Charles Reis

Practice Areas

Discrimination and Harassment; Litigation and Trials; Retail; Wage and Hour; Whistleblowing, Compliance and Investigations

Career

Charles is a skilled trial lawyer and focuses his practice on employment law, representing clients in employment litigation before juries in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies. He has a broad range of employment trial experience including claims involving discrimination; harassment; whistleblowing and retaliation; and wage and hour matters.

Reis represents national and local employers in multiple industries, including retail, hospitality, construction, and manufacturing.

Professional Memberships

Civil Employment Instructions - 8th Circuit Jury Instruction Committee; American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section; American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Committee; Illinois State Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Labor and Employment Committee; International Association of Defense Counsel - Employment Committee; International Association of Defense Counsel - Business Litigation Committee; National Retail Federation - Committee on Employment Law; Easter Seals Midwest - Pro Bono Counsel; American Law Firm Association - Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, Former Chair 1993-1997; American Law Firm Association - Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, former member, Steering Committee

Publications

The Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplements, contributing editor, BNA, 1995-2018

Employment at Will: A State by State Survey, Missouri Chapter, contributing editor, BNA, 2011-2019

Manual of Model Jury Instructions Civil for the Eighth Circuit, contributing editor, West Publications, 2011-2019

Fair Labor Standards Act, Employer-Employee Law Deskbook, Chapter 7, The Missouri Bar, 2008

Why Cases Settle – Why Cases Don’t Settle, The St. Louis Bar Journal, co-authors: Frankel and Dobson, 2006

Education