John F. Brink Related seminars and products: 2

Thomeczek & Brink, LLC

John Brink is a person. magna cum laude He was a member of the law journal when he was a graduate of Southern Illinois University. John was a high school math teacher in Illinois before he entered law school. John graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Secondary Education-Mathematics.

John was a law clerk for the Honorable Edward L. Filippine, Chief Judge of the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. As a law clerk, you were exposed to a wide variety of legal issues and were able to view the legal process from the judicial perspective.

John worked for the State of Missouri as an assistant attorney general. Civil rights, employment, special education, and school desegregation litigation were some of the matters that John represented the State and various state employees in. John first- and second-chaired several trials and represented the State in administrative hearings related to personnel issues while with the Attorney General’s Office. John also argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and wrote numerous appellate briefs.

John focused his practice on the representation of public school districts after moving to the private sector. He has provided counsel on a wide variety of issues in administrative and judicial proceedings. John has worked in both special education and Section 504 due process hearings.

John teaches special education law at Lindenwood University and is frequently asked to speak to school and attorney groups on matters related to students with disabilities.

Jayme Major Related seminars and products: 2

St. Louis Public Schools

Jayme Major is a graduate of the Saint Louis University School of Law. Jayme used to work in management and marketing. Jayme received a degree in marketing. Jayme was an associate attorney in the litigation department of the law firm Lewis Rice. Jayme represented clients in contract disputes, medical malpractice defense, labor and employment law, and more for eight years. Jayme was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 Pro bono representation for legal services clients in orders of protection, domestic matters, adult and minor guardianships, and housing and tenant matters was provided by Jayme.

Jayme started representing St. Louis Public Schools at Lewis Rice. Jayme’s true calling was in school law. Jayme gained expert knowledge of state and federal compliance issues, served as lead counsel over approximately 100 administrative employment termination hearings, and defended multiple federal and state discrimination lawsuits. Jayme was the assistant general counsel at the time. Jayme provides legal guidance for 70 locations, 4,000 employees and 20,000 students. Jayme acts as the Compliance Officer for Titles IX and VI, and is responsible for guidance and training on policy compliance, sexual harassment, and other student and employee issues and concerns. Jayme coordinates cases with outside counsel on personal injury, education litigation, Worker’s Compensation, and other cases, and continues in her role representing the District in all administrative hearings provided as due process to certificated and non-certificated personnel.

Jayme created a COVID Response Team that included a Contact Tracing Department with six team members and three dedicated contact tracers. Jayme is ahead of the CDC and Department of Health when it comes to protocol and training. SLPS has an in-person learning option at every one of its sites, and has successfully managed to keep in-person learning going consistently without any shut-down, by adhering to strict safety protocol, and maintaining robust in-house contact tracing with dedicated individuals. Jayme oversees all aspects of COVID response, including on-site antigen tests, partnership with the Department of Health on upcoming vaccine distribution, COVID exposure policy drafting and implementation, and more, becoming the foremost authority on COVID-related school issues and initiatives in the St. Louis area

Duane Martin Related seminars and products: 2

EdCounsel, LLC

He values the difference public educators have made in his life and is a first generation college graduate. His passion for public service and governmental affairs was instilled in him by those educators. The Center for the Study of Presidency, publishers of Presidential Studies Quarterly, selected 30 students to be a Center Fellow. The George C. Marshall Award is named after one of America’s truly selfless public servants. After serving in the Army, he returned to Missouri to attend law school. He was Editor in Chief of the ABA’s national quarterly for state and local government law, which included scholarly works about public education. After law school, he worked as an assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri and as a judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeals.

In private practice, he represented his first public school district in 1997 and has devoted his practice to the representation of public schools since 2002. He has represented public school districts in state and federal court.

Every day, he continues to support and defend public schools and public school leaders, because of his extensive experience in this field. They have six children who are either students or teachers in public schools or colleges.

Jeffrey St. Omer Related seminars and products: 2

Mickes O’Toole, LLC

A wide variety of education-related clients have been represented by Jeffrey A. St. Omer. Jeff has been the Chief Legal Counsel for the St. Louis Public School District for the past twelve years. He was the General Counsel for the Kansas City, MO School District before he joined St. Louis Public Schools.

Over 100 Missouri K-12 public school districts and higher education institutions have been advised and counseling by Jeff. His experience working with educational institutions includes negotiating labor agreements with the largest teachers union in Missouri, coordinating teacher and non-certified dismissal, coordinating district responses to student discipline matters, responding to teacher and student civil rights matters, conducting license revocation hearings before the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and

James Thomeczek Related seminars and products: 2

Thomeczek & Brink, LLC

Jim is a partner in the law firm. Jim has represented school districts in Missouri for thirty years. At least one of the four special education cases he has argued has been dismissed by the Court. Jim is a member of the Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association. He was the Chair of the Missouri Council of School Attorneys. Jim has been a SuperLawyer for the past eleven years, and has also been recognized by Best Lawyers as the Lawyer of the Year in Education.