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Jason Ryan Doss
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Marietta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
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Daniel I. MacIntyre
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
45 years experience
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Samuel T. Brannan
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Marietta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
27 years experience
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Richard W. Hendrix Esq.
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Attorney
40 years experience
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John Stephen Mixon
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Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 25 years experience
(770) 955-0100 108 Williamson Mill Road
 Jonesboro, GA 30236
Employment
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Attorney J. Stephen Mixon, Esq. concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law. Mr. Mixon is best known as one of Georgia 's most successful advocates of women in sexual harassment cases. Additionally, Mr. Mixon represents both employers and employees in race discrimination cases, non-compete agreements, and other contract disputes. Attorney J. Stephen Mixon, Esq. is a graduate from Oxford College and Emory University (1989), in Atlanta, GA, and the University of Georgia School of Law (1992) in Athens, GA. Upon graduation, Mr. Mixon served as a staff attorney for the Honorable Senator Strom Thurmond in the United States...
(770) 955-0100 201 17th Street, Suite 300
 Atlanta, GA 30363
Tameka Andrea West
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Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 16 years experience
(678) 216-0305 7179 Jonesboro Road, Suite 202
 Morrow, GA 30260
Employment
University of Iowa and University of Iowa
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Shana Rooks
Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 17 years experience
(770) 473-1989 116 S Main St
 Jonesboro, GA 30236
Employment, Business, Criminal and Divorce
Tulane University-LA
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Michelle Youngblood Terry
Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 16 years experience
(404) 366-1000 519 Forest Pkwy
 Forest Park, GA 30297
Employment, Business, Estate Planning and Health Care
Washington & Lee Univ
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David Owen Harris
Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 40 years experience
(770) 478-8000 118 S Main St
 Jonesboro, GA 30236
Employment, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Atlanta Law School
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Ethenia King
Clayton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 17 years experience
(770) 210-4886 184 North Ave
 Jonesboro, GA 30236
Employment, Criminal and DUI
Georgia State University
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Robin Frazer Clark
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 29 years experience
(404) 873-3700 101 Marietta St
#2300
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Free ConsultationEmployment, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Emory University School of Law
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Mitchell Feldman
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 22 years experience
(877) 946-8293 1201 Peachtree St.
400 COLONY SQUARE, SUITE 200
 ATLANTA, GA 30361
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
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Mitchell Lloyd Feldman Esq. Attorney at Law CLASS ACTION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION, STATE AND FEDERAL TRIAL LAWYER EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ATTORNEY Location: 1715 N. Westshore Boulevard Suite 400 Tampa, FL 33607 Phone: 813 639 9366 Fax: 813-639-9376 Email: mlf@feldmanlegal.us LAWYER OVERVIEW: For over 2 decades, MITCHELL LLOYD FELDMAN, ESQ., has been a civil litigator, who has worked on the defense and the plaintiff side of cases. Over the last 9 years, Mr. Feldman has focused his practice representing employees and individuals. Mr. Feldman’s bench and jury trial experience includes cases involving the following:...
(877) 946-8293 6940 W. Linebaugh Avenue
SUITE 101
 TAMPA, FL 33625
(877) 946-8293 618 E. South Street, Suite 500
SUITE 500
 ORLANDO, FL 32801
John Mays
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney.
(877) 986-5529 235 Peachtree St NE
#202
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Appeals, Business and Civil Rights
Emory University School of Law
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I provide legal counsel to small businesses, focusing on their employment matters. Our firm specializes in wage and hour litigation, and I have served as defense counsel in both individual and collective overtime actions, but we also have a strong record defending against discrimination suits and representing corporate interests before administrative agencies and tribunals. I also represent employees in individual and collective actions for minimum wage violations, unpaid overtime, unpaid commissions, and other claims arising under federal wage and hour law. I handle the majority of my firm's misclassification cases involving salaried workers and independent contractors.
