Daniel B. Boatright

dboatright@littler.com
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For more than 30 years, Dan Boatright has represented employers in hundreds of matters in state and federal courts, primarily in Missouri and Kansas, and before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor. Working with restaurants, retailers, and public sector employers, he has experience with claims across the full spectrum of employment law, including claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and defense of numerous multiple plaintiff and collective/class action lawsuits.

Dan co-chair’s Littler’s Hospitality Practice Group, and regularly advises employers on tip credit and tip pooling issues.

Drawing on his experience as a practicing architect prior to law school, Dan routinely advises and litigates issues related to accessibility of places of business under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dan previously served on the firm’s Board of Directors.

Not licensed to practice in Indiana. Acting only in the capacity of a management role.

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Retail and Hospitality Roundtable

  • May 8, 2024
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Hospitality & Retail Roundtable

  • May 10, 2023
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Hospitality Industry Roundtable

  • May 4, 2022
  • Littler Executive Employer Conference

Pay Equity: Past, Present and Future

  • June 26, 2018
  • Kansas City Employer Conference

Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the Law: Exploring Artificial Intelligence and What It Means for Lawyers, Clients and a Changing Profession

  • September 2017
  • Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference Annual Meeting, Kansas City MO

Mediating and Resolving Class and Collective Claims

  • March 2017
  • Employment Rights and Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting, American Bar Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Key Developments Affecting Your Business in 2016 and Beyond

  • August 2016
  • Association of Corporate Counsel, Mid-America Kansas City, MO

FLSA Seminar

  • July 19, 2016
  • Ajilon Professional Staffing, Overland Park, KS

Working on Overtime: Preparing for DOL’s Changes to the FLSA Overtime Regulations

  • June 2016
  • Kansas City, MO

Additional Thought Leadership

Wage and Hour Laws - A State-by-State Survey

  • 2007
  • 2007-2009 Cumulative Supplement
  • BNA Books

Dangers May Be Lurking in Standard Severance Agreements

  • July 2006
  • Benefits & Compensation Digest, Vol. 43, No. 7

Loan Officer Lawsuits for Overtime Pay

  • January 2004
  • Missouri Independent Bankers Association Newsletter
  • Elizabeth Fast

Supreme Court Holds 'No Harm, No Foul' in its First FMLA Case

  • Fall 2002
  • Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Newsletter
  • American Bar Association (ABA)

Employers Beware: Three New Pitfalls in the Digital Workplace

  • Summer 2001
  • Employment Relations Today, Vol. 28, No. 2
  • Jeff Place

The Offer of Judgment Revisited

  • April 1997
  • The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association
  • Michaela M. Warden

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