Fred A. Ricks

Fred A. Ricks, Jr. is counsel at Harris Young Kayser in Chesterfield, Missouri, with more than forty years of experience in labor and employment law. He represents clients in employment matters involving discrimination, wage and hour claims, wrongful discharge, and employee benefits. His practice also includes preventive planning and consulting intended to reduce the risk of workplace claims, helping employers address policies, employment decisions, and legal obligations before disputes develop into litigation or agency proceedings.

Fred earned a J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law and a B.A. with honors from the University of Kansas. He is also a certified mediator. His legal education and dispute-resolution training support a practice that spans counseling, litigation, arbitration, labor relations, and workplace compliance. Decades of experience allow him to evaluate employment issues from both immediate dispute and long-term risk-management perspectives while advising organizations on practical approaches to complex personnel concerns.

Fred represents employers in traditional labor matters involving collective bargaining, arbitration, union-related issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, representation elections, and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board. He also speaks frequently at seminars and conferences on labor and employment law for bar associations, employer groups, and individual businesses. His practice combines preventive advice with representation when employment or labor disputes reach formal administrative or adversarial proceedings.

Fred A. Ricks, Jr. is admitted in Missouri and is affiliated with the American Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He received the 2024 Missouri Lawyers Media ICON Award and Best Lawyers recognition, including 2025 Lawyer of the Year in St. Louis for Employment Law – Management. His career reflects sustained work helping employers navigate employment statutes, labor relations, workplace claims, and organizational decisions with experienced legal judgment.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Harris Young Kayser L.C.
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Labor and Employment Law Committee, The Missouri Bar
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Licensed State

• Missouri

Education

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

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