Rudjard Melvin Hayes
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Fayette County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 21 years experience
(770) 692-5020 1015 Tyrone Road
Suite 620
 Tyrone, GA 30290
Employment, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
Georgia State University
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Rudjard M. Hayes is a Partner at Sanchez Hayes & Associates, LLC, where he heads up the firm’s criminal section, civil litigation section and co-chairs the domestic section. Mr. Hayes previously worked as a Senior Assistant District Attorney (“ADA”) in the Griffin Judicial Circuit. He also formerly served as a Senior ADA in the Coweta Judicial Circuit. In 2007, Mr. Hayes became a partner at Sanchez Hayes & Associates, LLC located in Tyrone, Georgia. Mr. Hayes devotes a substantial portion of his practice to criminal defense where he represents those accused of committing one or more criminal offense in city,...
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Michael A. Sullivan Esq.
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
32 years experience
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Brandon Hornsby
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
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Bobby Roopchand Devadoss
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 19 years experience
(404) 478-7885 235 Peachtree Street Northeast
Suite 400
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Free ConsultationEmployment and Administrative
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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Bobby Devadoss formerly worked as an attorney for the Federal Labor Relations Authority and later took a position with the Federal Aviation Administration before opening his own law firm. With offices in Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Mr. Devadoss represents federal employees nationwide in disciplinary proceedings ( MSPB), civil rights advocacy ( EEOC) and work injury claims ( OWCP). He also counsels labor unions and governmental agencies.
(468) 522-3089 14651 Dallas Parkway
 Dallas, TX 75254
(202) 349-3953 1629 K. Street
 Washington, DC 20006
William Cleveland
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer.
(404) 410-7998 235 Peachtree St NE
#202
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Civil Rights and Workers' Comp
Mercer University
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Kirby G. Smith
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney.
(404) 870-3567 1401 Peachtree Street
Suite 500
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
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Mr. Kirby G. Smith is the Founding Partner of the Kirby G. Smith Law Firm. Mr. Smith’s passion to work in the employment law field began before he even attended law school, working as an office manager and legal assistant for an employment firm. Over the years, Mr. Smith has accumulated substantial legal experience in the employment field, working for employment law firms for many years. Mr. Smith has seen the inner-workings of many different types of employers, as his past work experience has taken him through both the federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United...
Michael A. Sullivan Esq.
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 32 years experience
(404) 658-9070 225 Peachtree St, NE.,
1700 South Tower
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Free ConsultationEmployment, Broker Fraud and White Collar Crime
Vanderbilt University and University of North Carolina School of Law
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Matthew Trainor Gomes
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 19 years experience
(404) 322-6255 Atlantic Station
201 17th Street, NW / Suite 1700
 Atlanta, GA 30363
Employment and Business
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Almost every company has employees. As a result, unfortunately, almost every company has employee relations issues. I have spent my entire legal career helping employers avoid labor and employment problems by partnering with my clients to provide preventative counseling and training involving discipline, discharge, reductions-in-force and other personnel matters, employee handbooks, employment agreements, and affirmative action plans. On those occasions when litigation has been unavoidable, I have represented my clients in federal and state courts and before government agencies throughout the United States in all aspects of labor law and employment litigation, including allegations of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, wage...
Lee Hamil Little
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 20 years experience
(404) 685-1662 75 14th St NW
#2840-B
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Health Care
Georgia State University
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Lee counsels and represents healthcare providers, businesses and professionals with regard to healthcare, business, staffing and employment issues. She is a former federal prosecutor with over 18 years of experience as a lawyer.
(404) 685-1662 1450 Greene St
#3600
 Augusta, GA 30901
Duncan H. Adams
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 18 years experience
(404) 445-7771 1175 Peachtree St NE
#1450
 Atlanta, GA 30361
Employment, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Emory University School of Law
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Samantha A Holloway
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 8 years experience
(678) 390-3503 4751 Best Road Suite 400C
 Atlanta, GA 30337
Free ConsultationEmployment and Business
William H. Bowen School of Law
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Samantha Holloway is a native of New Haven, Connecticut and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia. Samantha’s passion for justice and dedication to educating and effectively guiding clients through the complex legal system is unsurpassed. Clients can expect the professional skills of an attorney that is willing to listen, qualified to counsel, and ready to serve. Samantha completed her undergraduate studies at Emory University and majored in African American Studies. Samantha attended law school at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas....
