Practice Areas - Labor and Employment
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Class and Collective Action Defense
- Discrimination
- Employment Law
| - Employment Release Agreements
- Personnel and Supervisor Training
- Plant Closings
- Reductions in Force
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
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| University | University of Virginia, B.A., 1987 |
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| Law School | University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1995 |
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| Admitted | 1995, North Carolina and South Carolina |
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| Memberships | South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 2008). |
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| Born | Greenville, South Carolina |
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| Biography | Order of the Coif. South Carolina Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Individual Employment Law; Contracts; Antitrust. Author: "The Refined Pretext-Plus Analysis: Employees' and Employers' Respective Burdens After Hicks," 46 S.C.L. Rev. 333 (1995). Recipient, University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Foundation Silver Complete Lawyer Award (2004). Named: Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2007—; Best Lawyers in America, 2008—; South Carolina Super Lawyers, Employment and Labor, 2009—. (Certified Specialist, Employment and Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina)
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| ISLN | 909831514 |
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The Future of Tip Credit - And The Businesses That Depend Upon ItKaren L. Luchka,J. Hagood Tighe, December 1, 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide what amounts to the future of tip credit for many businesses - particularly in the hospitality industry. In short, the issue is whether an employer can continue to pay tip credit employees on a tip credit basis if they spend more than 20% of their...
Planning For Reorganizations And RIFsJ. Hagood Tighe, August 8, 2011 Historically, the healthcare industry has not experienced layoffs of the magnitude seen by manufacturing and other sectors during the recent economic downturn. But with changes in healthcare, including changes in reimbursements, some employers may be faced with difficult choices, including... |
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