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Kenneth Chackes

Ken Chackes, LLC

St. Louis

 

Member profile details

First Name
Kenneth
Initial
M
Last Name
Chackes
Nickname
Ken
Organization
Ken Chackes, LLC
Phone
314-872-8420
Office Fax
314-872-7017
Address (Street-Suite)
230 S. Bemiston Ave.
Suite 510
City
St. Louis
State
MO
Zip Code
63105
 

Member Info

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Practice Region(s)
  • MO
  • STL – St. Louis
Practice County
St. Louis County
Judge
no
Law School
St. Louis University
Degree
JD
Bar State
MO
Year Admitted To Bar
1976
First Year To Mediate
1999
Mediation Total Range
201-500
Mediation Trainings - Indicate the 40-Hr Basic Mediation Training Facility Attended, Date and Others
1999 University of Missouri School of Law; Mediation Training in Civil Cases (14 hours)

03/07/2004 Washington University School of Law; Master Class in Civil Mediation, St. Louis (9 hours including speaker preparation)

06/26/2004 Washington University School of Law; 2-Day Civil Mediation Training, St. Louis (16 hours)

12/02/2005 United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; Federal ADR Fundamentals for Neutrals; St. Louis (3.5 hours)

09/28/2007 Washington University School of Law; Best Practice Series - "Current Issues in the Law & ADR;" St. Louis (2 hours)

02/18/2011 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; Advanced Mediation Training for Court Certified ADR Neutrals; St. Louis (3.5 hours)

09/29/2010 National Employment Lawyers Association - St. Louis; Effective Mediation Strategies; St. Louis (1 hour)

01/24/2014 St. Louis University School of Law; ADR Certified Neutrals Seminar; St. Louis (2.5 hours)

01/29/2016 St. Louis University School of Law; ADR Court-Certified Neutrals Seminar; St. Louis (3 hours)

2017 Advanced Mediation Training; United States Arbitration & Mediation, St. Louis (2 hours)

01/26/2018 United States Arbitration & Mediation Services; Implicit & Explicit Mediator Bias: The Illusion of Mediator Neutrality; St. Louis (2.5)

06/18/2018 United States Arbitration & Mediation Training for Volunteer Mediators at the Pro Se Landlord-Tenant Dockets; St. Louis (1.5 hours)

2019 Advanced Mediation Training; United States Arbitration & Mediation, St. Louis (2 hours)

02/26/2021 United States Arbitration & Mediation, Mediator Training, St. Louis (1 hour)

10/29/2021 United States Arbitration & Mediation, Federal Court ADR Caselaw and New Local Rule, St. Louis (1 hour)

07/30/2022 United States Arbitration & Mediation, Mediator Training, “Implicit Bias: Beyond the Basics,” St. Louis (1.25 hours)

10/20/2022 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; Seminar for Court Certified ADR Neutrals; St. Louis (4 hours)
Mediation Practice Areas
  • Appellate
  • Civil Rights
  • Community
  • Employment/Labor
  • General
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Libel/Slander/Defamation
  • Personal Injury
Additional Qualifications
Ken Chackes has extensive mediation experience having served as a mediator in over 200 cases since 1999, primarily in the areas of employment, civil rights, and education. He also has represented parties in more than 100 additional mediations as part of his litigation practice. Ken is a Qualified Mediator for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri; Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Ken also has significant litigation experience, specializing in employment discrimination, disability law, education law, civil rights, clergy sex abuse, and other civil matters. Since 2002 he has counselled and represented over 300 survivors of childhood sexual abuse. He currently practices in the law firm of Ken Chackes, LLC. Ken was a founding partner of Chackes Carlson, LLP (established in 1996 as Van Amburg, Chackes, Carlson & Spritzer). He previously served as a Staff Attorney and Statewide Managing Attorney for Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services, a federally funded disability rights organization; practiced with the law firms of Vines, Frankel, Rubin, Bond & Dubin, P.C., Chackes & Hoare, and Chackes, Hoare & Sedey. Ken also serves as a Hearing Officer in special education hearings for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and in Title IX hearings for Title IX Solutions, LLC. He was a member of the Training Faculty for the Master Class in Civil Mediation, Washington University School of Law (2004) and the Two-Day Civil Mediation Training (2004). Ken taught at Washington University School of Law as a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor (1984-1988), teaching Trial Practice, Pre-trial Practice and Procedure (including settlement negotiations and ADR), and in the Civil Litigation Clinic.

Ken has been a frequent speaker and author regarding legal rights and civil litigation for numerous organizations including Eighth Circuit Judicial Conferences; the ABA; the Missouri Bar; the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Washington University, St. Louis University and University of Missouri-Kansas City Schools of Law; Legal Services Attorney Training Programs in Missouri and Illinois; and numerous community organizations.
Certified Mediator by State/Date
Missouri 1999

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