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Mr. Kafka is chairman of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. He represents management in a wide variety of industries including construction, manufacturing, banking, insurance, health care and retail services. Mr. Kafka serves as legal counsel for three Fortune 100 companies and has represented management in labor and employment matters throughout the United States. Mr. Kafka's practice spans all aspects of labor and employment law, including federal and state court litigation, collective bargaining negotiations, defense of union organizing campaigns, employment discrimination, and wrongful discharge. He has defended more than 300 charges of discrimination for various employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state EEO agencies throughout the United States.

Mr. Kafka also has drafted numerous employee handbooks and employment policies. He counsels businesses with respect to steps they can take to avoid employment related problems and litigation. Mr. Kafka frequently lectures on employment topics before business groups and trade and legal associations.

Mr. Kafka is admitted to practice before a number of federal district courts and federal appellate courts.

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 1981

New York, 1980

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association
Member

The Missouri Bar
Member

New York State Bar Association
Member

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Member

Published Works:

Construction Industry Collective Bargaining After John Deklewa & Sons, How the Rules of the Game Have Changed Suelthaus & Kaplan 2nd Annual Construction & Employment Law Seminar, Jan., 1990

Marshall v. City of Sheboygan The Equal Pay Act is Upheld Under the Commerce Club (Case Note) Washington Law Review, 1980

Defamation and the Terminated Employee Homebuilder News, Aug., 1990

Education:

Washington University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri, 1980
Juris Doctor
Law Review: Washington University Urban Law Review, Articles Editor

State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 1975
B.A., Bachelor of Arts