Jeff Place represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, with a particular focus on matters involving organized labor and labor relations counseling. He has handled collective bargaining negotiations, counter-union campaigns, labor arbitrations, mediation and matters involving the National Labor Relations Act before the National Labor Relations Board.Jeff works with clients throughout the United States, including:Gas and electric utilitiesMass transit entitiesHeavy and commercial construction contractorsFood processors and distributorsGovernment service contractorsState and local governmentsJeff also counsels clients on personnel management and defends employers against discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims by current and former employees; wage and hour claims; and claims arising under:Title VIIThe Americans with Disabilities ActThe Family and Medical Leave ActSection 13(c) of the Federal Transit ActThe Labor Management Relations ActThe Kansas Public Employer-Employee Relations ActThe Missouri Public Employee Relations ActThe Missouri Human Rights ActKansas Acts Against DiscriminationHe appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state corollaries, the Missouri State Board of Mediation, the Missouri Division of Labor Standards, and the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board, as well as in state and federal courts.Additionally, Jeff is an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where he teaches labor relations.Prior to joining Littler Mendelson, Jeff was a partner at another firm and also clerked for Chief Judge James B. Loken of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Jeff Place represents management in all aspects of labor and employment law, with a particular focus on matters involving organized labor and labor relations counseling. He has handled collective bargaining negotiations, counter-union campaigns, labor arbitrations, mediation and matters involving the National Labor Relations Act before the National Labor Relations Board. Jeff works with clients throughout the United States, including: Jeff also counsels clients on personnel management and defends employers against discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims by current and former employees; wage and hour claims; and claims arising under: He appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state corollaries, the Missouri State Board of Mediation, the Missouri Division of Labor Standards, and the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board, as well as in state and federal courts.
Additionally, Jeff is an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where he teaches labor relations. Prior to joining Littler Mendelson, Jeff was a partner at another firm and also clerked for Chief Judge James B. Loken of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
