Charles (Chad) E. Reis IV

Pronounced: Rice

creis@littler.com
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Chad Reis is a skilled trial lawyer and focuses his practice on employment law, representing clients in employment litigation before juries in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies. He has a broad range of employment trial experience, including claims involving:

  • Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Wrongful termination, whistleblowing and retaliatory discharge
  • Wage and hour matters

Chad represents numerous national and local employers in the following  industries:

  • Retail
  • Hospitality
  • Construction
  • Manufacturing

Immediately after law school, Chad clerked for Judge William H. Crandall, Jr. of the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

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Speaking Engagements

Political Speech in the Workplace

  • May 2021
  • Missouri Employment Conference

Is Your Independent Contractor an Employee?

  • November 2019
  • National Retail Federation, Washington D.C.

Technology in Hiring and Recruiting

  • August 2019
  • Missouri State SHRM Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Managing State and Local Labor Laws - Handbook and Policy Challenges and Best Practices

  • April 2018
  • National Retail Federation Employment Law Committee, Sarasota, FL

How Corporate Counsel and Their Counsel Think

  • June 2017
  • Missouri Bar

The Changing Dynamic of the Defense Bar: New Models of Representation and New Challenges

  • June 2016
  • Missouri Bar

Bring Your Own Device Policies – Caution that Employers Must Take

  • February 2016
  • St. Louis Area Chapter for SHRM

Developing a Dispute Resolution Program that Resolves Problems Between the Employee and Employer

  • August 2015
  • Missouri State SHRM Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Developing a Dispute Resolution Program that Resolves Problems Between the Employee and Employer

  • August 2015
  • Missouri State SHRM Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Additional Thought Leadership

Retaliation Defense Derailed

  • September 2006
  • Stores Magazine
  • National Retail Federation

Books & Book Chapters

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplements, contributing editor, BNA, 1995-2022
  • Employment at Will: A State by State Survey, Missouri Chapter, contributing editor, BNA, 2011-2022
  • Manual of Model Jury Instructions Civil for the Eighth Circuit, contributing editor, West Publications, 2011-2022
  • Fair Labor Standards Act, Employer-Employee Law Deskbook, Chapter 7, The Missouri Bar, 2008
  • Why Cases Settle – Why Cases Don’t Settle, The St. Louis Bar Journal, co-authors: Frankel and Dobson, 2006

Let us know how we can help you navigate your particular workplace legal issues.