Stephen D. Smith brings more than 30 years of experience in labor relations matters to the firm, including 13 years of service as an attorney and trial specialist with the National Labor Relations Board. His practice focuses on:

• Representing employers in union avoidance
• Collective bargaining
• Unfair labor practice litigation
• NLRB representation in union election cases
• NLRB unfair labor practices
• Non-compete and trade secret injunctions
• Injunctions for strike violence
• Federal court injunctions
• State and public employee labor board hearings

Additionally, Stephen regularly lectures at business seminars sharing his expertise in labor and employment issues.

Stephen works with employers across a wide range of industries, including:

• Health care
• Transportation and warehousing
• Construction
• Oil and gas
• Manufacturing
• Chemical processing
• News media

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Advisory Board - Webster University: Community Music School
• Member, Town and Country Symphony Orchestra
• Member, Christian Legal Society
• Member, Labor Law Section - The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Member, Missouri Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

RECOGNITION

• Named, Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America in union avoidance matters - Labor Relations Institute
• Named, Super Lawyer - Missouri-Kansas, 2009-2011

• Recipient, General Counsel's Certificate of Commendation – National Labor Relations Board