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Mr. Skrainka primarily specializes in the representation of management in labor and employment issues and in mediation of employment, business and commercial disputes. He has represented employers in almost every field of manufacturing, financial services, retail and service industries, Internet start-ups, telecommunications, as well as non-profit and public organizations. He also has represented labor clients and defended employment cases throughout the United States. Mr. Skrainka has served on the Board of Editors of The Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA 1999) and the 2000-2004 Supplements with editorial responsibility for the chapters on Enforcement and Litigation Issues. He also was an Adjunct Professor at St. Louis University Law School, teaching an advanced seminar in Labor and Employment Law, 1994-2003.

Mr. Skrainka has tried or argued cases in courts in the Seventh, Eighth and D.C. federal judicial Circuits as well as many state courts.

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 1960

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (former Chairman Labor and Employment Section, 1971)
Former Chairman, Labor Law Section

The Missouri Bar
Secretary

American Bar Association (Co-Chair Federal Labor Standards Subcommittee, Labor and Employment Section, 1988-91)
Former Chair, Fair Labor Standards Subcommittee

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow, 2001-present

Certification, Mediation of Civil Cases, University of Missouri Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, 2001

Published Works:

Contributing Editor, Schlei and Gorssman, Employment Discrimination Cumulative Supplement, 1985-1988

Senior Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act, BNA, 1999

Senior Editor, The Fair Labor Standards Act, Supplement, 2000

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Lecturer, Printing Industries of St. Louis

Lecturer, Printing Industries of Mid-America

Lecturer, Book Manufacturers Institute

Lecturer, American Arbitration Association

Lecturer, National Business Institute

Lecturer, Council on Education in Management

Lecturer, National Association of Printers and Litographers

Lecturer, Bar Associations and CLE Programs

Adjunct Professor, Advanced Seminar in Labor and Employment Law, St. Louis University, 1994 - 2003

Education:

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1957
A.B.