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Vance D. Miller is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP and former chair of the Employment and Labor Department. Since 1978, he has represented management in all aspects of labor relations and employment matters before state and federal courts and administrative agencies such as the EEOC, NLRB, Missouri Commission of Human Rights, Illinois and Missouri Division of Employment Security, and OFCCP. He has experience handling issues of age, race, and disability discrimination defense; labor arbitration; union contract negotiations; NLRB proceedings, including union representation and unfair labor practice matters; establishment and administration of affirmative action plans; OFCCP audits, compliance reviews and agency proceedings; wage and hour investigations and litigation; wrongful discharge and employment-at-will matters; executive employment arrangements, noncompetition agreements, and ERISA matters.

Mr. Miller has negotiated closing agreements with the sellers' unions, adoption agreements for the purchasers, reviewed labor contracts and grievances. He also has advised clients regarding WARN issues and employment discrimination cases. Before joining the firm, Mr. Miller served as a field attorney and trial specialist for the NLRB, handling unfair labor practice investigations and trials, and federal court injunction hearings. Mr. Miller is listed in Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America, and he has received an AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Robert A. Kaiser is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP's Employment & Labor Practice Group. He has served as counsel for both private businesses and public bodies, including manufacturing companies, health care providers, and governmental entities. He has represented clients in numerous arbitration cases, and provides counseling in regard to labor agreements and employment law matters. He has extensive experience in employment litigation of all types, including discrimination and wrongful discharge cases. Mr. Kaiser represents clients before a wide variety of administrative agencies, such as the EEOC, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the NLRB, and the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. He is listed in Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Kaiser has also received an AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

John A. Vering is Chairman of Armstrong Teasdale's Employment and Labor Practice Group in the Kansas City office. He focuses his practice primarily in the areas of employment and civil litigation, including employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage and hour, OSHA, non-compete and trade secret litigation, and employment counseling. Mr. Vering regularly appears before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in Missouri and Kansas and is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Missouri and Kansas and in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits. He is also a mediator and an arbitrator. Mr. Vering has been recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a "leading employment lawyer." He is also recognized as a Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Labor and Employment Law, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who Legal USA.

Jennifer Arendes serves public and private sector employers — including telecommunications, banking, manufacturing, transportation, and insurance companies — in human resources related matters and all aspects of employment litigation at the administrative, state, and federal levels. A significant portion of Ms. Arendes' practice involves counseling clients regarding compliance with the evolving state and federal employment laws and regulations, including ADA and FMLA issues. She guides employers through proper hiring, discipline, leave and discharge practices as well as EEO policies and procedures.

Each month, the Missouri Employment Law Letter three-part subscription package delivers the practical, hands-on advice you need to manage your Missouri workforce safely and in compliance with Missouri and federal laws. That's because the newsletter's editors are Missouri attorneys who defend and counsel employers statewide.

Each issue also keeps you on top of U.S. Supreme Court and Missouri court decisions that affect your workforce, all reported with Missouri's local laws and policies in mind. You get all the information you need to stay in business — and out of the courtroom.

Your complete subscription package includes:

1. Missouri Employment Law Letter — 12 monthly issues mailed to you and also available online. Also includes periodic NewsAlerts by e-mail as needed.
   
2. Access to HRhero.com Subscribers-Only Area — You'll find a wealth of helpful information, available to subscribers only, at no additional cost:
   
   • Employment Law Letter articles from all 50 states plus D.C.;
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   • Your state's statutes and regulations affecting employers;
   • Federal statutes and regulations on employment and labor law;
   • Results from Surveys of HR professionals;
   • HR Executive Special Reports — more than 20 of our in-depth reports;
   • Hot Topics;
   • Employers Forum online commuity for HR professionals and counsel.
   
3. HR Executive Special Reports — 60-page reports covering topics that are too complex to be fully covered in your monthly newsletter. You'll periodically receive a new Special Report via e-mail, and more than 20 are available online, covering topics like FMLA, ADA, employee privacy, downsizing risks, and background checks.

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