Charles Elbert represents private and public sector employers in labor relations and employment matters, labor arbitration and litigation before federal, state and local agencies and courts including, without limitation, defending employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, FLSA, FMLA and other employee and administrative agency claims; internal investigations; drafting and litigating employment contracts and covenants not to compete/solicit; federal, state and local agency investigations and audits; NLRB proceedings; collective bargaining; drafting employment policies and agreements; and, claim and union avoidance counseling.
Mr. Elbert’s litigation experience in federal and state courts and in arbitration also includes contract interpretation and breach, shareholder/partner/member disputes, real estate, probate, and toxic tort.
Mr. Elbert also has considerable general corporate and real estate experience involving negotiating and drafting of business, employment and real estate contracts; acquisition and sale of closely held companies; drafting and review of loan documents.
Areas of Practice
- Labor and Employment Law
- Litigation
- Corporate & Real Estate
- Education Law
Education
- St. Louis University, J.D., cum laude
- Washington University, A.B.
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Professional Associations, Memberships & Honors
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers®
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member, Labor Law Section)
- The Missouri Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section)
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section)
- American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law)
- American Arbitration Association, Commercial and Employment Neutrals Panels
Selected Publications and Presentations
- CLE Presentations on Labor and Employment Law
- Author: “Employment Discrimination Claims under §1981,” Missouri Employment Discrimination, Second (2008)
