THE EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS - Key Persons
Ms. Herman focuses her practice on commercial trucking and transportation law for clients including contractors, trucking companies and logisticians. Amy's experience includes working on behalf of public entities in a wide array of municipal matters. She also represents clients in matters related to premises liability and commercial general liability cases. Before joining MRR, Amy defended insured clients in commercial trucking and product liability litigation. She also has extensive experience advising injured plaintiffs in personal injury matters and providing counsel as they navigated the civil litigation process.
Ashley Cannady focuses on labor and employment litigation, providing advice to employers on all areas of work-related legal exposure, and business litigation.
With a proactive approach, she helps her clients remain compliant with applicable laws. Ashley's client roster crosses many sectors, including financial services, hospitals, telecommunications, construction companies, poultry plants, restaurants, hotels, and casinos. She takes the time to get to know and understand the unique challenges her clients face in order to fully appreciate how labor laws may affect them.
Ashley Cannady has an impressive employment practice and often handles EEOC claims. She regularly works with clients from the healthcare and energy sectors." She responds quickly and is very knowledgeable." "An emerging leader who is well respected."
Job Titles:
- Counsel in the Fort Smith Office of RBSR
Ben Shipley is Of Counsel in the Fort Smith office of RBSR, a leading full service Arkansas law firm.
Ben has an extensive background representing employers in a wide range of labor and employment law matters and related litigation. He has appeared before administrative agencies on behalf of employers on numerous occasions, including work before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Arkansas Employment Security Division. He also represents clients in both state and federal court proceedings.
Ben has substantial experience with the federal and state statutes and regulations governing the employer-employee relationship. He has evaluated and addressed employer needs concerning a host of legal issues involving the workplace, from the drafting of employee handbooks to the management of complex, multi-party lawsuits. He has worked with employers in handling all of the legal aspects of traditional labor-management relations, including union elections, contract negotiations, labor and employment-related arbitration, strikes, and litigation.
His legal work includes a full-spectrum business transactional practice, including the formation and organization of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. He advises clients on the preparation of corporate agreements and documents, the purchase, financing, and sale of assets, and issues involving reorganization, dissolution, and liquidations.
Ben has an active commercial litigation practice, and handles the preparation and trial of the full range of business and commercial disputes. He has represented business clients involved in controversies concerning contracts, real estate, construction, employee disputes, partnership controversies, shareholder actions, business torts, trade secrets, banking and finance, director and officer liability, business dissolutions, and other legal areas. When needed, he has continued to provide effective representation throughout appellate proceedings.
In addition to these areas of practice, Ben also has considerable experience advising retailer clients operating in Arkansas on all aspects of the state's alcoholic beverage licensing and regulation. He provides assistance before state and local agencies to help clients obtain necessary liquor licensing, and advises on compliance with Arkansas statutes and regulations in this area.
Beth has over 20 years' experience advising companies on executive compensation and employee benefits.
Beth knows how to help employers of all sizes structure benefit programs that not only comply with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, but also fit the company's goals and circumstances. She works with public and private companies, retirement and welfare plans, M&A transactions, and compliance work. Beth is adept at untangling complex Section 409A problems, drafting and documenting effective equity and executive compensation arrangements, and assisting on efficient ways of performing ERISA fiduciary functions.
Beth's advice is necessary and appreciated by a wide variety of departments and personnel, including board members, CFOs, fiduciary committees, and human resources staff members.
Bowles Rice is a professional service organization, contributing to the success of our clients and the vitality of our communities through advocacy, counsel, leadership and service.
Brooke Duncan III advises regional and national clients on a wide range of employment law issues, by partnering with them on their options while helping them stay consistent with their overall business plans. Brooke counsels employers in many industries, including hospitality, maritime, manufacturing, warehousing, education, the non-profit world, and even other law firms.
As one example of pragmatic problem-solving, Brooke helped resolve a difficult union stranglehold on the convention and trade show industry in New Orleans, which was threatening one of the area's vital economic engines. Brooke strategized a way to break the union's hold and allow employers to operate efficiently and more competitively with other cities, also vastly expanding employment opportunities for local workers. In prevailing in a long litigation battle, Brooke and his team essentially helped transform the industry for the good of the clients, their employees, and the area's economy.
Recently, because attention on sexual harassment in the workplace has increased greatly, employers need to make sure they avoid such behavior and the harm and liability it brings. Brooke frequently speaks about and presents seminars to employers and their managers on training techniques for sexual harassment avoidance, as well as on the myriad of other issues employers face.
Other ways in which Brooke brings value to clients include:
Practical, proactive consulting with CEOs, managers and human resources professionals about problematic labor and employment issues. Drawing on his real-world workplace management experience, Brooke helps avoid needless legal entanglements and achieve positive employee relations.
Helping employers maintain union-free status, defending job discrimination claims, answering FMLA questions, understanding wage and hour regulations, resolving reduction-in-force issues, and complying with the myriad of workplace regulations and laws facing all employers.
Developing and revising handbooks and policies, preparing employment agreements and confidentiality/non-competition contracts, and advising on employment issues arising from mergers and acquisitions.
For unionized employers, handling grievances and arbitrations, and collective bargaining agreements.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Brooke gained practical business and management experience by running a factory that manufactured industrial fabric products. Brooke also served as a detective with the New Orleans Police Department, receiving several awards for outstanding duty.
Job Titles:
- Practice Group Leader of Bressler 's Labor
Carole Miller serves as a Practice Group Leader of Bressler's Labor and Employment practice, and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. She practices exclusively in the area of labor and employment law.
Throughout her over twenty-five years of practice, Carole has represented employers with regard to the full spectrum of employment claims, with a particular focus in the financial services industry. Her employment practice is national in scope. She has litigated claims pending in more than thirty states and regularly appears before FINRA, AAA and JAMS with respect to employment-related matters brought against brokerage firms and other financial services firms and institutions.
