Daniel Kuehnert Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Alton, Illinois

Work as Senior Staff Attorney for legal aid non-profit representing low-income individuals and seniors in downstate Illinois. Current areas of practice include expungement and sealing of criminal records, Social Security, unemployment, and other public benefit cases. Also experienced in eviction defense and foreclosure defense.Have served as Co-Chair of Land of Lincoln's Health and Economic Security Task Force focusing on low-wage issues since late 2020. In this capacity, serve as the organization's subject matter expert on issues related to criminal records, unemploymebt benefits, and other employment-related issues. Help organize twice-annual Task Force meetings to keep colleagues informed in this issues. Have presented CLE trainings, spoken to law students, and presented to community groups on these areas of law, and have also been interviewed by television, radio, and print media regarding them.

Alton, Illinois

Worked as attorney for labor union representing approximately 30,000 members in Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Represented union in arbitrations and administrative hearings.

Worked full-time for one of the largest union-side labor and employment law firms in the Pacific Northwest. Researched issues in numerous areas of labor and employment law including ERISA, the NLRA, the ADEA, state wage and hour law, and public sector collective bargaining law. Drafted documents including internal memoranda, briefs for arbitrations and court cases, and position statements submitted to the NLRB and state labor agencies.

Worked on successful Equal Protection challenge to voting procedure in Missouri Community Improvment District. Researched and wrote motion to compel deposition. Researched and wrote response to opponent's hearsay objections. Researched issue of exhaustion of state remedies. Prepared questions for depositions. Edited briefs related to successful preliminary injunction request and motion for summary judgment.

Worked in general counsel’s office of labor union representing 1.4 million public service employees nationwide. Researched and wrote internal memoranda on issues including whether sick leave benefits vest under District of Columbia law, whether temporarily laid-off employees can vote in union representation elections, and whether a state prison regulation violated the First Amendment rights of public employees.

Worked on administrative appeal challenging air permit for coal power plant. Researched and wrote memoranda relating to discovery and clean air issues. Drafted pre-trial motions and supporting briefs. Drafted responses to discovery requests. Attended depositions. Prepared cross examination questions for two witnesses. Drafted trial brief and motions for sanctions.

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Researched and wrote drafts of position papers on issues including health care, education, and the environment. Updated database of campaign donors and volunteers.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Washington University Global Studies Law Review, Labor and Employment Law Association, Environmental Moot Court.

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, United Students Against Sweatshops, Amnesty International Graduated summa cum laude Made Dean's.