Adam Henningsen

Adam Henningsen is a partner at F3 Law whose practice includes education law, employment law, investigations, and litigation. He serves school districts, colleges, and employers in disputes and day-to-day legal matters involving students, employees, governance, and workplace requirements. Adam represents educational institutions and other clients before courts and administrative agencies while helping leaders address policies, discipline, labor relations, internal investigations, and other legal issues that affect public education and organizational operations.

Adam earned a J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Missouri – Columbia. His legal education supports a practice that requires careful interpretation of education statutes, employment rules, constitutional principles, contracts, and administrative procedures. That academic foundation helps him advise boards and administrators, investigate disputed facts, prepare litigation positions, and respond to regulatory or agency processes involving schools, colleges, employees, and students.

Adam represents school districts and employees in lawsuits and administrative proceedings and provides general and litigation counsel to school districts, colleges, and employers. His work includes matters before the EEOC, Office for Civil Rights, National Labor Relations Board, US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, Illinois Department of Human Rights, and Missouri Commission on Human Rights. He also handles grievances, arbitrations, mediations, teacher dismissal proceedings, and student discipline issues.

Adam Henningsen combines education-law counseling with substantial employment and litigation experience. His practice covers school and college athletics, student rights and discipline, workplace matters, investigations, and contested proceedings that require both institutional knowledge and careful advocacy. Adam helps educational clients and employers evaluate legal obligations, respond to claims, manage sensitive internal issues, and make practical decisions that support lawful operations, consistent governance, and effective resolution of disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Kansas Bar Association

Licensed State

• Illinois
• Missouri
• Kansas

Education

• University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Missouri – Columbia
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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