In servicing her clients, Carole often acts as an extension of their legal and management team. She advises clients at every stage of the employment relationship, ranging from the initial hiring process, to every facet of daily operations, including defining job duties, compensation, promotions, reviews, performance management issues, terminations, lay-offs and the like. She provides practical advice and solutions aimed at avoiding litigation, but is an aggressive advocate for clients when litigation ensues.
In addition to litigating and arbitrating claims, Carole conducts management and employee training programs related to employment issues in the workplace, as well as drafts and updates policies and handbooks. As labor laws and regulations continue to proliferate, Carole works to keep her clients informed of changes in the law with recommended compliance and litigation avoidance strategies.
Corianne W. Lau is a partner in Dentons' Honolulu office. As an Employment and Government Contracts lawyer, Cori loves the challenge of helping employers navigate the maze of employment laws required to effectively manage their employment relationships, and advising businesses on procurement-related and other government contracts requirements. Whether she's "gently persuading" or facing off against an opponent or a government agency, Cori's administrative law and litigation experience serve her clients well. "I help companies avoid or prevent disputes, but if they get into a fight, I also advise and aggressively advocate for them at each step to produce the best results."
Dan represents clients throughout the United States in employment discrimination claims and works on behalf of management to investigate and respond to claims brought before administrative agencies. He also counsels clients on personnel policies, employment contracts, severance agreements, non-compete agreements, employee handbooks, and similar matters.
Mr. Sipusic is recognized for his work in the fields of preventive assessment and civil rights law for education, notably in the areas of Title IX, harassment, discrimination and employment. David regularly advises clients on risk management and liability, campus conduct and employment issues. Throughout his career, he has successfully counseled and trained educational institutions on best practices for state and federal compliance, while also resolving civil rights matters in the state courts of Ohio, the Federal District Courts of Ohio and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to his arrival at MRR Law, David served as Associate General Counsel for Youngstown State University, as well as the Chief Equity Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator for the University of Dayton and John Carroll University. In the area of K-12 education, David has also previously served as legal counsel for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the second largest public school district in the State of Ohio. As part of his Title IX efforts, David has worked successfully with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights in negotiating and resolving various matters through its Early Complaint Resolution program, as well as the OCR's investigation and Section 302 Resolution Agreement process. He has served as a featured Title IX panelist with the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) and as a member of the ModernThink advisory board on campus climate surveys. David's ongoing work with the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office for Civil Rights has enabled him to gain valuable insight and perspective on a number of Title IX related issues.
Davis Hartman Wright PLLC is a business law firm dedicated to providing the most effective and efficient legal counsel for every client. With offices from the mountains to the coast, we serve all areas of North Carolina and handle transactions and advise clients throughout the country.
Deborah helps her clients adopt best practices that minimize the risk of litigation. She designs and leads in-person training for boards of directors, managers, human resources professionals and other employees. While these trainings focus on the importance of understanding and preventing discrimination, they are peppered with enough war stories, memorable visuals and humor to make attendees both learn and enjoy the process.
Her popular workshops address topics such as antidiscrimination (including state-compliant sexual harassment training), wage and hour, and how to handle professional versus private issues around social media. She also counsels boards of directors, including publicly traded companies, about complex C-suite employment matters in a way that deals with the matter without bad publicity or ripple effects on stock value.
In litigation, Deborah handles the full gamut of employment matters, including non-competes, trade secret litigation, breach of contract, wage and hour, and all forms of discrimination. Deborah has tried cases to jury verdicts in federal and state courts as well as in arbitration forums.
Before joining Manatt, Deborah practiced at two prominent national law firms, including one where she headed its employment practice, was chosen for two four-year terms on its executive committee and served as the firm's deputy general counsel.
Deborah teaches Employment and Labor Law at American University Washington College of Law and spent almost a decade in academia before becoming a lawyer, serving on the political science faculty at American University and the University of Maryland. Deborah also worked at The Brookings Institution, where she researched perspectives of the criminal justice system for a book on congressional oversight of federal administrative practices.
In recognition of her professional contributions, Deborah is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has regularly been recognized as a top employment lawyer in publications ranging from U.S. News to Chambers Leading Guide for Businesses.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Firm 's Board of Directors
Donna focuses her practice in the areas of labor, employment and general litigation. Her practice includes all aspects of pre-litigation investigation, evidence and witness preparation, trial and appellate work, and responding and participating in agency investigations, including the Departments of Labor and Civil Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. In 2016 and 2017, Donna had three jury trials, each ending in a defense verdict. She has arbitrated dozens of union matters and presented cases before the National Labor Relations Board. She represents boards of directors and their officers, provides counsel, coaching to executives and assists organizations with business strategies and growth plans. Donna provides training to management, supervisory and human resources personnel and is a regular speaker at continuing legal education seminars. Her clients include large and small for-profit and not-for-profit businesses, public utilities, health care organizations, colleges and universities.
She is also a trained and experienced mediator, and has completed extensive mediation training with Duke University and the University of Kentucky. Donna has served as a mediator in a variety of matters including employment, commercial and business disputes. She has also participated in mediation as counsel for litigants in more than 100 cases in both state and federal courts. This experience enhances her ability to mediate matters to a successful resolution.
Donna is a member of the firm's Board of Directors. Earlier in her career, she had the distinction of serving as the managing partner for Woodward, Hobson & Fulton L.L.P., which made her the first female managing partner of a major law firm in Kentucky.
Education
Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville (J.D., 1989)
University of Texas at Austin (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986)
Georgetown College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981)
Job Titles:
- Partner in the Boca Raton
Ellen Leibovitch is a Partner in the Boca Raton office of Assouline & Berlowe, head of the firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice and Board Certified by the Florida Bar for Labor and Employment law. Ms. Leibovitch focuses her practice exclusively on labor and employment law counseling and litigation.
