Heidi E. C. Leithead is a shareholder at Parr Brown Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City. She focuses her practice on employment law, representing employers and management in counseling and training as well as complex litigation-related issues before federal and state trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies. She has substantial civil rights and constitutional law experience in areas relating to employee policies and agreements, unlawful discrimination and harassment (Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Utah Antidiscrimination Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 42 USC §1981, and so forth), plant closures and restructuring (WARN Act and so forth), employee leave laws (Family and Medical Leave Act and so forth), wrongful termination, employment litigation defense, noncompetition and related agreements and issues, wage and hour laws, and other employment-related matters. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Utah and went on to receive her J.D. degree in 1987 from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney School of Law, where she was awarded the Order of the Coif and Leary Scholar academic designations and served as a staff member and on the Board of Editors of the Utah Law Review. Named one of the top labor and employment lawyers in Utah in the 2009-2011 editions of Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers, Ms. Leithead was described as "smart, detailed and thorough." She was also listed in Utah Business magazine's Utah Legal Elite ranking in each of years 2002-2011 and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2008-2012 editions. Recent Presentations: · Panelist, Park City CLE & Ski (Ethics) (2008)
Association of Corporate Counsel, Mountainwest Chapter (2008); Topic: Emerging Issues in Employment Law · Legal Issues for Utah Professional Engineers 2008 (Half Moon LLC); Topic: Employment Law Issues for Engineers (independent contractor; employment contracts; noncompete agreements) · Advanced Issues in Employment Law 2006 (National Business Institute); Topics: Legal Issues in Employee Privacy; Ethical Considerations · Advanced Issues in Employment Law 2003 (National Business Institute); Topics: Tips for Preventing and Handling Employment Claims; Arbitration of Employment Claims · 19th Annual Human Resources Seminar, College of Business, Utah State University (2002); Topic: Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act Reported Cases: · Boswell v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc., 381 F.3d 1263 (10th Cir. 2004) · SCFC ILC, Inc. v. Visa USA, Inc., 36 F.3d 938 (10th Cir. 1994) · Utah Public Employee's Assn. v. State, 131 P.3d 208 (Utah 2005) · Clarke v. Living Scriptures, Inc., 114 P.3d 602 (Utah Ct. App. 2005) · YESCO v. UDOT, 110 P.3d 1118 (Utah Ct. App. 2005) Specific Experience · Direct Marketing Professional Activities · Master of the Bench, Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court · Utah State Bar, Employment Law Section · American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section · Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) |