Emily E. Schifter works with clients on a wide variety of labor and employment-related matters, including employment discrimination, leave, disability accommodation, and wage and hour litigation. Additionally, she counsels employers on many aspects of employment law and human resources issues.
Emily is an associate in the labor and employment practice, where she represents clients in a variety of labor and employment-related matters, including employment discrimination, leave, disability accommodation, and wage and hour litigation.
Additionally, she counsels employers on many aspects of employment law and human resources issues, including employee handbooks, policies and restrictive covenants drafted under various states’ laws for a variety of circumstances, including as part of mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining the firm, Emily served as a law clerk to a federal judge, where she gained experience working on litigation involving a variety of matters and claims, including cases brought under Title VII, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Representative Matters :
- Assisted in successfully defending an employer client in a temporary restraining order action arising from a trade secret and restrictive covenant dispute with a former employee.
- Assisted a utility client in resolving and securing a denial of a union employee grievance in formal arbitration.
Professional and Community Involvement : Member, Young Professionals Advisory Committee, Atlanta Children’s Shelter
Professional Experience :
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter E. Johnson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2015-2017
- Legal Extern, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, 2014
- Legal Intern, Turner Broadcasting System, 2013
EDUCATION :
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Blue Key National Honor Society, 2015,
- University of North Carolina, B.A., with distinction, 2012
BAR ADMISSIONS : Georgia
COURT ADMISSIONS :
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Superior Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Cost
Rate : $$$