Jane Cecil focuses her practice on all aspects of employment litigation, including management counseling, employment law training and defending management against all types of discrimination, harassment, non-compete and wage and hour claims. She has handled class and collective actions and multiple employee cases in state and federal court, and she regularly appears before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and the Kansas Human Rights Commission. She has specific knowledge of claims involving:

• Title VII
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• The Fair Labor Standards Act
• The Missouri Human Rights Act
• The Kansas Act Against Discrimination

As part of her extensive litigation experience, Jane has obtained bench trial verdicts and jury verdicts on behalf of management in cases involving:

• Disability discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Retaliation
• Non-compete matters

She also has successfully defended employment-related class and collective actions on behalf of employers with facilities nationwide, and has successfully obtained dismissal or summary judgment in multiple discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuits which have been upheld on appeal when challenged.

Jane's diverse group of clients include:

• Nationwide retail chains
• Casinos
• Educational institutions
• National manufacturing facilities

Additionally, Jane provides employers with day-to-day counseling on human resources issues; conducts policy reviews and training sessions on effectively managing employees; and drafts and litigates non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements. She also is a frequent author and speaker on employment issues.

In law school, Jane was note and comment editor for the Law Review, a research editor for The Urban Lawyer Journal, and a teaching assistant for Civil Procedure and Property Law classes. She also participated in a Chinese Law Program at the University of Peking in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Labor and Employment Section - American Bar Association
• Member, Association of Women Lawyers
• Member, Missouri Bar Association
• Member, Kansas Bar Association
• Member, Board of Directors - SAVE, Inc., 2011-present
• Member, Board of Directors - Children's Therapeutic Learning Center, 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors - Young Lawyers Section - Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2009-2011
• Participant, Kansas City Tomorrow, 2009-2010
• Member, Board of Directors - Young Lawyers Section - Lawyers Association of Kansas City, 2005-2008
• Member, Board of Directors - Friends of Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, 2004-2009
• Advisor, Youth Empowerment Summit, 2005-2009
• Member, Planning Committee, Santa Snow Ball, 2006-2008
• Hotline volunteer, Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, 1998-2003

RECOGNITION

• Named, Rising Star, Super Lawyers - Missouri and Kansas
• Named, Best of the Bar - Kansas City Business Journal
• Recipient, International Study Scholarship