Robert Grant Pennell
Straight-Up, Straight-Forward Business Legal Advice is how gets BUSINESS Done!
Although not born in Saint Louis, I’ve lived here for forty years, and consider myself a Saint Louisan. I’m a graduate of Washington University–Olin School of Business, and Saint Louis University – School of Law. And in case you, too, are a Saint Louisan, I graduated from Parkway Central Senior High School.
Unlike most of my contemporaries, I did not go directly to law school upon graduating from college. I spent five years as an Engineer Planner at McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing), managing multimillion-dollar engineering development programs for the United States military and its allies. Complying with the demanding requirements of government requests for proposals and contractual reporting more than prepared me for the rigors of the law. It helped me to hone the business sense to not merely identify potential problems/roadblocks, but to actually craft effective solutions, which is precisely how BUSINESS gets done.
I began my legal career as a trial attorney at sizable firms, including one of the oldest insurance defense firms in Saint Louis, as well as the local office of a large international firm out of Chicago. While there, I engaged in every aspect of litigation, from Pre-Trial Discovery and Dispositive Motion practice up to and including First Chair Jury Trials and Appellate Argument before the Missouri and Federal Courts of Appeal.
While initially a litigator, I have spent most of my twenty-five plus years practicing law representing businesses, large and small. Due to my business background, I deliberately transitioned to representing businesses, particularly in regard to employment and contractual matters. In so doing, I’ve assisted businesses from small start-ups to large regional enterprises and Fortune 500 companies including.
Through Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ my fellow lawyers have assigned me a 5.0 out of 5.0 AV Preeminent Rating – the highest rating available. After all, that is how BUSINESS gets done!
- Saint Louis University School of Law
- J.D. (1993) | Business Associations, Tax, Antitrust
- Washington University in St. Louis
- B.S.B.A. (1985) | Business Administration, Accounting, Finance & Operations
- Owner
- Law Offices of Robert Grant Pennell, LLC
- - Current
- Focusing on assisting small business owners start and develop their businesses.
- General Counsel
- DCSC, Inc.
- - Current
- Senior Associate
- Steven Schumaier & Associates, PC
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- Senior Associate
- Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd.
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- Associate
- Moser & Marsalek, PC
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- Antitrust Faculty Research Assistant
- St. Louis University School Of Law
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- Judicial Intern
- U.S. District Court - Southern District Illinois
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- Engineering Planner
- McDonnell Douglas Corporation
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- Legal Entity Selection, and Licensing & Taxes (Monthly), Starting and Managing the Small Business Workshop (Monthly)
- Service Corps of Retired & Working Executives (SCORE)
- Employee Performance, Discipline, and Discharge, Missouri Human Resource Law: What You Need to Know Now
- National Business Institute
- Legal Entity Selection, Licensing & Taxes, and Accounting & Finance (Monthly), Starting and Managing the Small Business Workshop (Monthly)
- Service Corps of Retired & Working Executives (SCORE)
- Controlling Unemployment Compensation Costs, Mini Law School for HR Professionals
- National Business Institute
- Legal Entity Selection, Licensing & Taxes, and Accounting & Finance (Monthly), Starting and Managing the Small Business Workshop (Monthly)
- Service Corps of Retired & Working Executives (SCORE)
- AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Peer rated for the highest level of professional excellence.
- AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Peer rated for the highest level of professional excellence.
- Pro Bono Award
- American Bar Association
- Best Business Attorneys
- St. Louis Small Business Monthly
- Pro Bono Award
- American Bar Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Missouri
- Board Member
- - Current
- Service Corps of Retired & Working Executives (SCORE)
- Auxiliary Member
- - Current
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Member
- - Current
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Entities Committee
- Member
- - Current
- Missouri Bar, Solo and Small Firm Planning Committee
- Member
- - Current
- Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
- ID Number: 43014
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I prefer to charge on a flat fee basis whenever feasible to provide some level of certainty over what your financial obligations will be.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, Overtime & Unpaid Wages
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Telecommunications Law
- Unemployment Claims & Appeals
- Q. During job interview, I was promised to work from home. Now they want me in house. Is this legal?
- A: You can ask, but as an at-will employee, either party can change the terms of employment at any time. The other party can then accept or reject those terms. In other words, the employer doesn't have to agree to let you work from home.
- Q. How to appeal law suits judgement from unemployment claiming I was over paid witch is false
- A: The unemployment appeals process is very strictly enforced. If you appealed the Deputy's Determination but failed to appear for the Appeals Hearing, your appeal was dismissed. Only evidence presented at the Appeals Hearing can be considered by the Appeals Tribunal in making its decision. Since you didn't show up, there was no evidence to consider, and your Appeal was dismissed. At that point, the only thing that will be considered by the Division is whether or not you had good cause for your failure to appear for your appeals hearing. Unless you can establish good cause for your failure to appear, you can never get the Division to even consider the underlying aspect of your claim. The ... Read More
- Q. I am dissolving my LLC in MO and have not done any business in years. Do I have to file the notice of winding up?
- A: You are required to file a notice of winding up and publish a notice with two papers advising of this fact. The purpose of doing so is to protect you from any claims not pursued within the required timeframe. If you do not do this, then you may expose yourself to a claim being pursued at some point. While it may be technically possible to just file the termination of the articles of organization, you will be foregoing the additional protections from late claims being sought.