Timm W. Schowalter
Attorney at Law
314-436-8351
Timm W. Schowalter
Timm W. Schowalter serves as outside general counsel for many prominent businesses. He has the proven experience in handling a full range of the day-to-day legal needs with a specialty in labor and employment matters. In this vital role, he handles various corporate matters such as drafting corporate formation documents, buy-sell agreements, negotiating and drafting various business contracts, case management and defense of litigation matters, and developing customized, cost-effective compliance programs.
Mr. Schowalter has handled all facets of employment law litigation including employment discrimination claims arising under Title VII, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Executive Order 11246, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Mr. Schowalter has investigated and litigated employment claims on behalf of management before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the country. He has a wealth of experience in business litigation including non-competition, trade secrets, confidentiality, sales commission disputes, minority shareholder/member disputes, and breach of employment contract actions.
In addition, Mr. Schowalter advises public and private employers in traditional labor matters under the National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act and state meet and confer laws. Mr. Schowalter represents employers on various traditional labor matters including union avoidance programs, union organizing campaigns, and in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and National Mediation Board. He also has a broad range of experience in defending employers in labor arbitrations, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, strike preparation, defeating secondary boycotts, and in obtaining state and federal court injunctions.
In addition to representing employers in court, Mr. Schowalter consults in developing and implementing labor relations/human resources management processes to ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws. Mr. Schowalter routinely provides day-to-day counseling on a variety of employment issues such as disciplinary proceedings, wage and hour laws, affirmative action, family and medical leave, employee privacy, drug testing, prevailing wage and occupational safety. He drafts personnel policies, employment contracts, severance agreements, safety manuals, affirmative action plans, non-competition agreements and employee handbooks. He regularly speaks at seminars for management associations and conducts training on an individualized basis for employers to aid in their understanding of employment law requirements.
Mr. Schowalter is a mediator with the Missouri Bar, and the Circuit Courts of St. Louis City and St. Louis County. He earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.
Advertising Connection, Inc.
Alternative Behavior Care
APAC of Missouri, Inc.
Apple Media d/b/a St. Louis Kids Magazine
Blade Technology
Boys Hope Girls Hope
Burke Medical Group, Inc.
Carter-Hoffman
Carrie Elligson Geitner Home
Carter-Hoffman
CHE Consulting, Inc.
Dirt Cheap
Fairway Management
Hartford Financial Products
Hermann Area District Hospital
Hit-N-Run Convenient Stores
Hub, Inc.
Jaffe Lighting
Hub, Inc.
Kessler Containers, Ltd.
Legacy Building Group
Medcuro Manufacturing, LLC
Mid-west Security
Mount Auburn Medical Group
Nurses To Go, LLC
Panacea Health, LLC
Penta Engineering Corp.
PD Properties, LLC
Philadelphia Insurance
Pipe Solutions, LLC
Planet Child Care, Inc.
Precision Furniture Installation
Save-A-Lot, Ltd.
Sigma-Aldrich
SoftTec Solutions, Inc.
Spencer Auto Glass, Inc.
St. Francis Medical Center
St. Louis Internal Medicine
St. Louis Wilbert Vault
Tipton Systems
Wilson Manufacturing, Inc.
U-Gas, Inc.
Wilson Mfg. v. Fusco, 258 S.W.3d 841 (Mo. App. 2008)
Davis v. St. Louis Public Schools, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. 04-743 (2004)
Horton v. American Railcar Industries, Inc., 214 F.Supp.2d 921 (E.D. Ark.2002)
Sacharnoski v. Capital Consolidated Inc., 187 F.Supp.2d 843 (W.D. Ky. 2002)
Damon v. American Rail Car Industries, Inc., 2002 WL 340792 (E.D. Ark. 2001)
Lovan v. American Rail Car Industries, Inc., 2001 WL 1873148 (E.D. Ark. 2001)
Blandin v. Marriott International, Inc., 1997 WL 581562 (E.D. Mo. 1997)
Blandin v. Marriott International, Inc., 1997 WL 416465 (E.D. Mo. 1997)
"Staying Union Free: A Perspective of the State of the Unions and Their Calculated Resurgence in America," USLAW Employment & Labor Law Conference, Austin, TX, March 2006
The Fair Labor Standards Act, contributing author, BNA Books, 2005-06 supplement
Retaliation Claims Under Federal and State Law, The Missouri Bar Labor and Employment Law Symposium, October 2005
"Supporting Our Troops: Complying with the Uniformed Service Reemployment Rights Act," Journal of the Missouri Bar, May 2005
"Support For our Troops Requires Reemployment Rights," St. Louis Business Journal, May 6, 2005
FMLA Update, Council on Education in Management, December 2004
"Tag You Are It," a presentation regarding effective techniques for investigating and documenting employee complaints, Human Resource Management Association of St. Louis, May 2004
Recent Developments Under the FMLA, Human Resource Management Association of St. Louis, October 2003
The Bermuda Triangle - The Interplay Between the FMLA, ADA and Workers Compensation, SHERM (Northern Arkansas Chapter) Summer Conference, June 2003
"Workplace Privacy Issues: Avoiding Liability," a comprehensive survey course regarding privacy in the workplace, ADP Seminar Series, Kansas City, Missouri, May 1999
Boy Scouts of America
Cubmaster Pack 750
Cubmaster Award, 2005
Cub Scout Den Leader Award, 2003
Lutheran Family and Children Services of Greater St. Louis
Human Resources Committee
Oilmen's Club of Greater St. Louis
The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
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