Charles Reis

Practice Areas

Discrimination and Harassment; Litigation and Trials; Retail; Wage and Hour; Whistleblowing and Retaliation

Career

Charles Reis 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

American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and Committee; Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Labor and Employment Committee; Civil Employment Instructions, 8th Circuit Jury Instruction Committee; Illinois State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; International Association of Defense Counsel, Business and Litigation Committee, Employment Committee; National Retail Federation, Committee on Employment Law.

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

Personal

J.D., St. Louis University; B.A., Boston College, magna cum laude