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Peter Yelkovac
Of Counsel
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Peter Yelkovac
Pete Yelkovac is Of Counsel to the firm. An experienced attorney for more than 25 years, Pete works full-time as President of a well-respected ancillary healthcare company located in Indiana. As a corporate executive, Pete is equipped to provide practical and legally sound solutions to clients of Sacopulos, Johnson & Sacopulos.
At Sacopulos, Sacopulos & Johnson, Pete focuses on ancillary healthcare, cyberlaw, Internet defamation, contracting, software-as-a-service, employment, and employment law and litigation.
In addition, Pete has a broad and deep knowledge of federal and state administrative law, constitutional law, and local government law. Pete previously represented more than two dozen public school districts as their lead attorney. He has also represented international, regional and local corporations on employment and labor matters. Pete has also litigated dozens of lawsuits to a successful conclusion in federal and state appellate and trial courts. Further, Pete has a long record of prevailing on behalf of his clients in many administrative investigations and hearings.
Education
Peter earned his Master of Law in 2010, at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom and his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1994, at the Valparaiso University Law School , Summa Cum Laude.
Prior to getting his doctorate degree, Peter attended Indiana State University, with a Bachelor’s in History, Summa Cum Laude in 1991.
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University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Master of Law
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Valparaiso University Law School
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Summa Cum Laude
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Indiana State University
Bachelor’s in History, Summa Cum Laude
Primary practice area is “Healthcare” law, including the following areas of special focus:
- Contract Law
- Cyberlaw
- Online Defamation
- Employment Law
- Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Fraud and False Claims
- Civil Litigation
Secondary practice areas include:
- Local Government Law
- Education Law
- Constitutional Law
- Licensed Attorney, State of Illinois
- Licensed Attorney, State of Missouri
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- The Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
- Member, National Council, Valparaiso University Law School
- Past President, Valparaiso University Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors
- Past Member, Board of Adjustment, Creve Coeur Mo
- Past Member, City Charter Commission, Creve Coeur, MO
- Honorary 2016 Freedom Fund Dinner Co-Chair, St. Louis County Chapter of NAACP
- Top Rated Lawyers® listed in 2015
- Named Inspiring St. Louisan by NAACP in 2015
- Author, Golden Carrot on Offer: GSP+ Trade Instruments, in Neethimurasu (Sri Lanka Law College).
- Regular Columnist, Hot Legal Issues in Education, in the Missouri Journal of School Business Officials.
- Editor and Co-Author, Missouri School Law Deskbook and Supplement (Missouri State Bar’s primary treatise on education law)
- Co-Author, Sexual Harassment in the Schools, in the St. Louis Bar Journal.
- Co-Author, Recruitment, and Retention of School District Legal Counsel, in Selecting and Working with a School Attorney: A Guide for School Boards.
- Author, Homogenizing the Law of Stray Voltage: An Electrifying Attempt to Corral the Controversy.
- Published in Valparaiso University Law Review.
- Republished in Public Utilities Law Anthology.
- Cited in two opinions by Supreme Court of Iowa and in opinions by courts of appeal of New Jersey and Wisconsin
- Referenced in West’s Encyclopedia of American Law.
Lecturer
- Delivered more than 200 regional, national, and local presentations on cyberlaw, healthcare law, labor and employment law, and school law.
- Guest lecturer on school law and special education law to graduate classes at various state universities.