Lawrence J. Wadsack practices in the areas of governmental and public institutions law. He advises school districts and other public entities on open meetings laws, the First Amendment, school and religion, student and employee dress codes, student discipline, search and seizure, administrative matters, employee discipline and termination.  He has also conducted and prosecuted numerous administrative personnel hearings. Mr. Wadsack is experienced in immigration law matters. He also represents employers in employment discrimination claims involving sex, race, age and disability and has defended retaliatory discharge and Americans With Disabilities Act claims. He has defended negligence claims brought against schools and school employees.

Primary Practice Areas

• Education Law
• Governmental Law
• Litigation
• Immigration Law
• Employment Law

Bar Admissions

• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1997
• Supreme Court of Missouri, 1996
• Supreme Court of Illinois, 1997

Education and Academic Honors

• J.D. magna cum laude, Saint Louis University, 1996
  Order of the Woolsack, 1996
  William Healy Scholar, 1993-1996
  Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal, 1995
  Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards, 1993-1995
• B.S. with honors Criminal Justice, Truman State University, 1977

Representative Reported Cases

• Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, et al., v. State of Missouri, et al., 47 S.W.3d 366 (Mo. 2001) (en banc)
• Warren v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, 200 F.Supp.2d 1053 (E.D. Mo. 2001)

Representative Clients

• Board of Education of the City of St. Louis
• City of Glendale

Selected Lectures and Publications

• Presenter, School Law Seminars, 2005-2006
• Facilitator, School Violence Prevention Summit, 2000
• Note, The Plain Touch Doctrine and Confusion following U.S. v. Dickerson: The Terry Frisk Needs an Expansion, Saint Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring, 1995

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• The Illinois Bar
• National Council of School Attorneys
• Missouri Council of School Attorneys
• American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA")
  Missouri-Kansas Chapter
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• F.B.I. National Academy Associates
  Past President, 1994

Community Service and Awards

• Special Olympics Missouri
  Board of Directors, 2007-Present
• City of Glendale
  Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
• St. Louis Zoo Friends Association
• Moolah Shriners, St. Louis, Missouri
• The Back Stoppers of St. Louis
  Family Friend Committee, 2000-Present

Employment

• Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  Member, 2005-Present
  Associate, 1996-2005
• St. Louis County Police Department
  1970-1996