Schuchat, Cook & Werner
Employment Law | Serving St. Louis, MO
314-732-1127Schuchat, Cook & Werner is experienced handling Employment cases in the St. Louis area.
Over 70 Years of Providing High Quality Legal Services
The attorneys at Schuchat, Cook & Werner are dedicated to providing strong advocacy and attentive service to employees, unions and employee benefit plans in a wide variety of labor, employment, workers’ compensation and benefits law matters. Founded by Stanley Schuchat in 1947 as a sole practitioner representing a handful of labor unions, the firm has grown to sixteen attorneys advocating on behalf of labor unions, employee benefit plans, workers compensation claimants, individual employees, and long and short-term disability claimants in Missouri, Illinois, and the Midwest. Throughout our history, the attorneys at Schuchat, Cook & Werner have consistently been recognized for their excellent representation and dedication to their clients.
Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:
- Election Campaign & Political Law
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Workers' Compensation Law
Call 314-732-1127 today to arrange your initial consultation.
Attorney James I Singer
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (Charter Fellow)
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (Past Officer)
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (Past Board Member)
- 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings (Delegate)
- American Bar Association (ABA), Employee Benefits of the Labor and Employment Law Section Committee, 1990 - 1993 (Union Co-Chair)
- Senior Editors of the Second Edition of Employee Benefits Law, an ABA/BNA publication (Co-Chair)
- U.S. Department of Labor – ERISA Advisory Council, 2013 - 2015 (Appointed Member)
Attorney Dean L. Christianson
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, 1982
- J.D.
- J.D.
Attorney Rhona S. Lyons
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Education:
- University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, 1986
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Published an article on environmental law
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1999
- LL.M.
- Major: Tax
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- American Bar Association (ABA), Employee Benefits Committee
- American Bar Association (ABA), Technology Committee of the Labor and Employment Section (Past Union Co-Chair)
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Employee Benefits Committee (Member)
- AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC) (Member)
Attorney Loretta K. Haggard
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Education:
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993
- J.D.
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Washington University, 1993
- M.S.W.
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, 1986
- A.B.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Missouri Bar Association, Education Law Committee (Co-Chair)
Attorney George O. Suggs
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, 1981
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member)
- Missouri Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Christopher N. Grant
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- University of Illinois College of Law, Illinois, 2001
- J.D.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Attorney Clare R. Behrle
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991
- J.D.
- J.D.
Attorney Matthew B. Leppert
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- Honors: Certificate in Health Law
- Honors: President of the Public Interest Law Group
- Honors: St. Louis University Law Clinic
- Law Journal: Journal of Health Law, Senior Articles Editor
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Board of Governors, 2010 - 2014 (Member-at-Large)
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Employee Benefits Section, 2009 (Chair)
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Member)
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) (Member)
- Lawyers Coordinating Committee (LCC) (Member)
Attorney Patrick K. Shinners
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri, 2005
- Illinois, 2006
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005
- Honors: Certificate in Employment Law
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- B.B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- AFL-CIO's Union Lawyers Alliance, Board of Directors
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), Labor and Employment Law Section (Chair)
- ABA Committee on Practice and Procedure under the National Labor Relations Act (Co-chair)
Attorney Natalie J. Teague
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 2001
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Labor and Employment Law Section, Chair
Attorney Amanda K. Hansen
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Education:
- California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, 2010
- Honors: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee’s (AFSCME) Office of the General Counsel, Peggy Browning Fellow Intern
Attorney Luke Klein
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri, 2021
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 2021
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2021
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2021
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Saint Louis University's Student Bar Association, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
- Honors: Dean’s Scholarship
- Law Journal: ABA Journal of Labor and Employment, Editor
Attorney Sally E Barker
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
Education:
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1976
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
Attorney Christie R. Deaton
Bar Admissions:
- Missouri
- Illinois
Education:
- University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, 2001
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Bar Association of St. Louis (BAMSL) (Member)
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)