Ms. Leibovitch advises and assists clients on the full-range of labor and employment matters. She drafts, analyzes, and evaluates employee handbooks and policies and prepares all applicable employment-related agreements, including executive employment agreements, severance and settlement agreements, and termination agreements, as well as independent contractor agreements.
Ms. Leibovitch has made numerous employment-related presentations and trainings on topics that include:
developing and implementing policies and practices against harassment and discrimination
effective use of employee handbooks and personnel policies
implementing diversity programs
enforcing and challenging enforcement of non-compete agreements
investigating and remedying harassment and discrimination complaints
navigating wage and hour, I-9, workers compensation and other audits by federal & state agencies
navigating the Fair Labor Standards Act's statutory and regulatory requirements
recognizing and preventing harassment in the workplace
records retention requirements and programs
In addition to counseling, drafting and training, Ms. Leibovitch has over 35 years of trial experience. She litigates cases in state and federal courts and represents clients at governmental agency proceedings. The types of matters she handles include the following:
Mr. Pelton is a founding member of the firm, and serves as its managing partner. He is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been identified by Chambers USA in the top tier of employment lawyers in Michigan. Super Lawyers identifies Mr. Pelton as one of the top 50 litigation attorneys in Michigan.
He earned his law degree and an MPA from Syracuse University in 1987, where he served as an Executive Editor of the Law Review. He has a BA from Michigan State University.
In 2015, he was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a "leader in the law" for being an attorney who is changing the law, improving the profession, and setting an example for other lawyers. Mr. Pelton is currently a second-term member of the Michigan Board of Law Examiners, and previously served on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers. Mr. Pelton was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to serve on the State Bar of Michigan's Board of Commissioners, and later served on its 21st Century Practice Task Force.
Mr. Scialdone focuses his practice on appellate advocacy in state and federal courts with an emphasis on employment law, constitutional torts (Section 1983), public entity defense, and insurance defense. He has handled more than 300 appellate cases in the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio's intermediate appellate district courts, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He routinely consults with trial attorneys on error preservation and pre-appeal strategy. Frank has prosecuted and defended original actions (e.g., mandamus, prohibition, etc.) and has submitted amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefings on behalf of clients and organizations, including the County Commissioners Association of Ohio and the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Frank is one of the first attorneys to be certified as a specialist in appellate law by the Ohio State Bar Association. His trial practice focuses primarily on the defense of public entities and their employees in federal and state courts. Prior to joining MRR, Frank worked as a news reporter and magazine editor, covering issues related to the medical and construction industries.
Frost Brown Todd is a full-service law firm with more than 500 lawyers operating in 15 markets across nine states and Washington, D.C. Dedicated to refining the art of client service, we leverage technical, industry and legal knowledge and hands-on experience to serve a diverse client base, from leading multinationals to small, entrepreneurial companies.
Mr. Pilat focuses his practice on business and commercial law, and insurance defense. He is a Co-Chair of the firm's Business & Commercial Law and Insurance Agents & Brokers practice groups. His experience and unique blend of skills includes significant work handling agent errors & omissions (E&O) coverage and litigation, coverage analysis, corporate compliance, commercial transactions, and employment litigation and counseling. He represents national and regional insurance agencies, agents/brokers, insurers, local and regional businesses and Fortune 500 clients in both state and federal courts and administrative proceedings George also has considerable experience with business matters concerning buy-sell agreements, mergers, sales, and acquisitions of agencies and businesses, real estate leases, and business loans and secured transactions. He has extensive knowledge related to purchase agreements, rights of first refusal and account ownership agreements, producer/solicitor agreements, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements, and separation of partners, agents, and clusters. He has handled disputes with captive carriers and producers, evaluating and preparing agency procedure and employment manuals, and advising on compliance issues under state insurance law. George has been very active with the Insurance Board of Northern Ohio (IBNO) since its inception in 2001. His involvement has included serving as general counsel, project management on both local Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter's (CPCU) and Northeast Ohio Health Underwriters Association's (NEOHUA) annual conventions and working alongside the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) national and state offices in analyzing and reporting on Ohio's E&O claims activity and consulting on issues for member agents. Prior to joining MRR in 2013, George handled insurance matters for agents and insurers, commercial litigation, and business transactions at a smaller firm in Cleveland.
Gray Reed is a full-service Texas law firm in Dallas and Houston. Since 1985, our firm philosophy has been to provide high-quality legal services in a streamlined manner, to provide sophisticated and complex legal advice that is reasonably priced, and to provide big-firm results with small-firm efficiency. We are dedicated to achieving success for our clients, as they define success - whether that is winning a critical lawsuit, closing a key deal, consulting to save taxes, or just giving good business advice.
Hackett Feinberg is a preeminent law firm providing business and personal legal services to local and national clients. We are a diverse team of skilled, dedicated, and hardworking professionals who handle a wide variety of transactions, negotiations, and litigation in the Northeast and beyond.
Holly is the Managing Partner of the firm's Connecticut and New York offices. She has extensive experience in complex litigation matters. Holly's practice focuses on all facets of employment law, and the areas of professional liability and general liability. Holly represents clients in both federal and state courts in Connecticut and New York, as well as before federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. She also has arbitrated and mediated numerous claims before the American Arbitration Association and other dispute resolution entities. Holly has authored and published articles on a variety of legal topics, and has spoken on topics of interest before client groups and legal peers.
Prior to joining Melick & Porter, Holly developed a successful litigation practice while working at law firms in Connecticut and New York. She also served as General Counsel to two corporate entities.
Focused on labor and employment law since 1958, Jackson Lewis P.C.'s 950+ attorneys located in major cities nationwide consistently identify and respond to new ways workplace law intersects business. We help employers develop proactive strategies, strong policies and business-oriented solutions to cultivate high-functioning workforces that are engaged, stable and diverse, and share our clients' goals to emphasize inclusivity and respect for the contribution of every employee.
Mr. Climer focuses his practice on public sector law, employment law and labor law. He has considerable experience advising and defending governmental entities and their employees, including counties, municipalities, townships, school boards, park districts, and social service agencies. Jim currently serves as the Law Director for the Village of Oakwood. Jim also maintains a significant labor and employment practice serving numerous private and public organizations. Prior to joining MRR in 1991, Jim served as Assistant Law Director in the Civil Division for the City of Parma. His duties included advising city officials, acting as principal legal advisor to the City's Safety Director, and drafting formal opinions, legislation, and contracts.
Jason Zellman focuses his practice in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation. Mr. Zellman has been practicing law since 2008 and has been with the Firm (or one of its predecessors) since 2009. He was made a partner of the Firm in 2017 and managing partner in 2020.
Mr. Zellman graduated from the College of William and Mary with a Bachelor of the Arts and obtained his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary. After law school, Jason clerked for the Honorable Gaylord L. Finch, Jr. of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. He has obtained a $125,000 settlement in an age discrimination case, a six-figure settlement in a sexual harassment case, and a six-figure judgment for a client in a malicious prosecution/abuse of process matter.
Jason is licensed to practice in all courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia and of the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Among other professional associations and memberships, Mr. Zellman is a member of the Fairfax County Bar Association.
Mr. Zellman has been named by Super Lawyers as a Virginia (2016 - 2018) and Washington D.C. "Rising Star" in the practice areas of employment law. In 2022, Virginia Lawyers Weekly selected Jason as a Go To Employment Lawyer in Virginia. Jason was also selected as a Super Lawyer in 2022.
Education
The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia
J.D. - 2008
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Jennifer Hagedorn leads the Bowles Rice Labor and Employment team. She focuses her practice in representing businesses in all aspects of employment and workplace issues. She works with her employer clients to provide comprehensive preventative services to minimize potential risk of litigation. She also works with business clients to develop creative, thoughtful defense strategies for times when litigation cannot be avoided.
She routinely counsels businesses, such as banks, hospitals and other health care providers, manufacturing clients, energy clients, and other various entities of all sizes on ways to properly handle human resources issues, potential disciplinary situations, leaves of absence matters, separations and various employee complaints. Jennifer also assists her clients in conducting workplace investigations and creating employment policies and handbooks tailored to the particular industry of her client. Jennifer's representation of business clients in such matters has involved many appearances at administrative hearings, depositions and related litigation filings.
Jennifer has also represented her clients in litigation matters at a state and federal level including wrongful termination claims, discrimination claims, including harassment and sexual harassment, retaliation claims, breach of contract claims, and invasion of privacy claims. Jennifer has also successfully defended businesses in claims brought before administrative agencies, such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor, as well as various state administrative agencies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of West Virginia.
Jennifer also serves as general counsel to small businesses, advising clients on all aspects of the law and other business matters, including employment related matters, contract negotiation and drafting, real estate transactions, and statutory and regulatory compliance.
Jeremy Tubb joined the Firm, to fulfill the dream of working with his father, after practicing for more than sixteen years in the Litigation Section and the Labor and Employment Practice Group at the law firm of Crowe & Dunlevy. While at Crowe Jeremy was elected Shareholder and Director, and he was honored to serve in a leadership role, after having been elected by fellow shareholders to serve as one of the five members of the firm's Executive Committee in its 2006-2008 term. Jeremy was also serving as the Counsel to the Firm for employment matters when he left Crowe to join Fuller Tubb Bickford Warmington & Panach, PLLC in 2012.
Jeremy's experience is predominantly on the defense side of employment law matters involving state and federal claims and administrative charges of wrongful discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and failure-to-accommodate. He also assists clients in hearings and proceedings before the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, and conducts workplace investigations.
Jeremy also routinely handles wage and hour matters, on both the state and federal levels, and he has considerable experience with Service Contract Act Compliance matters. He recently served as one of thirteen Administrative Law Judges for the Oklahoma Department of Labor.
Additionally, Jeremy handles arbitrations of union grievances and defends against charges of unfair labor practices submitted to the National Labor Relations Board.
Finally, Jeremy has first-chair trial experience in non-compete and unfair competition matters, where he has successfully obtained injunctive and monetary relief against employees who violated customer-non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements.
Because Jeremy believes that the best way to successfully defend against a lawsuit is to not get sued, he frequently draws upon his teaching experience (having taught English in Poland, through Georgetown University) to conduct training on employment law matters, in particular.
John Gardner is a Partner at DeWitt LLP, one of Wisconsin's largest law firms. He serves as Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group.
John is a management-side labor & employment attorney. Since 2004, he has represented employers across the United States in lawsuits involving claims for violations of wage and hour laws (including the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA")), violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), violations of anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and leave/accommodation laws, as well as claims for breach of contract. In addition, he regularly represents employers in collective bargaining negotiations, labor-related arbitration proceedings and in front of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"). Notwithstanding his extensive litigation experience, however, John understands that litigation is often an employer's last resort, and a costly one at that. As a result, he has tailored much of his practice to helping employers avoid litigation altogether, regularly advising them regarding various legal compliance issues relating to employment and labor law.
Significantly, John has developed two main specialties within employment law:
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Administrative Partner
Mr. Pinzone is a partner with MRR Law and focuses his practice on public sector law, employment law, and school law. He defends government entities such as counties, municipalities, townships, villages, social service agencies, and school districts. He has extensive experience handling litigation in state and federal courts relating to civil rights, employment, complex land use and zoning, and personal injury. John has successfully defended matters on behalf of political subdivisions, law enforcement agencies, and school districts involving claims of constitutional violations. He also has extensive litigation experience defending against constitutional claims involving jail inmates. John has successfully litigated lawsuits involving challenges to the constitutionality of governmental zoning for residential and commercial properties. He has also had the opportunity to review zoning and land use regulations and advise planning commissions, zoning boards and city council regarding the application of such regulations. John has successfully represented school districts and school district personnel in a wide variety of legal claims involving personal injury, civil rights, and educational regulations. He uses his significant experience in school litigation to provide preventative assessments and training. His litigation experience in this area allows him to perform independent, formal, and thorough investigations pursuant to Title IX and in relation to claims of discrimination and harassment. Prior to joining MRR, John worked as a staff attorney and administrative counsel for the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals.
Mr. McLandrich focuses his practice on representing municipalities, including defending cases on behalf of police and public entities alleging violations of civil rights as guaranteed by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. For over 30 years he has handled matters including claims of jail suicide, police pursuit, false arrest, malicious prosecution, wrongful conviction, denial of medical care, excessive force by police officers including officer-involved shootings, and failure to properly train police officers. John represents civil defendants in federal and state courts throughout Ohio in addition to serving as lead trial counsel in both state and federal courts. He represents clients in class action matters of all kinds, including municipalities relating to class action sewer cases. John represents clients with respect to public records and open meeting claims and issues, including the unanimous landmark case of Rhodes vs. The City of New Philadelphia, 129 Ohio St. 3d 304 (2010) where the court ruled seeking a monetary forfeiture does not make someone aggrieved under the statute. John provides coverage counsel to public entity insurance pools and to insurance carriers regarding public entity claims. John's appellate experience consists of briefing and arguing hundreds of matters, including cases before the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Districts and Ohio Supreme Court, including eight favorable decisions before the Ohio Supreme Court. He also has served as lead counsel arguing more than 100 public entity appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, including several successful qualified immunity appellate rulings on behalf of police officers and public officials.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founding Partner of Smith Hudson
Josh Smith's is a co-founding partner of Smith Hudson, a boutique business litigation law firm dedicated to representing businesses in the Upstate of South Carolina, in and out of court.
Josh's practice focuses on representing businesses in simple and complex business litigation and acting as outside general counsel for companies of all kinds, from start-ups to large established businesses. His practice areas include employment law, business litigation and trade secret/unfair competition cases. He litigates in both state and federal court and handles a matter from the trial level through any appeal.
Outside the courtroom, Josh works with clients to implement strategies and practices to avoid litigation. He advises businesses and individuals on various employment, contract, and business-related matters and negotiates with environmental regulators and potential adversaries to resolve disputes before they reach the courthouse.
He has experience representing businesses throughout the marketplace, from tech companies to manufacturers, and product suppliers. Josh ensures that he understands a client's business first so that he can provide informed, intelligent, and cost-effective solutions to their legal issues, whether they are in the courtroom or boardroom.
Super Lawyers has recognized Josh as a Rising Star® in employment law and business litigation every year since 2014. His peers have deemed him one of the Upstate's Legal Elite since Greenville Business Magazine established the award in 2012 in Environmental Law (2012-present), Business Litigation (2014-present), Labor and Employment (2014-present), and Government Law (2017-present). Josh was listed as one of America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in 2018 and 2019, and nominated as one of America's Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators in 2020.
Josh is a Greenville native, a graduate of Clemson University and the USC School of Law. During law school Josh served as an editorial board member for the Southeastern Environmental Law Journal and worked as a law clerk for the EPA and SCDHEC.
Josh is active in the local and legal community. He is a member of the Board of Directors for both the Metropolitan Arts Council and The Julie Valentine Center. Josh is also a member of the Haynsworth/Perry Inn of Court, an organization dedicated to civility in the bar.
Job Titles:
- Founding Member of Pierce Coleman PLLC
Justin is a founding member of Pierce Coleman PLLC. He represents private and public employers in wrongful termination, harassment, and discrimination claims before various government agencies charged with investigating and prosecuting employment claims, such as the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona Attorney General's Office, as well as in courts of various jurisdiction. He has litigated cases in the Arizona Superior Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and Arizona Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He has also briefed and personally argued multiple cases at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Justin has significant trial experience, having served as the lead trial attorney in dozens of cases before county, community college, and municipal personnel appeals boards, as well as private arbitrations, trials to the court, and as the lead trial attorney in a labor arbitration on behalf of a Fortune 500 company.
Justin has also represented multiple local boards of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System and has counseled those boards in relation to their legal duties as it relates to granting or denying disability pensions to members of the system. Justin also represents the Maricopa County Employee and Law Enforcement Merit System Commission as the Commission's attorney.
Justin is a frequent speaker before business and employer associations, including the International Public Management Association (IPMA) - HR, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). He recently served on the faculty of the Defense Research Institute for its 2015 national conference for Governmental Tort and Civil Rights Liability.
Justin is admitted to practice in all Arizona state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, District of Colorado, Western District of Michigan and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Justin received his B.S. in Accountancy in 2000 from Arizona State University and his J.D. in 2003 from the Georgetown University Law Center where he graduated with Honors, and was the Executive Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Charles E. Jones, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
While maintaining his law practice, Justin also served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 through 2014, where he was the Chairman of the Public Safety, Military, and Regulatory Affairs Committee. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Government Committee, and Technology and Infrastructure Committee. He also served as a member of the Education Committee, and an ad hoc House Committee on International Trade and Commerce.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Association of Workplace Investigators
Kelly Drew Folger is a litigator who practices in the areas of employment law and is licensed in Washington, Idaho and California. She defends against administrative charges, single-plaintiff lawsuits, and class actions.
Ms. Folger regularly advises and presents trainings for employers and educational institutions on compliance with employment and education laws. She is also an ATIXA-certified Hearing Officer for Title IX matters.
Her employment practice includes defending corporations and organizations in a variety of legal claims including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour matters, and employee classification issues. Ms. Folger also counsels employers on issues of hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, leaves of absence laws, overtime compensation and development and implementation of affirmative action and best practices manuals.
Ms. Folger is a member of the Association of Workplace Investigators and has a robust investigation practice, where she conducts neutral, independent investigations at workplaces and educational institutions.
She is also Acting President of the Board of Advisors for Gonzaga University School of Law and a member of the Board of Directors for the non-profit charity Family Promise.
Education
Gonzaga University School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude 2007
Gonzaga University, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, magna cum laude, 2004
Kraig has worked with small business owners, Fortune 500 corporations, state and local governments, and for-profit and non-profit organizations in conducting independent investigations of allegations of harassment and discrimination, responding to charges of discrimination and EEOC investigations, and remediating other potential workplace issues.
Kraig has authored or co-authored articles on labor and employment law issues for Matthew Bender & Company's monthly Labor and Employment Bulletin and the Society for Human Resource Management's Court Report. Kraig also serves on the Prince George's County Judicial Nominating Committee and is president of the Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice & Ethics, a nonprofit organization at the University of Maryland devoted to researching, developing solutions to, and providing a forum for discussing the challenges facing underserved and disadvantaged communities. Since 2015, Kraig has been recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers for his work in employment litigation. In 2019, he received The Daily Record's Leadership in Law Award, and in 2021 he was honored as a Leader in Diversity by the Baltimore Business Journal.
Education:
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, JD, with honors (1998)
Temple University, BA, with honors (1992)
Kristin V. Hayes is a Partner with Wiley Malehorn Sirota & Raynes, a full-service New Jersey law firm providing a broad range of legal services to corporate, financial, and governmental institutions, as well as to individuals.
Kristin's practice focuses on commercial and employment law. Within these practice areas, Kristin counsels her clients and litigates on their behalf on a wide array of issues involving contract negotiations, personnel matters, and compliance issues. She has given seminars on the New Jersey Family Leave Act and Paid Family Leave Act, the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, the Federal Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, HIPAA, as well as issues of restrictive covenants, sexual harassment, workplace investigations, and legal cannabis use. She also has extensive experience in performing workplace investigations and providing management training on a wide array of employment subjects.
Kristin authored "Tax Implications When an Employee is Terminated," 216 N.J.L.J. 559 (2014), and she co-authored "Guidance Still Awaited on FMLA Leave Remedy," 13 N.J.L.J. 2139 (2004), "CEPA: When Whistleblowing is Just Part of Your Duties," 207 N.J.L.J. 830 (2012), and "Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in the Workplace in the Era of Legal Cannabis Use" N.J.L.J. (2021). She also has contributed to the New Jersey Law Journal's annual insert "New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review" in the area of commercial law.
Kristin was named a Super Lawyer 1 Rising Star every year from 2006 through 2013 by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly and from 2015 - 2023 she has been selected as a Super Lawyer in employment law. She also is a member of several Bar Associations, including the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Morris County and Somerset County Bar Associations, the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association and the Morris County Chapter of Business Women Networking Involving Charity & Education.
Kristin Hayes was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She is a 1995 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and she received her J. D. from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 1999.
Kristin was admitted to the bars of New Jersey and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey in 1999. During the 1999-2000 term, she served as the law clerk to the Honorable Amy P. Chambers, P.J.S.C., Middlesex County. Kristin joined the firm in 2000 and became a partner in 2008.
The Larkin Hoffman employment law team identifies and resolves workplace issues in this rapidly evolving and highly regulated area. Our attorneys provide counsel and advice to businesses, public employers and other organizations about all aspects of the employment relationship.
Larkin Hoffman provides counsel to a wide variety of organizations, from small businesses and nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies, in many areas of practice including corporate and governance matters, litigation, real estate, government relations, labor and employment, intellectual property, information technology, franchising and taxation. The firm also serves the needs of individuals in many areas including trusts and estates and family law.
The founders of Larkin Hoffman set out to form a different kind of firm, with a focus on providing truly responsive service to our clients. They adopted four guiding principles that have defined our culture for more than 60 years:
Provide excellent client service
Create fee structures that our clients find reasonable and appropriate for their businesses
Encourage creative thinking among attorneys working in a collaborative environment
Give back to our community
Larkin Hoffman has changed a good deal since the firm was founded in 1958, but we have never wavered from our commitment to these principles. They have allowed us to embrace change more readily in technology, diversity, sustainability and other areas that are central to our ability to serve clients.
Lisa represents clients in the full spectrum of employment law issues. Widely recognized for her work in employment litigation, she has achieved an enviable record of success in all types of civil and commercial disputes.
Lisa concentrates her practice on:
Representing clients in all types of employment disputes, including contract disputes
Drafting and reviewing employment contracts
Drafting and reviewing employment policies and procedures
Appealing both civil litigation and administrative proceedings
Representing clients in employment discrimination claims
Representing clients in non-compete and trade secret cases, including obtaining and defending against temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions
Lisa writes and speaks on a wide variety of topics, including wage issues, sexual harassment, workplace policies and procedures, trade secrets and unfair competition, and state and federal law compliance.
Michael Johnston focuses on employment litigation and employment-related internal investigations. Michael is the senior partner in our Labor and Employment Litigation practice, which was recognized by Law360 as one of its Employment Practices of the Year in 2017. With over 40 years of litigation experience, Michael has been lead counsel in over 130 trials and has represented clients in trial and appellate courts nationwide and in the United States Supreme Court.
Michael has been rated by Chambers USA in Tier 1 for Labor and Employment Litigation for more than 10 consecutive years, was identified by the National Law Journal in 2019 as a Trailblazer in employment Litigation, named a 2017 Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation and as a Law360 National MVP for Employment Litigation in 2014.
Michael represents clients in all aspects of employment litigation, with special emphasis on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission systemic discrimination lawsuits and investigations. He has defended complex class action and multi-plaintiff employment cases throughout the U.S.
A former prosecutor, Michael coordinates and directs internal investigations of sexual and racial harassment, alleged violations of the whistleblower retaliation provisions of the False Claims Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and other federal and state employment-related statutes.
In addition, Michael has extensive experience in the litigation of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, trade secret laws, employment agreements and state tort law.
Job Titles:
- Member of Davis Hartman Wright PLLC
Ms. Spainhour is a Member of Davis Hartman Wright PLLC based in the firm's Asheville office, NC and has been practicing labor & employment law on behalf of employers throughout North Carolina for over 20 years. She is the Chair of the firm's Labor & Employment practice group and a member of the firm's Litigation practice group.
Missy has handled litigation of numerous employment matters on behalf of employers throughout North Carolina federal and state courts and administrative agencies. Her litigation experience ranges in substance from employment discrimination matters to wage and hour matters (including class and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)) to covenants not to compete/solicit and trade secrets matters.
Missy frequently conducts workplace investigations, both on behalf of clients and as an outside independent investigator. Her experience in conducting investigations includes discrimination, harassment, and retaliation complaints, as well as issues involving misconduct in the workplace, issues relating to payment and wage-hour laws, and other situations relating to employment and labor law.
Missy also provides advice and counsel to employers across North Carolina on a myriad of labor and employment issues. She is also a frequent speaker on various employment law topics, including training in the workplace.
Missy is also a North Carolina Superior Court mediator certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission, and is a registered mediator in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina as well.
Nelson Mullins is a diversified law firm of more than 800 attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals across 25 offices serving clients in more than 100 practice areas.
Paine Hamblen is a full-service law firm that was founded over 110 years ago. We offer a broad range of practice areas for our clients, whether they be Fortune 250 companies or individuals. We have offices in Washington and Idaho, serving all clients throughout both states, as well as in California and Montana.
At Paine Hamblen, our attorneys provide services that is responsive, high quality and result-oriented. Our goal is to develop long-term client relationships, based on hard work, trust and solid results. We are also committed to maintaining a diverse, dynamic and satisfying work environment, and encouraging the professional and personal growth of our colleagues.
Our attorneys are experts in our fields, representing clients in litigation and transactional work, along with counseling our clients to avoid litigation and disputes. What distinguishes Paine Hamblen from other law firms is not only the quality, diversity and sophistication of our practice and client base, but a commitment to maintaining long-held traditions of excellence, high ethical standards, and community. In this day of advancing technology and resources, we are able to maintain a local presence, while at the same time provide coordinated legal services to our regional, national and international clients of all sizes.
Paul Trimmer is a principal in the Las Vegas, Nevada, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Paul advises employers across a wide spectrum of industries including hospitality and gaming, entertainment and nightlife, transportation, health care, mining, business process outsourcing and software development, restaurants and food service, construction, food manufacturing, and life sciences.
Paul's practice is balanced between traditional labor matters, including collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations, strikes, lockouts, representation cases, unfair labor practice litigation and other disputes before the National Labor Relations Board, and federal and state court employment litigation such as wage and hour class actions, statutory discrimination claims, prevailing wage disputes, restrictive covenant disputes, and Taft-Hartley trust fund lawsuits. He has successfully argued several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Phyllis Karasov advises businesses on labor and employment matters. Her clients come from a variety of sectors, including construction, manufacturing, higher education, K-12 private education, nonprofit and healthcare. She provides counsel in all areas of human resources, including hiring, handbooks, regulatory compliance, discrimination, sexual harassment, discipline and termination, Americans with Disabilities Act, OSHA rules and the Family and Medical Leave Act. As a former National Labor Relations Board attorney, Phyllis is often called upon to represent clients in labor union matters including arbitrations, collective bargaining agreements and union contracts. In higher education, Phyllis is an experienced and trained investigator of Title IX complaints. Phyllis is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Labor & Employment Specialist.
Phyllis has substantial experience drafting, interpreting and enforcing noncompetition agreements, confidentiality agreements, and separation agreements. She also has deep experience developing and drafting employee handbooks and other types of employment documents and policies. She often represents clients before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts.
Examples of Phyllis' experience include:
Provided guidance to employers on the many issues that arose with COVID-19, including governmental and voluntary mandatory vaccination requirements, mandatory vaccination policies, interpretation and application of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the layoff of employees, mandatory COVID-19 testing, gubernatorial executive orders and the preparation of work from home policies.
Represented employers in complaints of discrimination filed with Minnesota Department of Human Rights, St, Paul Department of Human Rights, Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Represented employers in state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations and administrative law hearing process, resulting in recission of citations or significant reductions in the penalty or seriousness of the alleged violation.
Represented a construction contractor in a jurisdictional dispute.
Advised numerous employers on proper classification of workers as employees or independent contractors.
Advised numerous employers on exempt and nonexempt status of employees and other FLSA issues.
Negotiated collective bargaining agreements with various labor unions.
Advised employers how to remain non-union or how to respond to a union organizing campaign.
Advised employers on the discipline and termination of problem employees.
Advised employers who are audited by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The lawyers at Pierce Coleman have decades of experience representing employers in employment related matters. Because most of our attorneys came from "Big Law" backgrounds as both partners and associates at some of the largest firms in the country, our goal is to provide clients with the same quality service offered by large national firms, but at more competitive rates. To that end, Pierce Coleman offers outstanding and reasonably priced legal service with respect to all facets of employment law, including drafting personnel policies and procedures, offering advice and counseling on compliance with employment laws and regulations, conducting workforce training, and providing representation in employment disputes before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in court.
