Robert A. Kaiser

Specialization

• Employment & Labor
• Non-compete/Trade Secrets
• Biotechnology and Life Sciences

About Bob's Practice

Robert A. Kaiser is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP's Employment & Labor Practice Group. He has served as counsel for both private businesses and public bodies, including manufacturing companies, health care providers, and governmental entities. He has represented clients in numerous arbitration cases, and provides counseling in regard to labor agreements and employment law matters. He has extensive experience in employment litigation of all types, including discrimination and wrongful discharge cases. Mr. Kaiser represents clients before a wide variety of administrative agencies, such as the EEOC, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the NLRB, and the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division. He is listed in Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Kaiser has also received an AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, J.D., 1983
  - Order of Barristers
• University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1980

Major Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Editor, Missouri Employment Law Letter
• Contributing Editor, Midwest Employment Law Letter
• Quoted, "NLRB Examining Its Standard on When Employers Can Restrict Union Insignia," HR Daily Advisor, February 17, 2021
• Co-Author, "Missouri right-to-work law set to take effect," Human Resources News, August 14, 2017
• Author, "Policing the profiler: Ageist stereotypes explored," Missouri Employment Law Letter, April 2015, and Diversity Insight, October 18, 2015
• Quoted, "DOL's proposed rules to swell ranks of overtime-eligible employees," Human Resources News, June 30, 2015
• Contributing author, Missouri Bar Association's Employee-Employer Law
• Author of substance abuse and drug testing articles in St. Louis Manager magazine

Professional Recognition

• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Labor and Employment Law (multiple years)
• The Best Lawyers in America for Labor and Employment Law (2008-present)
• 2008 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Admitted to Practice

Missouri; Illinois; U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits