Jeannie M DeVeney

Practice Areas

Class Actions; Discrimination and Harassment; Litigation and Trials; Retail; Wage and Hour

Career

Jeannie M. DeVeney represents retailers, school districts, public entities, and other employers in all types of employment law issues. She has successfully litigated discrimination; harassment 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 Kansas City Human Relations Department, and numerous other state and federal agencies.

DeVeney handles whistleblowing cases, wage and hour class, and collective class actions and has obtained summary judgments in numerous forums and has successfully defended appeals of those rulings. She also offers counseling on a wide variety of topics, including discrimination and harassment issues, and provides training to help prevent problems in the workplace.

Additionally, DeVeney is one of the founders of Littler’s Kansas City office.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association - Equal Employment Opportunity Committee; HRMA of Johnson County; Kansas Bar Association - Labor and Employment Section; National Retail Federation - Employment Law Committee; Leadership Overland Park

Personal

J.D., Creighton University, magna cum laude; B.A., University of Kansas, With Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa