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| Practice Areas | Civil Rights; Employment Litigation; Class Actions; Age Discrimination; Disability Discrimination; Family and Medical Leave Act; Reductions in Force | | | University | Emory University, B.A., 1992 | | | Law School | Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1995 | | | Admitted | 1995, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 2009, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | |
| Memberships | Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member, Equal Employment Opportunity and Fair Labor Standards Committees). | | | Born | 1970 | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Listed as a top Labor and Employment lawyer in Georgia by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (2009). Listed in Georgia Super Lawyers (2009). Selected as one of "Georgia's 2006 Super Lawyers Rising Stars" (the top 2.5% in the state). Featured in Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers - Rising Star Edition. Named to Georgia's Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine (2007, 2008 and 2009). Member: The Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way; Anti-Defamation League's Steinberg Leadership Institute; Community Advisory Board: DeKalb County Junior League. Advisor: Employment Subcommittee to Mayor Shirley Franklin's Homelessness Task Force. Member: Board of Directors of Callanwolde Fine Arts Center (2010); Board of Directors, Covenant House of Georgia (Secretary, 2007-2009, Chairman, 2010—). Assistant Editor: 2002 Cumulative Supplement to Employment Discrimination Law. Management Editor: 2002 "Injunctive Relief" and the 2007 "Equal Pay Act" Chapters of Cumulative Supplement to Employment Discrimination Law. Contributor, "Preparing for the Pandemic — Strategies for Coping if H1N1 Hits Your Workplace," BNA's Workforce Strategies Volume 27, Number 10 (October 2009). Author: "Workplace IT Risks Getting Personal: Letting Employees Use Own Laptops For Work Invites New Exposure," Business Insurance (December 14, 2009); To Ban or Not to Ban? Crafting an Effective Social Media Policy for Hospital Employees," Atlanta Hospital News (December 2009); "Preparing for the Pandemic — Strategies for Coping if H1N1 Hits Your Workplace," BNA's Workforce Strategies (October 2009); "Legal Issues Presented by Social Networking," HR.com (October 7, 2009); "A Gross Victory for Employers Everywhere," HR.com (August 4, 2009); "How to Avoid the Legal Perils of RIF Alternatives," Employment Law360 (May 4, 2009); "Furloughs - Friend or Foe?" Business to Business Magazine (April 20, 2009); "The Big Payback: Why Employee Retaliation Suits are Expected to Rise," Gwinnett Business Journal (March 2009). Co-author: "To Ban or Not to Ban? Crafting an Effective Social Media Policy for Hospital Employees," Atlanta Hospital News (December 2009); "Enforcement, Remedies, and Other Litigation Issues," The Family and Medical Leave Act: Cumulative Supplement (BNA 2008 and 2009); "Defenses," Age Discrimination in Employment Law Second Cumulative Supplement (2007); "Drafting Legally Enforceable Employment Release Agreements and the Importance of Carving Out Unwaivable Claims," Labor & Employment Section News, Atlanta Bar Association (Fall 2007); "Monetary Compensation," Age Discrimination in Employment Law (2003) and First Supplement (2005). | | | ISLN | 910012735 | |
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