Employment/Labor

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith Welcomes Luisa Calderon to the Houston, Texas Office Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith (GJTBS) is excited to announce the addition of Luisa F. Calderon as an Associate Attorney in their Houston, Texas office.

Deborah Weinstein, President of The Weinstein Firm, recently served as Planning Chair and Panelist for an ALI-ABA video webinar program entitled “Updating Employee Manuals 101: Doing it Right.” The program covered such topics as: evaluating the need for changes to a manual, transforming new developments into critical updates, protocols and notifications for clients and legal factors and conside

Immigration Practice Leader to Address Forms of Relief Bell Nunnally Partner and Immigration Practice leader Karen-Lee Pollak is a featured speaker at the Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.’s May 4 program “Overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Cases, Part II.” Specifically, she will address other forms of relief, including: prosecutorial discretion, T Nonimmigrant Status (a.k.a. “T Visa”), U Nonimmigrant Status (a.k.a.

In response to a local and nationwide increase in plaintiff’s attorney-led ADA lawsuits, Pryor Cashman LLP has officially launched its Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Defense practice.

The Supreme Court decision in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, 131 S. Ct. 863 (2011), creates a new, but ambiguously defined, group of employees protected from retaliation following the filing of a complaint with the EEOC, according to V. Latosha Dexter, SPHR, an employment law attorney at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, P.L.C. (Rainey Kizer).

Jovita M. Foster, a partner in Armstrong Teasdale’s Litigation Practice group, is being honored by Sister Salute, a newly formed organization that celebrates women of color. She will be recognized at the group’s inaugural luncheon event on May 11, 2012 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis.

Julie Proscia, an attorney and partner in the St. Charles office of Chicago-headquartered law firm SmithAmundsen, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Fox Valley United Way.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC is pleased to announce that Jerry Redmond Jr. has been named a 2012 "Texas Rising Star" in the area of Civil Litigation Defense by Super Lawyers magazine.

(Washington County, Pa. Lawyers Give Back to Nonprofit Organizations in Southwestern Pennsylvania) Peacock Keller, a full-service law firm in Washington, Pa., recently supported several community organizations in Southwestern Pennsylvania through acts of corporate citizenship, volunteerism and philanthropy. In particular, the firm helped the Washington County Big Brothers Big Sisters organization and Rotary Club with fundraising efforts.

Deborah Weinstein, President of The Weinstein Firm, recently served as Planning Chair and Panelist for an ALI-ABA program entitled “Employee Manuals 101: Drafting for Success.” The program covered such topics as: steps to take to construct an effective, legally compliant employee handbook, tailoring the handbook to a client’s business, goals and culture and, legal factors and considerations for