PRACTICE AREAS

Employment Litigation

Labor and Employment

William S. Robbins, Jr. is engaged exclusively in the practice of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on labor relations and employment law. He has served as lead attorney in jury and bench trials in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest, on employment discrimination cases, wage and hour disputes, fringe benefit claims and class action employment related litigation. He has argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth and Eighth Circuits.

Mr. Robbins is also experienced in traditional labor law matters, having appeared before the National Labor Relations Board on matters relating to union certification and unfair labor practices. He has expertise in labor contract negotiations and in handling arbitrations that arise from contractual disputes.

DISTINCTIONS

Recognized in Chambers USA Client's Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers in labor and employment (2008).

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

Kansas Bar Association

Labor and Employment Law Sections

The Missouri Bar

Labor and Employment Law Sections

Amerian Bar Association

Labor and Employment Law Sections

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Labor and Federal Practice Sections

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

February 2008

Hiring Do’s and Don’ts (Including I-9 and Immigration Issues)

Legal Fundamentals presentation to Northwest Missouri area employers

EDUCATION

J.D., with honors, Washburn University School of Law, 1984, Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal

B.S., Industrial Relations, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981

BAR ADMISSIONS

Kansas, 1984

Missouri, 1986