Margaret M. Mooney has extensive experience in litigation, administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution involving education, employment, contracts, torts and construction issues. She represents individuals and entities in a wide variety of civil contexts, writes employment and education policies, presents seminars on special education, employment, civil procedure and construction. Ms. Mooney is a State Hearing Officer for special education due process hearings.    

Primary Practice Areas

• Education Law
• Civil Litigation
• Construction Law

Bar Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1981
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1975
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1978
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1976
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1974
• Supreme Court of Missouri, 1978
• New York Court of Appeals, 1974

Education and Academic Honors

• J.D., Columbia University, 1973
• B.A., Psychology, Manhattanville College, 1968

Representative Reported Cases

• Darst Webbe Tenant Assoc. v. St. Louis Housing Authority, 202 F.Supp.2d 938 (E.D. Mo. 2001)
• Siefert, et al. v. Leonhardt, 975 S.W.2d 489 (Mo. App. E.D. 1998)
• Williams v. Mello, 930 S.W.2d 474 (Mo. App. E.D. 1996)
• Stevenson v. City of St. Louis School Dist., 820 S.W.2d 609 (Mo. App. E.D. 1991)

Representative Clients

• Zurich North America, Surety & Financial Claims
• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Selected Lectures and Publications

• Missouri Civil Procedure Form Book and Supplements, 1988-Present
  Co-Authored with Alan D. Pratzel, 1988
• "IDEA Defined and the Question of Eligibility," Lorman seminars, 1997-2003
• "How to Select and Prepare Witnesses and Exhibits For a Due Process Hearing," Lorman Seminars, 2003

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• Women Lawyer's Association

Community Service and Awards

• Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
  Top 50 Women
• Quartet Seraphin
  President, 2003-Present
  Board Member, 2002-Present
• YWCA
  Board Member, Executive Committee, 2006-Present
  Board Member, 1998-2004, 2006-Present
  Chair, Facilities Committee
• Volunteer Lawyer Program, 1978-Present
• Legal Services
  AIDS Project Coordinator, 1983-Present
• Kids in the Middle
  Board Member, 1991-1996
  President, 1995-1996

Employment

• Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  Member, 1982-Present
  Associate, 1978-1981
• Burke & Burke (Now Satterlee, Stephens, Burke & Burke)
  New York, New York
  Associate, 1973-1977