Robert Kaiser Email & Phone Number

Attorney representing emerging and mature businesses in labor and personnel-related disputes. Because employment and labor laws and regulations continue to evolve, I deftly guide management in creating “fences” and boundaries to assess risks and decrease litigation.Conduct workplace training as part of management leadership programs and speak to a wide variety of audiences on divergent subjects such as family and medical leave, age discrimination and wage and hour law.Honored to be listed in Chambers USA (multiple years) and named a Top 50 St. Louis Area attorney by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers® every year since 2012. I have also been named Lawyer of the Year in Labor and Employment Law by The Best Lawyers in America® for the past three years in a row.Disclaimer: The choice of lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely upon advertisements.

Listed skills include Employment Law, Discrimination, Litigation, Non Compete Agreements, and 38 others.

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  Partner

  Armstrong Teasdale Llp

  1996 - Present

  Counsel to both public and private sector employers, including manufacturing companies, health care providers and governmental entities.Advocate in employment matters throughout the country involving discrimination and wrongful discharge. Assist in determining the divergence between practical and business reality in the much litigated area involving wage and hour area.Particularly knowledgeable with respect to complicated business deals, executive employment agreements, compensation plans, change-in-control agreements, confidentiality and non-compete agreements. Portion of practice includes traditional labor law, a focus for more than 25 years. Handle labor union relations for small- to mid-sized organizations: union avoidance, collective bargaining, elections, strikes, picketing and other work stoppage issues and reduction-in-force planning. Routinely arbitrate conflicts between management and the labor unions and appear before the National Labor Relations Board.