Timothy A. Garnett

Tim has been a chief spokesperson in negotiating more than 100 collective bargaining agreements on behalf employers and has also been involved in more than 100 union campaigns in his almost 30 years of practice.  In addition to his extensive labor law experience, he has developed expertise in class action discrimination matters and developed statistical defenses in discrimination claims for Fortune 50 employers.

Education

• J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982
• A.B., with honors, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979

Admission to Practice

• Missouri
• U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

• American Bar Association (Developing Labor Law Section)
• St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association
• Clayton, Missouri Chamber of Commerce

• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Love at the Watercooler? Best Practices for Handling Office Romance” – Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2024
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Best Practices for Handling Office Romance—‘Love Contracts’ and More” – February 14, 2024
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Being a Great Leader: Getting the Best From Yourself” – San Diego – May 11, 2023
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “‘We Met at Work’—Employer Best Practices for Handling Office Romance” – February 13, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Training and Presenting in the New Workspace” – Phoenix – May 4, 2022
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Engaging Virtual Audiences to Meet Your Training Needs” – Austin – June 23, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Virtual Conference – “COVID-19: Harassment in Hibernation” – May 15, 2020
• Labor Law Solutions – “Ogletree Deakins Learning Solutions: Cutting-Edge Labor Training Techniques” – Nashville – December 6, 2019
• “Advanced Training for Today’s Workplace” – New Orleans – November 16, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Webcast – “It’s All About Respect: Harassment-Prevention Training for Supervisors” – June 24, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Webcast – “It’s All About Respect: Harassment-Prevention Training for Supervisors” – May 24, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Training With Hindsight: What Your Employment Litigator Wishes You Had Trained Your Workforce to Do” – Las Vegas – May 3, 2019
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Changing the Culture, Not Checking the Box: Management Training in Today’s Workplace” – Phoenix – May 10, 2018
• Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce 2014 – “Don’t Shoot The Messenger – Strategies For Better Employee-Manager Communication” – Indianapolis – October 10, 2013

• 2015 – Bloomberg BNA (contributor) – “The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, Sixth Edition, 2015 Cumulative Supplement”
• April 6, 1999 – The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis – 18th Annual Corporate Institute – “Dealing With Absenteeism Under FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation”
• November 6, 1998 – Surviving The Employment Law Explosion – “The Road Less Traveled: Missouri Courts Refuse to Expand the Public Policy Exception to the At Will Doctrine”
• September 1998 – Council on Education in Management, Personal Law Update – “Managing A Practical Aids Policy in the 1990’s”
• January 23, 1998 – The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Labor and Employment Section and Federal Litigation & Practice Committee – “Pretext Only Or Pretext Plus? Summary Judgment in Employment Discrimination Cases – The Impact of St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks”
• June 13, 1997 – University of Missouri – Columbia – Employment Law – An Update on the Law Plus Practical Advice on Handling Employment Cases – “The Age Discrimination In Employment Act: A Practical Guide to The Burden of Proof in the Eighth Circuit”
• June 1997 – Council on Education in Management, Personal Law Update – “Risk-Free Hiring: How to Interview, Check References and Use Pre-Employment Testing Without Triggering Liability”
• February 1997 – Council on Education in Management, Personal Law Update – “Risk-Free Hiring: How to Interview, Check References and Use Pre-Employment Testing Without Triggering Liability”
• October 1996 – Council on Education in Management, Personal Law Update – “Violence In The Workplace: The Catch-22 For Employers”
• November 1995 – Council on Education in Management, Personal Law Update – “Productivity versus Privacy: How Can an Employer Navigate the Legal Minefield When Investigating Employees?”

• November 21, 2012 – Human Resource Executive – “Cyberbullies Lurking in the Workplace”
• February 7, 2010 – St. Louis Business Journal – “A Man and His Cam”

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law – Management (2019-2025)
• Super Lawyers (2009-2014, 2016-2018)
• Legal 500: Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (2015-2016)
• AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell