Jared is part of the legal team at the 1890 Project, a national effort to secure equitable funding for the historically Black land-grant universities established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890. In the 1890 Project’s first case, Jared is counsel for student plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging the State of Missouri’s funding of Lincoln University, the state’s 1890 land-grant institution. The case alleges a funding shortfall of roughly $541 million and seeks to hold the State to its constitutional obligations to Lincoln’s students.

• Education equity, including public school and higher education funding

• Civil rights, including discrimination and equal protection claims

• Government accountability, including challenges to unlawful policies and practices

• Voting and election law

Jared spent more than a decade in senior roles in St. Louis city government, including as Chief of Staff to the Mayor. Today, he represents businesses, property owners, and individuals before the boards, commissions, and agencies that regulate them.

His practice includes:

• Regulatory investigations with state attorneys general.

• Administrative hearings and agency appeals. Contested hearings and appeals before local and state boards and commissions, from building and code enforcement to licensing disputes.

• Business and liquor licensing. Guiding applicants through the licensing process, including plat and petition requirements, objections, and contested hearings before regulatory boards.

• Zoning, land use and municipal approvals.

A serious injury can disrupt every part of a person’s life. Boyd Legal Solutions provides direct, client-centered counsel to injured people and their families and works with experienced personal-injury counsel when a matter benefits from additional litigation resources. Boyd Legal Solutions has a strategic partnership with I Got Dan law firm, who have secured numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for personal injury victims.  

• Automobile and trucking collisions

• Premises liability

• Serious and catastrophic injuries

• Wrongful death

• Workplace injuries, when appropriate

Personal-injury consultations are free, and eligible matters are handled on a contingency-fee basis. No attorney fee is owed unless there is a recovery. Prior results obtained by I Got Dan law firm do not guarantee a similar outcome.

When workplace decisions threaten your livelihood, reputation, or dignity, you need counsel who understands both the law and how employers build their defenses. Before founding Boyd Legal Solutions, Jared Boyd represented major companies in employment disputes at an Am Law 100 firm. He now draws on that experience to represent employees and other individual claimants.

• Race, sex, age, disability, and other employment discrimination

• Retaliation and whistleblower claims

• Wrongful termination and constructive discharge

• Hostile work environment claims

• Disability accommodations and ADA matters

• EEOC and MCHR proceedings

• Related civil-rights and institutional-accountability claims

Some disputes require more than a standard litigation playbook. Boyd Legal Solutions represents clients in complex civil matters involving businesses, insurers, public institutions, and other parties whose decisions can have lasting consequences.

• Business and contract disputes

• Claims involving public institutions

• Election contests and expedited proceedings

• Select public-interest and institutional-accountability matters

• Strategic case assessment, negotiation, mediation, and trial preparation