Jeannie M DeVeney

Class Action; Discrimination and Harassment; Litigation and Trials; Retail

Jeannie M. DeVeney represents retailers, school districts, public entities, and other employers in all types of employment law issues. She has successfully tried harassment, discrimination and retaliation cases to juries in both state and federal courts and has appeared before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Missouri Commission on Human rights, the Kansas Human Rights Commission, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission, and numerous other state and federal agencies. She has specific experience with claims related to:

The Family and Medical Leave Act

Title VII

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act

The Missouri Human Rights Act

The Iowa Civil Rights Act

The Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act

She also handles whistleblowing cases and wage and hour class and collective actions. She has obtained summary judgments in numerous forums and has successfully defended appeals of those rulings in the Eighth and Tenth Circuits on multiple occasions.

In addition, Jeannie offers counseling on a wide variety of topics, including discrimination and harassment issues, and she provides training to help prevent problems in the workplace.

Jeannie is one of the founders of Littler’s Kansas City office. She is also on the Core Committee of Littler's Jury Trial and Complex Litigation Practice Group. Before working at Littler Mendelson, Jeannie worked at another firm for 14 years where she was the Labor and Employment Practice Group leader and the head of the Attorney Relations Committee.