Richard R. Fritz
Member
Career Overview: Richard R. Fritz has more than 15 years of experience counseling employers on all aspects of human resources, employment and labor law matters. Mr. Fritz works closely with employers to find the most efficient solutions to virtually all kinds of issues involving an organization’s employees and employment practices.
Experience Overview: With a practice steeped in labor, employment and employee benefits litigation, Mr. Fritz represents employers and businesses in jury trials, hearings, arbitrations and mediations. Mr. Fritz has prepared and tried cases involving complex employment law issues, including class action cases dealing with disability discrimination, wage and hour issues, plant closings, non-compete agreements and gender discrimination.
Mr. Fritz counsels clients on day-to-day issues involving all aspects of human resources and legal compliance. Management seeks Mr. Fritz’s advice on matters related to hiring and firing, drafting personnel policies, management training, and plant closings or implementing layoffs. Mr. Fritz regularly works with employers to fight union organizing campaigns, bargain with unions, and deal with other union-related issues. He has successfully defended unionized companies before arbitrators and the Labor Board.
Education: Mr. Fritz received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1989 from Missouri Southern State College and then received his Juris Doctor degree in 1995 graduating cum laude from Creighton University.
Bar Admissions: Missouri, Kansas, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. District Court: Western District of Missouri, Eastern District of Missouri, District of Kansas, Northern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas and Southern District of Texas.
Professional Affiliations and Memberships: Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Board of Directors; American Health Lawyers Association, Labor and Employment Law Practice Group; Defense Research Institute; Society for Human Resource Management; Local Organizing Committee, NAIA Basketball Tournament.
Additional Information:
Publications
2009 Managing Employee Documentation and Discharge
2008 Employment Law from A to Z
2008 Issues Facing Minority-Owned Businesses in the Metro
2008 Employment Law Update
2008 Americans with Disabilities Act: It's a New Day
2007 Notable Employment Law Developments
2007 Recent D.C. Circuit Opinion May Have Broad Impact
2007 Tips for Navigating the FMLA Mine Field
2006 Beware of New FLSA Overtime Rules
2006 Georgia Federal Court Invalidates Qui Tam Lawsuit Based on
Severance Agreement Release
2006 Wage and Hour Overtime Guide
2006 Electronic Discovery: The New Frontier in Employment Litigation
2006 Advanced Topics Under the FMLA
2006 Minimizing Abuses Under the FMLA
2006 Employment Law and Effective Management Training
2005 Human Resources Compliance Guidelines
2005 Employment Law Compliance for the HR Professional
2005 The Legal Implications of Non-Traditional Employment
Relationships in the Health Care Industry
2005 ADA Accommodation Even if Not Required
2005 Negotiating and Drafting Employment and Non-Compete
Agreements
2005 Preventing and Eliminating Harassment
2004 Federal Appeals Court Clarifies Discrimination Laws Enforceability
Against Physician Groups
2004 Uncertainty Remains Over Department of Labor’s Proposed FLSA
Regulations
2004 Overtime: The Rules of the Game Have Changed
2004 Update on Reasonable Accommodation and Other Perplexing ADA
Issues, presented to existing clients
2004 The New Overtime Rules for Health Care Employers
2004 Banks Getting Stung in the New Century: The New Overtime Rule
Revelation
2004 Top Ten Employer Mistakes
2004-06 Employment Law Issues in Health Care
2003 Dispelling Common Myths Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,
presented to existing clients
2002 False Claims: Qui Tam Whistleblowers
2002 False Claims: How to Avoid an Employee Blowing the Whistle on
You
2001 When the Government Comes Calling: A Summary of How to
Respond to Government Investigations
2001 New OSHA Standard Fosters Increased Safety
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