Attorneys
General Counsel
Luke Crater -
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University Attorneys
Stephanie Barton -Springfield
Principal Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Matters including discipline, contract negotiations, Unfair Labor Practice (ULPs), labor arbitrations, administrative agency litigation, immigration; Freedom of Information Act; Policy Review and Drafting; General Legal Compliance.
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Phyleccia Reed Cole - Edwardsville
Principal Practice Areas: Employment and Labor; Employment Discrimination; Civil Rights; Student Affairs & Student Discipline; Academic Affairs; Campus Public Safety; Threat Assessment Team; Administrative Agency Complaints; Court of Claims, State and Federal Litigation
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Paulette Dove – Springfield
Principal Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense and Various Court of Claims, State, and Federal Litigation; Healthcare Compliance, Transactions and Privacy; Policy Review and Drafting; General Legal Compliance
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Jennifer Graham – Springfield
Principal Practice Areas: Healthcare Compliance and Transactions; Procurement and Contracts; Research; Student and Academic Affairs; and Medical Residency Affairs
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Ryan Hall– Carbondale
Principal Practice Areas: Employment and Labor; including contract negotiation; grievances; and arbitrations; Policy review and drafting; Head Start; Bankruptcy and creditor’s
rights; General legal compliance
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Douglas McCarty – Carbondale
Principle Practice Areas: Contracts/business transactions; procurement law; Freedom of Information Act; Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act; Open Meetings Act; property and land use law; construction law; natural resources law; environmental law; agricultural law; and general legal compliance.
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Deborah Nelson - Carbondale
Principal Practice Areas: Labor; Employment; Administrative Agency Cases; Public Contracting and Procurement; Construction; Legislative Issues; Family Education Privacy Rights Act Issues; Appellate; Litigation; Faculty Issues; Athletics; and Public Safety Issues
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Jennifer Wagner - Edwardsville
Principal Practice Areas: Contracts/Business Transactions; Intellectual Property; Research; Freedom of Information Act; and Procurement
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