Robert W. "Bob" Stewart

Robert W. "Bob" Stewart

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2014
Awarded Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awarded Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
Robert W. "Bob" Stewart
Robert W. "Bob" Stewart
St. Louis, MO
Works at
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC

310 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Bob Stewart has extensive employment law/labor law trial experience in federal and state courts (jury and non-jury), as well as before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and arbitrators. Throughout his career, counseling clients on virtually all aspects of the employment relationship, successfully to avoid litigation, has also been a focus. Another significant aspect of Bob’s practice has been assisting employers in dealing with labor unions, both during collective bargaining, strikes and union organizing campaigns.Since 2000, Bob has been a guest lecturer in Prof. Rohlik’s Labor Arbitration Seminar at Saint Louis University School of Law.
Works at
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC

310 Best Lawyers awards

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC logo

Locations

Education

  • Saint Louis University, J.D., graduated 1975

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri, The Missouri Bar

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis - Member
  • Missouri Bar Association - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Labor Law - Management
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Labor Law - Management, St. Louis (2024)
  • Labor Law - Management, St. Louis (2021)
  • Employment Law - Management, St. Louis (2019)
  • Labor Law - Management, St. Louis (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV preeminent rating since 1988

Case History

Cases
  • Other Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits
  • Experience
As an experienced litigator, Bob has recently tried a multiple plaintiff, eleven (11) day hostile environment jury case (State Court), as well as a single plaintiff, seven (7) day whistleblower case (Federal Court).Bob is equally experienced in managing employers’ responses to union organizing campaigns. Bob recently managed the legal work in campaigns in two large bakeries (800 and 600 employees) in which the employees rejected union representation by nearly 3 to 1. In another recent matter, following trial, Bob secured the dismissal of a petition on the basis that the petitioned-for maintenance unit was inappropriate.

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