Attorney Profile

Ivan L. Schraeder, Of Counsel

Mr. Schraeder who has been in practice over 35 years, concentrates his multi-state practice in public sector labor and employment law, not for profit corporate law, and local and school governmental law. He also serves as defense counsel for numerous governmental agencies. He is general counsel for the Missouri Association of Counties, the Missouri Police Chiefs Association, the Missouri Public Employers’ Labor Relations Association, and is an instructor for several universities, numerous public sector entities and associations representing public employers.

Mr. Schraeder formerly served as the Missouri Director of Labor Relations responsible for all labor relations policies in the executive branch of state government with jurisdiction over 45,000 employees.

Mr. Schraeder has served as a labor relations instructor and a lecturer at various state universities and colleges in Missouri and Illinois, and on national panels on labor management relations, collective bargaining, and personnel matters. He has authored numerous articles for national and state publications on employment law and collective bargaining issues. He has served as an instructor for the Missouri Bar Association.
Mr. Schraeder provides legal services for over 48 counties in Missouri. He provides collective bargaining services for several counties in Illinois which has statutory collective bargaining for public workers.

Mr. Schraeder serves as President of the Missouri Council of School Attorneys. He presents seminars for the Missouri Municipal League and the Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association. He formerly served as a municipal judge for Ellisville, Missouri. He is a hearing officer for the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education for disability service challenges.

Mr. Schraeder formerly served as executive director of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association.

Areas of Practice:

• Labor Law

• Employment Law

Bar Admissions:

• Missouri

• Illinois

• Oklahoma

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri

• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois

• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois

Education:

• The University of Tulsa, College of Law, 1971
  J.D.

• Saint Louis University, 1969
  B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Bar Association

• Missouri Bar Association

• Illinois Bar Association

• Oklahoma Bar Association

• Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association

• Illinois Institute of Local Government Attorneys

• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

• National Council of School Attorneys

• Missouri Council of School Attorneys

• International Association of Chiefs of Police - Legal Officers Section

• Missouri Public Employers Labor Relations Association

• Illinois Public Employers Labor Relations Association

• National Public Employers Labor Relations Association
   

Birth Information:

• Peoria, Illinois