide training and counseling services and on-demand advice on discipline, discharge, leave of absence, and accommodation issues and navigating company downsizings, including federal WARN Act and analogous state law compliance. 

Chambers Review

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Labor & Employment - Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Thompson Coburn LLP is home to an established team in St. Louis that offers a broad range of services across the labor and employment arena. It is well equipped to assist with complex litigation, including class and collective actions, employee benefit disputes and ERISA cases, as well as discrimination and related retaliation claims. The firm has further strength in handling labor arbitrations and NLRB proceedings.

Notable Practitioners

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Clifford A Godiner
S
Clifford A Godiner
S
Senior Statespeople

Clifford Godiner is an expert in matters relating to traditional labor law, with a particular specialty representing carriers in disputes under the Railway Labor Act. He also handles employment litigation, including trade secrets cases.

Hope Abramov
2
Hope Abramov
2
Band 2
Hope Abramov has a strong traditional labor practice, regularly advising on union negotiations among other matters.
Laura M Jordan
2
Laura M Jordan
2
Band 2
Laura Jordan provides a wide range of employment advice to clients and is an experienced trial lawyer, having acted at both state and federal levels.
Krissa Lubben
3
Krissa Lubben
3
Band 3

Krissa Lubben is a St. Louis-based practitioner with a strong reputation advising employers on labor and employment litigation matters. She is adept at handling discrimination and harassment claims.

Ranked Lawyers at
Thompson Coburn LLP

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Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds

Labor & Employment

Clifford A Godiner
S
Clifford A Godiner
S
Senior Statespeople
Hope Abramov
2
Hope Abramov
2
Band 2
Laura M Jordan
2
Laura M Jordan
2
Band 2
Krissa Lubben
3
Krissa Lubben
3
Band 3

Members

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Amy Dougherty

Anthony Whalen

Becky Christensen

Chuck Poplstein

Conor Neusel

Emma Lapp

Fatima Khan

Hannah Lustman-Rodriguez

Hope Abramov

Hope Abramov

Head of Department

Laura M Jordan

Laura M Jordan

Head of Department

Martha Mendez-Fischer

Rachel Ford

Stephanie Fredman

Stephanie Milner