Beth Moeller
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 14 years experience
(404) 692-5543 1100 Peachtree St NE
#200
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
University of Oklahoma College of Law
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Beth Moeller represents both employees and employers in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation, and has litigated a number of complex wage and hour collective and Rule 23 class actions. Beth has litigated single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class and collective action cases in federal and state courts around the country. Beth advises clients on a variety of compliance issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other applicable laws and regulations. She has represented clients in cases involving allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, breach of contract, and other violations of state...
George Melville Johnson
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 27 years experience
(888) 594-0424 2870 Peachtree Rd NW
#915-6086
 Atlanta, GA 30305
Employment, Civil Rights and International
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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Attorney George Johnson founded his firm's client-centered approach over a quarter century ago, and has been fighting on behalf of federal employees nationwide ever since. He has vigorously defended clients all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and has developed a reputation internationally as adept in all aspects of MSPB and Federal Employment Law.

As a leading advocate for his clients, Mr. Johnson is a sought-after delegate and speaker. He has appeared at legal forums worldwide to address issues surrounding international employment law, including appearances at the Oxford Roundtable in England and the International Employment Law Conference in Austria. Additionally,...
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Kevin S. Little
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
25 years experience
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J. Franklin Burns
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Attorney
30 years experience
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James Craig
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer.
(877) 986-5529 235 Peachtree St NE
#202
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Real Estate
University of California - Hastings College of the Law
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Kevin S. Little
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 25 years experience
(404) 685-1662 75 14th St NW
#2840-B
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Health Care
Georgia State University College of Law
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Lisa Durham Taylor
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 16 years experience
(404) 872-3593 1422 W Peachtree St NW
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Employment and Appeals
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Lisa Taylor brings a unique skill set and perspective to her law practice. She began her career as a lawyer in the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of employment law matters. Among many other things, she litigated claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and the FMLA; she drafted and litigated claims related to restrictive covenants in employment law contracts; and she advised clients on such tricky personnel matters as reductions in force, employee...
(770) 235-1117 Union Church Road
 Watkinsville, GA 30677
Richard W. Hendrix Esq.
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 40 years experience
(404) 658-9070 225 Peachtree St, NE.,
1700 South Tower
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Free ConsultationEmployment, Criminal, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Emory University
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Tracey Barbaree
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 25 years experience
(404) 692-5543 1100 Peachtree St NE
#200
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Mitchell Douglas Benjamin
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 20 years experience
(470) 443-0524 101 Marietta St NW # 3100
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Mitchell Benjamin is a partner at DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, & Benjamin, LLC with 21 years of experience. Mitchell was born and raised in New York City and began his practice in NYC after attending university and law school there. Mitchell focuses primarily on the practice areas of wage and hour law and commercial litigation He has represented more than a thousand employees in a variety of employment-related disputes involving retaliation, unpaid overtime, minimum wages, sexual harassment and discrimination claims based on race, age, gender, national origin and disability in both the state and federal courts. He is...
Steven R. Wisebram Esq.
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(800) 228-9159 225 Peachtree St, NE.,
1700 South Tower
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Business and Personal Injury
Emory University
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Brandon Hornsby
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer.
(800) 788-7781 1180 W Peachtree St NW
#2220
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights, Insurance Claims and Medical Malpractice
Emory University School of Law and Florida State University College of Law
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Cynthia Lynn Counts
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 25 years experience
(404) 550-6233 400 Colony Square, Sutie 2020
1201 Peachtree St. NE
 Atlanta, GA 30361
Employment, Appeals, Business and IP
The University of Georgia School of Law
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James Radford
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Dekalb County, GA Employment Law Lawyer.
