Top Labor Lawyers Near Me in Columbia Area

Richard L. Montgomery, Jr., founding member of MONTGOMERY LAW, earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 1990 and his Juris Doctor degree in 1993 from the University of Missouri. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of Missouri in 1993 and the Bar of the State of Illinois in 2012. His primary area of practice has been workers' compensation defense of employers and insurers throughout the state of Missouri and Illinois, along with a general trial and appellate practice.. Montgomery has previous experience as Managing Attorney of CompLegal, an in-house law firm at Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), from 2018 to 2022. In this role, he led a team of litigation attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants based across multiple office locations. Montgomery and his team handled and litigated the workers' compensation claims for MEM and its policyholders. Prior to that role, he was founding member and managing partner at Montgomery & Wulff, Attorneys at Law, L.L.C., in 2018, and a founding member and partner in the law firm of Atwill & Montgomery, Attorneys at Law, L.L.C. from 2000 to 2017 in Columbia,. Montgomery is a member of several professional organizations, including the Missouri Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Boone County Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee, AM Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorneys, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the charitable organization Kid’s Chance, Inc. of Missouri, and the Heart of Missouri United Way. Among his achievements is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability.

My legal practice focuses primarily in the area of labor and employment matters. While most of my clients are based inteh greater Baltimore area, I have worked with labor clients that have a national presence.. Employment Claims Representation:  I represent individuals in employment law related matters such as unpaid wages, FMLA violations, unlawful discrimination and retaliation, wrongful discharge and unemployment.. Labor Union Representation:  I have worked with both private and public sector unions.  In particular I have assisted with unon negotiation, grievance handling and arbitration, and internal union governance.. Alternative Dispute Resolution:  I have an interest in alternative dispute resolution.  I have worked with Federal Mediators during labor negotiations as union-side counsel, attended mediation at the EEOC and MCHR to assist and counsel clients during the process, and I have served as a volunteer mediator for the Community Mediation program.  In addition, I am the chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Dispute Resolution Committee for the 2011-2012 bar year.

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I am an advocate, communicator, and wordsmith. I am also a certified Mediator and have served as a Special Referee. I serve my clients - individuals and small businesses - in situations that could end up in a trial, hearing or mediation, and/or advise them on how to stay away from problems with well worded agreements and well thought out plans. Lots of advice, fact finding, research and just plain working with people occurs before stating my client's case at a mediation, trial or hearing. The small business portion of my practice includes contract work, employment advisement, business formation, and lately helping businesses get it right from the beginning. As a continuing writer and broadcaster I understand creating valuable assets and works such as "reality shows" and music or movie creations needing trademark and copy right protection. As an advocate I work to protect my clients' rights by strongly addressing any wrongs committed against them. My practice balances favorably resolving disputes with helping clients develop their projects from concept to completion - and to protect them so they can grow and prosper.I use the law and common sense to help my clients succeed. My judicial clerkship during my first year out of law school taught me the system from the inside while watching a year's worth of all sorts of trials. I learned what judges and juries want. Trials are fun for litigators like me, but satisfaction from a well planned and protected project is just as good.As a South Carolina certified Circuit Court Mediator I can bring parties together, discuss strengths, weaknesses, shared problems and even common goals to work a solution that is better than proceeding with litigation.

David T. Duff is the firm's specialist in employment law and also practices in the areas of procurement/construction, education, and litigation.. He represents private and public sector employers regarding all aspects of the employer/employee relations and is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a Specialist in Employment and Labor Law.. Mr. Duff also practices extensively in procurement and construction, including experience with bidding, contract awards, contract dispute, and mediation. He has represented numerous school districts as they faced complex construction-related issues.. In education law, Mr. Duff's focus is on issues related to the education and discipline of disabled students, school construction, and school finance in primary and secondary education, and he defends higher education institutions in policy and contract areas.. While he brings his skills as a mediator into each legal conflict, he also has extensive experience as a litigator, including work in appellate courts. He is licensed to practice before the South Carolina Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.. Dave is an exercise enthusiast and an avid Philadelphia sports fan.

Chris Adams is a shareholder practicing in general civil litigation with a concentration in construction law. After law school, Chris served as a law clerk for The Honorable James Johnson, Jr., Eighth Judicial Circuit and as an Assistant Solicitor for the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Lexington, South Carolina.  Before joining Collins & Lacy in 2005, Chris was in private practice focusing on civil litigation.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.