Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP

02/01/2023

Alexander T. Ricke has been promoted to partner at Stueve Siegel Hanson.

10/14/2022

Congratulations to Partner Patrick Stueve, who recently became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers - ACTL, recognized as the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America.

The induction ceremony at which Stueve became a Fellow took place recently before an audience of approximately 690 during the recent Annual Meeting of the College in Rome, Italy.

Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds, who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality.

Lawyers must have a minimum of fifteen years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship. Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Stueve Siegel Hanson Partner Patrick J. Stueve has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.

09/29/2022

Firm Partner Norman Siegel was recently a guest on Quinn Emanuel's podcast Law, Disrupted, hosted by John B. Quinn.

Listen to their conversation on the evolution of data breach litigation and more via the link below.

John is joined by Norman (Norm) E. Siegel, who has served as lead counsel in the three largest data breach settlements reached to date.

08/29/2022

We're proud to have sponsored the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City's I'm Not Serious About Golf Tournament that took place last Friday, August 26! Firm attorneys Crystal Cook Leftridge (AWL KC subcommittee chair and tournament volunteer), Jordan Kane and Ben Stueve participated in the 26th annual event benefitting the AWL Foundation.

07/25/2022

As part of our nationwide effort to enforce federal and state minimum wage and overtime laws at casinos, our firm recently secured a $12.5 million settlement for workers at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, and MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino near Washington D.C.

This result is believed to be among the largest tip credit notice settlements obtained in the FLSA’s history.

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the motion for final approval during a hearing on July 21, 2022. Representing approximately two-thirds of the disputed minimum wages, the $12.5 million fund will provide meaningful settlement payments to workers who are paid below minimum wage.

The largest estimated settlement payment is more than $9,500 and payments of more than $5,000 will be received by approximately one-third of eligible table games dealers.

The estimated per capita settlement checks are more than $1,050 for dealers at Borgata and $4,500 for dealers at MGM National Harbor.

Stueve Siegel Hanson and McClelland Law Firm have reached settlements valued at more than $45 million in unpaid wages for casino workers around the country and continue to play a significant role in reforming casino wage and hour practices.

Among changes influenced: casinos paying the costs of employees’ gaming licenses; removing all supervisory and non-tipped employees from tip pooling arrangements; compliant tip credit notice policies; and paying tip credit employees at the correct overtime rate.

Stueve Siegel Hanson represents plaintiffs in high-profile wage and hour litigation throughout the country. Our firm has recovered over $300M in unpaid wages for workers through verdicts and settlements.

Chambers USA 2022 ranked Stueve Siegel Hanson for Labor & Employment in Missouri, noting among strengths, "The firm is very active in the wage and hour space. They're strategic, know the law and are aggressive in discovery."

Stueve Siegel Hanson and McClelland Law Firm secured a $12.5 million settlement for workers at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, and MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino near Washington D.C.

07/14/2022

We're honored to be recognized for our work supporting and advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives by a selection committee of statewide legal and bar association leaders and Missouri Lawyers Media.

Our firm’s core values include the pursuit of justice and active investment in our profession and our community. As part of our effort, and as a meaningful way to commemorate our 20th anniversary, we committed a total of $2 million in 2021 to Missouri and Kansas' flagship universities to create scholarship funds for diverse students.

The Diversity and Inclusion Awards celebrate legal professionals from around the state for their efforts to advance diversity, inclusion and dignity of all people in Missouri's communities in which exceptional legal work impacts justice for all. Stueve Siegel Hanson is the only firm named among the 2022 class of honorees.

Missouri Lawyers Media will honor 21 attorneys, firms and legal professionals from around the state with its 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Awards for their work to support and advance those initiatives.

05/09/2022

Partner Austin Moore recently discussed the firm's investigation of potential claims against staffing agencies for taking advantage of traveling nurses by making “take-it-or-leave-it” pay-rate reductions in the middle of their contractual term. Among coverage of our lawsuit investigation in the linked NBC News article:

The situation for some travel nurses has gotten so bad that a law firm in Kansas City, Missouri, said it is considering legal action against more than 35 staffing agencies. Austin Moore, an attorney at Stueve Siegel Hanson, said some agencies are “breaching their contracts” and in other cases “committing outright fraud” through bait-and-switch maneuvers on travel nursing contracts.

The firm opened an investigation in March, drawing comments from hundreds of nurses, Moore said. “Our phones are ringing off the hook,” he said. “Nobody has experienced it like this — historically, contracts have been honored.”

As Covid hospitalizations stabilize and federal and state funding dries up, contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing.

03/07/2022

Our law firm is dedicated to protecting one of this nation's most cherished principles: fair pay for honest work. That’s why we have filed a lawsuit to recover the unpaid wages Envision owes to its healthcare providers nationwide.

If you’ve worked for Envision outside scheduled shifts visit the link below to learn more. Any communications with us are privileged and will be kept strictly confidential.

https://litigation.stuevesiegel.com/healthcare-wages

11/30/2021

We are proud to share that our firm has given a $1 million gift to establish a scholarship for Black law students and journalists at the University of Missouri (Mizzou). The Stueve Siegel Hanson Law Scholarship will establish a scholarship for Black students at the University of Missouri School of Law, and the Stueve Siegel Hanson Fund for Press Freedom will support the Alfred Friendly Press Partners at the Missouri School of Journalism.

As partner, Patrick Stueve, states:

"It is critical that we support diverse legal minds to serve as our next generation of attorneys, advocates, judges and legislators, and it is critical that we support journalists who can bring transparency and accountability to governments around the world."

In addition, partner, Norman Siegel, is also quoted saying:

"We are honored to be able to invest in a more diverse and accountable legal system, and we hope other law firms will join us in this pursuit."

Learn more in our full announcement, available here:

Stueve Siegel Hanson gives a $1 million gift to the University of Missouri comprised of two $500,000 scholarships to support Black students at the School of Law and an Alfred Friendly Press Partners journalist working to improve the legal system.