Margaret M. Mooney

ATTORNEY AT LAW

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Biography

Margaret M. Mooney has extensive experience in litigation, administrative proceedings and alternative dispute resolution involving education, employment, contracts, torts and construction issues.

Ms. Mooney represents individuals and entities in a wide variety of civil contexts in state and federal courts, writes employment manuals and education policies, and presents seminars on special education, employment, civil procedure and construction. She acted as a State Hearing Officer for special education due-process hearings prior to the changes in state procedure.

Peg edited Missouri Civil Procedure Forms for 20 years, and was selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in the field of Civil Litigation: Defense, from 2005-2008, and Top 50 Female in 2005. She earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

Honors

ICON Award, Distinguished Attorneys Recognized by Missouri Lawyers Media, 2018
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Peer Review Rating
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2008, Top 50 Female, 2005

Published Works

Missouri Civil Procedure Forms, Lexis Publishing, 2000
Missouri Civil Procedure Form Book and Supplements, 1988-2008
“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

Representative Clients

Buzzi Unicem USA, Inc.
Zurich North America, Surety & Financial Claims
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Representative 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)

My Team

Administrative Assistant:
Linda Clouse
lclouse@lashlybaer.com
314-335-1005

Practice Areas

Business & Corporate
Education
Litigation

Bar Admissions

N.Y. Court of Appeals, 1974
Missouri, 1978
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1978
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1976
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1981

Education

Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- J.D. – 00/1973
Manhattanville College
- B.A. – 1968
- Major: Psychology

Professional Associations

American Bar Association, Member, 1974
The Missouri Bar, Member, 1978
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Member
St. Louis County Bar Association, Member
Women Lawyers Association, Member
YWCA Chair, 2012-Present; Chair-Elect, 2011; Finance Committee, 2008-Present ; Board Member, 2006-Present; Executive Committee, 2006-2008, 2011-Present; Facilities Committee, Chair 2004-2005, Member, 2008-Present; Board Member, 1998-2004, 2006-Present
Quartet Seraphin, President, 2003-2009; Board Member, 2002-2009
Volunteer Lawyer Program, 1978-Present
Legal Services, AIDS Project Coordinator, 1983-2000
Kids in the Middle, Board Member, 1991-1996; President, 1995-1996