Profile - Timm W. Schowalter

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Company

Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
600 Washington Ste 1500
Saint Louis, MO 63101-1880

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(314) 425-4910

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Joining Sandberg Phoenix as a Shareholder in 2013, Timm W. Schowalter serves as outside general counsel for many prominent businesses and specializes in labor and employment matters.

Timm’s primary goal is litigation avoidance and, to that end, he consults in developing and implementing cost-effective employment and labor compliance systems to ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws.

“I see myself as my client’s true business partner and enjoy creating strong personal and business relationships while providing pragmatic solutions to my client’s legal needs,” Timm says.

Timm routinely provides day-to-day counseling on a variety of employment and labor issues including employee leave of absences, wage and hour issues, union matters, and compliance with ADA, FMLA, WARN, OSHA, and federal and state employment discrimination laws. Also, Timm handles clients’ day-to-day legal needs including drafting personnel policies, employment contracts, executive compensation agreements, severance agreements, safety manuals, affirmative action plans, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, employee handbooks, and comprehensive training programs.

Timm’s expertise also includes representing employers with their traditional labor/union matters including designing and implementing effective union avoidance and organizing campaigns, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, strike preparation assistance, and defeating secondary boycotts. He also has a broad range of experience in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, union arbitrations, and obtaining state and federal court injunctions.

If litigation is unavoidable, Timm has more than 17 years of experience in successfully defending clients in state and federal courts and administrative agencies throughout the country. He vigorously defends his clients in all facets of employment litigation, including employment discrimination claims arising under Missouri and Illinois Human Rights Acts, 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. He is also has a wealth of experienced in business litigation matters, including non-competition, trade secrets, confidentiality, copyright and trademark infringement cases, sales commission disputes, minority shareholder/member disputes and breach of employment contract actions.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.

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Labor Law
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