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Associate
Labor & Employment
Richmond
(804) 788-8506 Phone
(804) 788-8218 Fax
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Labor & Employment
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Labor and employment practice focuses on representing and advising employers on all aspects of labor and employment law; labor practice includes labor relations and employment advice, labor disputes, corporate campaigns and representation elections; employment practice includes employment discrimination, workplace harassment and retaliation, and drafting and enforcing non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.
Relevant Experience 
- Recently represented large public company in RICO action against a labor union, union executives, and affiliated labor organizations, which resulted in groundbreaking legal precedent.
- Represented large public company at Fourth Circuit, successfully obtaining a reversal of NLRB decision that employee strike over supervisory personnel was protected concerted activity.
- Advises employers in all aspects of union avoidance and managing a unionized workforce, including handling pre-election campaigns, unfair labor practice charges, and labor arbitrations.
- Defends management in federal and state court litigation involving employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, retaliation, and harassment.
- Drafts and interprets employment contracts, with an emphasis on covenants not to compete.
- Represents employers in employment contract disputes.
- Advises clients on various employment matters, including developing compliance and preventative strategies under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, the Family and Medical Leave Act and various administrative regulations.
- Defends employers under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state civil rights agencies.
- Prepares and revises employee handbooks, employee policies, and related materials.
Background
- Law Clerk, Hon. J. L. Edmondson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-01
Membership
- Member, Virginia State Bar
- Member, The Virginia Bar Association
- Admitted to practice: U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
Education - J.D., William & Mary School of Law, Order of the Coif; William & Mary Law Review, 2000
- B.A., Vanderbilt University, Economics and English, 1995
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Kimberlee DeWitt
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