Mr. Scott is the senior partner of the management-side labor and employment law firm of Scott & Whitehead, which received a Tier 1 ranking in the 2023 and prior editions of the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms."
Mr. Scott has extensive experience representing employers in administrative proceedings, and in both state and federal courts, including wage and hour class actions. He has been particularly successful in convincing plaintiffs and their attorneys to abandon cases without payment, or to settle for nominal amounts. Mr. Scott has defended hundreds of single plaintiff employment cases, as well as numerous multi-plaintiff cases.
Selected to conduct highly sensitive workplace investigations, Mr. Scott is skilled and experienced in identifying the causes and consequences of personnel misconduct.
Mr. Scott is named in the Best Lawyers in America©, 2023. By vote of his peers, Mr. Scott has been listed in this prestigious publication for 28 consecutive years, 1995-2023. In addition, Martindale-Hubbel, the most recognized lawyer-rating institution in the nation, has given Mr. Scott its most prestigious, AV® Preeminent™ rating for legal ability and professional ethics.
Mr. Scott graduated from the University of Utah's College of Law, where he received his J.D. Degree in 1978. He was a Member (1976-1977) and Articles Editor (1977-1978) of the Utah Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Previously, Mr. Scott was the partner leading the California employment law practice of the 260-attorney law firm of Sheppard Mullin and, later, of the 50-attorney law firm of Pettis, Tester, Kruse & Krinsky.
Mr. Scott is author or co-author of a number of books, including:
Employment Law 101: Documentation, Discipline & Discharge for California Employers (2021, with Stu Lerner and Anita York)
Employment Law 102: Wage & Hour and Employee Benefits for California Employers (2021, with Stu Lerner and Anita York)
Employment Law 103: Other Real World Challenges for California Employers (2021, with Stu Lerner and Anita York)
Severance Agreements: 6 Steps To A Better Deal (2001)
For several years, Mr. Scott has also authored a regular column, "Employment Law," in the Orange County Business Journal. He has published over 75 columns and articles on labor and employment law issues for publications including the Orange County Employer Advisory Council's Advisor, Business to Business, Long Beach Business Journal, Personnel Administrator, and Small Business Report.
Job Titles:
- Member of Tonkon Torp 's Labor & Employment Practice Group
Bob is a member of Tonkon Torp's Labor & Employment Practice Group. He represents companies, professionals, and executives in employment litigation, and provides counseling on a broad range of employment related issues. He has substantial jury trial experience in Oregon and Washington, defending wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and whistleblower cases. He also has defended ERISA lawsuits, been on both sides of post-termination cases with non-competition, trade secret and related claims, and has defended numerous labor disputes in arbitration.
Bob has been consistently listed in the Best Lawyers in America, in the Oregon edition of Super Lawyers for employment litigation and as one of "America's Leading Lawyers" for labor and employment by Chambers USA, which notes that Bob is "top-notch and quick on his feet, and excellent at building strong relationships with his clients" and "the man to call whenever there is a complicated matter that won't go away."
Job Titles:
- Partner With Hackett Feinberg
Shannon Lynch is a Partner with Hackett Feinberg, a preeminent Boston-based law firm providing business and personal legal services to both local and national clients. Shannon is an experienced employment law attorney whose practice includes employment litigation, compliance counseling, workforce training, and investigations.
Shannon has successfully defended employers against claims brought in federal and state courts and agencies involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour laws, and the FMLA and other state leave laws. She also has experience litigating and advising companies on noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements.
In addition to resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, and mediation, Shannon partners with executives, Human Resources professionals, and in house counsel to provide practical compliance assistance to effectively address employment law challenges and the organization's unique business needs and goals. She advises companies on all phases of the employment relationship including strategies for hiring and background checks, compensation practices, performance management and discipline, leaves of absence and reasonable accommodation requests, workplace investigations, and employee terminations.
Shannon negotiates and drafts employment agreements, leveraging her litigation experience to identify and resolve issues before they become potentially costly disputes. She regularly represents and defends employers in audits and investigations by federal and state agencies. Shannon also has substantial experience drafting multistate employee handbooks.
Smith Hudson is a boutique business litigation law firm dedicated to representing businesses in the Upstate of South Carolina, in and out of court. We represent and counsel businesses from inception through litigation, should it arise.
Smith Hudson provides top tier business litigation services, sophisticated legal counsel, and effective solutions to the problems facing businesses in the modern world. We are dedicated to giving each client outstanding representation without exception.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Partner and General Counsel at Constangy
Teresa is both a mediator, a relationship partner for her corporate clients in the employment defense space, and for either role, a very practical "problem solver." She is constantly trying to figure out how to connect her clients to resources that can make their job easier, help them navigate through tricky employment litigation and HR issues, as well as connecting them to the excellent attorneys at Constangy throughout the U.S. In her 25+ years of practice as a defense-side employment litigation attorney (all years at Constangy), she has litigated cases and counseled clients on almost every conceivable employment-related issue. She's learned employment law creates a strange world, and partly because of that, she can't imagine doing anything else.
Because every good attorney's bio has to list their experience, for the record, Teresa has handled a zillion employment litigation cases, including class/ collective actions, has taken a gazillion depositions, has taken multiple cases to trial, and has argued in front of the appellate courts, too. Oh, and she loves mediating, public speaking, mentoring, and making employment law training fun.
Teresa also serves as Administrative Partner and General Counsel at Constangy, was the founding chair of Constangy's Women's Network, and has received numerous awards and nominations such as Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, Martindale Hubbell, Chambers USA, and the Nashville Business Journal (Women of Influence). Teresa is also former co-chair of the ABA Litigation Section's Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee.
No matter the trials won or the accolades on paper, the thing Teresa loves most about her work is working closely with and learning about her clients. She feels honored to call so many clients friends.
Job Titles:
- American Inn of Court ( Master )