(678) 369-3609 545 N. McDonough St
Suite 212
 Decatur, GA 30030
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Priorr to launching his private practice, James practiced for a number of years with the firm of Parks, Chesin and Walbert, P.C., one of Georgia’s most prestigious civil rights law firms. James also served as a staff attorney for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where he advised the Court on a wide array of federal cases. James received his undergraduate degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his law degree from the University of Georgia, where he graduated cum laude. James served on the Editorial Board for the Georgia...
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Steven R. Wisebram Esq.
(800) 228-9159
Atlanta, GA Employment Law Attorney
40 years experience
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Joy Doss
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Marietta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
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Shaun Southworth
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer.
(404) 585-8095 1100 Peachtree ST NE
Suite 200
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
Duke University School of Law
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SHAUN C. SOUTHWORTH founded Southworth PC. As an employment attorney, his practice focuses on representing employees and former employees in all areas of employment law, nationwide. He carefully selects his clients and aggressively and doggedly represents them. Mr. Southworth is a graduate of the Duke University School of Law, where at graduation he received the "Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Labor and Employment Law," an award not given every year. He was also named the Neill James Blue Scholar. After Duke, Mr. Southworth was a labor and employment associate at an "AmLaw 100" law firm. As an employment...
Mrs. Sybil Bates McCormack Esq.
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 19 years experience
(404) 214-0120 1100 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 500
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Employment
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
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Sybil Bates McCormack is an Associate Attorney with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Barrett & Farahany, LLP in Atlanta, GA. Sybil represents employment law clients seeking the timely, amicable negotiation, mediation and settlement of their cases. Focus: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; FLSA; ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act; ADEA - Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Section 1981; Race Discrimination; Age Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Pregnancy Discrimination; National Origin Discrimination; Religious Discrimination; and Sexual Harassment.
Dean Richard Fuchs
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 23 years experience
(404) 688-8277 260 Peachtree St NE
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Emory University
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John S LaRose
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 4 years experience
(404) 760-0500 24 Lenox Pointe
 ATLANTA, GA 30324
Employment, Appeals, Business and Immigration
Georgia State University College of Law
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Andrew Yancey Coffman
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney. 25 years experience
(404) 873-8000 75 14th St NW
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Employment and Civil Rights
Boston University
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Scott E. Atwood
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 21 years experience
(770) 349-8205 1230 Peachtree Street
Suite 3750
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Employment and Business
University of Florida
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Benjamin Kandy
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Dekalb County, GA Employment Law Attorney.
534 Medlock Road
Suite 109
 Decatur, GA 30030
Employment and Civil Rights
Emory University
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Scott M. Lenhart
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 16 years experience
151 Ellis Street NE
 Atlanta, GA 30303
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and IP
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Logan B. Winkles
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Attorney.
(404) 891-6700 1355 Peachtree Street NE
Suite 1570
 Atlanta, GA 30309
Employment, Business, Construction and Insurance Claims
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Michael Oliver Mondy
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Fulton County, GA Employment Law Lawyer. 11 years experience
(404) 492-9568 235 PEACHTREE STREET NE Suite 400
 ATLANTA, GA 30303
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Atlanta, GA Employment Law Lawyer
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John Mays
(877) 986-5529
Atlanta, GA Employment Law Attorney
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Employment law governs the relationship between workers and their employers. This law, contained in federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions, specifies the rights and restrictions applicable to each party in the workplace.

This area of law regulates such issues as employee benefits, discipline, hiring, firing, leave, payroll, and health and safety in the workplace. It also encompasses non-compete agreements, retaliation, severance, unemployment compensation, pensions, whistle-blowing, worker classification, wage garnishment, work authorization for non-U.S. citizens, worker's compensation, and employee handbooks.

Both federal and state laws govern the relationship between employees and employers. Federal laws such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees based on certain characteristics. Many states have enacted their own laws similar to federal ones (and sometimes are more stringent). Cities and counties also can enact ordinances that affect employee rights, such as local minimum wage laws.

Employment lawyers can choose to accept only employees as clients, only employers, or both. Some attorneys focus on a specific area of employment law, such as workers' compensation, whistleblowing or discrimination, but many can handle a wide range of employment law issues.

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