5.0/5.0
Rated
by a Associate/Assistant General Counsel
on 02/21/12
in Government
I worked with Ellen for 8 years on the legal staff of the Ala. Dept. of Corrections. Together we tried cases involving employment discrimination, prisoner civil rights, personnel issues, habeas and other post-conviction issues and cases involving var...
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I worked with Ellen for 8 years on the legal staff of the Ala. Dept. of Corrections. Together we tried cases involving employment discrimination, prisoner civil rights, personnel issues, habeas and other post-conviction issues and cases involving various administrative agency issues. She has an excellent knowledge of the law in all of these areas. She is currently working with the Ala. Dept. of Transportation as part of her assignment as an Assistant Attorney General, and I recommend her highly.
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