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Melanie Gurley Keeney

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 1997.
34 North Meramec Avenue, Suite 600 St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(314) 880-3600
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Firm: Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C.
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Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C.


Years In Practice


Phone Number (314) 880-3600

Melanie Gurley Keeney practices in the areas of education, higher education, labor and employment, and immigration law.  Her experience in education law includes representing school districts and institutions of higher education regarding various personnel and student matters, including tenure, terminations, discrimination, First Amendment, discipline, special education, Title IX, sexual discrimination, § 1983 claims, Open Meetings law, OCR complaints and other issues.

Melanie represents private employers regarding employment discrimination charges and lawsuits, wage-hour compliance, non competes, wrongful discharge actions, privacy, defamation and related tort litigation, disability issues, and provides preventive employment law services, including supervisor training programs and employment compliance audits.

Melanie also represents corporations and individuals in immigration law matters, including obtaining temporary and permanent visas and handling employer sanctions issues, I-9 compliance, consular processing and naturalization.  She frequently speaks on education, labor and immigration issues.  Melanie has been listed in St. Louis Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in St. Louis” and in “Best Lawyers in America," 2015-present in the practice areas of Education Law, Employment Law-Management, and Immigration Law, and Best Lawyers in America since 1995, and in “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers,” 2005-present editions as a top lawyer and one of the top 50 female lawyers in Missouri and Kansas and in Kansas City Magazine as one of the “Top Missouri Lawyers.”  Best Lawyers has named Melanie Gurley Keeney as the "St. Louis Best Lawyers Education Law Lawyer of the Year' for 2017, and “St. Louis Best Lawyers Immigration Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2019, 2015, and 2012.  Melanie was also a recipient of the 2016 Litigation Practitioner Award as part of the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women's Justice Awards, and Washington University awarded her the International Women's Day Award for Employment Law.  She has also been selected for inclusion in the Martindale-Hubbell© Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™.

Melanie is a founding Shareholder of the Firm and currently serves as its Chairwoman.  She served on the Management Committee from 2006 to 2015, and served as its Chairwoman and President of the Firm in 2014 and 2015.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Education Law
Employment Law - Management
Immigration Law
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Melanie Gurley Keeney
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Immigration Law, St. Louis (2019)
Education Law, St. Louis (2017)
Immigration Law, St. Louis (2015)
Immigration Law, St. Louis (2012)
  • Martindale-Hubbell© 2012 Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™
  • “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers,” 2005-Present
  • “The Best Lawyers in America,” from 1997 to present
  • “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers,” One of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Missouri
  • International Women's Day Employment Law Award, awarded by Washington University School of Law, 2014
  • "St. Louis Best Lawyers Education Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2017
  • "Women's Justice Litigation Practitioner Award" presented by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2016
  • "St. Louis Best Lawyers Immigration Law Lawyer of the Year" for 2019, 2015, and 2012.
Languages
English
Education
Washington University in St. Louis, J.D.
Graduated 1990
Baylor University, BA
Graduated 1987
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (314) 880-3600
34 North Meramec Avenue, Suite 600
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
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