Matt J. O'Laughlin
Location:
Kansas City, Missouri
Phone:
816-399-5149
888-493-5074 (Toll Free)
888-493-5074 (Toll Free)
Fax:
816-283-8739
E-mail:
Matt represents workers in state and federal court throughout Missouri and Kansas. Prior to becoming a plaintiff's attorney, Matt worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri and in the private sector representing corporations. Matt has experience in employment-related litigation and disputes with both public and private employers, including federal and state wage and hour law, race, sex, age, and disability discrimination and harassment, and whistleblower/retaliation issues.
Areas of Practice
- Labor and Employment Law
- Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 2002
- Kansas, 2010
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri
- J.D. - 2002
- Law Review: UMKC Law Review, Articles Editor
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- B.A. - 1997
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Political Science
Published Works
- The People Can Do No Wrong: An Examination of State and Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity for Missouri's School Districts, 74 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 883, 2006
- Exigent Circumstances: Circumscribing the Exclusionary Rule in Response to 9/11, 70 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 707, 2002
- Therapist-Client Dual Relationship Bans and Freedom of Association, 69 U.M.K.C. L. Rev. 697, 2001
Honors and Awards
- James Madison Award (for Excellence in Constitutional Law)
- Dean's Achievement Award (for Highest Grade): Constitutional Law I & II
- First Amendment Law
- Constitutional Interpretation
