Justin M. Dean

Profile

Justin Dean is Of Counsel in the firm’s Kansas City office, with extensive experience advising all levels of management on a wide range of personnel matters and compliance with employment laws such as Title VII, the ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA and USERRA.  Justin also has conducted and/or directed investigation of numerous employment-related complaints and provided training to management on employment laws, harassment prevention, performance counseling, documentation and related issues.

In addition to his extensive employment counseling work, Justin has experience defending a variety of employment-related claims before state and federal courts and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Prior to joining the firm, Justin served as Assistant General Counsel for a large financial institution where his work was focused primarily on employment-related matters.  He also previously practiced as a member of the Business Litigation and Employment Litigation and Policy groups at an international, full-practice law firm and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

Education and Honors

Education: 

J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1999
A.B., Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996

Honors and Awards: 
  • Order of the Coif
  • Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review

Professional Activities

Professional Activities: 
  • American Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City
  • Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions Leadership Program (Class of 2011)
  • United Way Young Leaders Society

In The News

Published Works:
  • 2005 - William C. Martucci ed., Thomson West - "William C. Martucci, et al., Employment Law and Practice"
  • Winter 1999 - 64 Mo. L. Rev. 187 - "Note, Missouri’s Law on Admissibility of Other Crimes Evidence: Increasing Inclusivity?"
  • Summer 1998 - 63 Mo. L. Rev. 801 - "Note, Going, Going, Almost Gone: The Loss of Employees’ Rights to Bring Statutory Discrimination Claims in Court"