September 1, 2007

 IVAN L. SCHRAEDER JOINS THE LOWENBAUM PARTNERSHIP, LLC

The Lowenbaum Partnership is pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2007 Ivan L. Schraeder has become of counsel to the firm. Ivan, 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.

Ivan 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.

Ivan 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.

Ivan 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.

Ivan 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. Ivan is admitted to practice law in the states of Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma. He also is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the 7th and 8th U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and several U. S. District Courts in Missouri and Illinois.

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

Ivan graduated from the University of Tulsa, College of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Louis University.