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Education
- The University of Texas School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: Texas International Law Journal, Symposium Editor
- Cornell University
- B.S.
Professional Experience
- Managing Partner
- Peters Hamlin Law, LLC
- Current
Speaking Engagements
- Four Years After SOX: Where Are We?, Houston, TX
- Fulbright & Jaworski
- 2006
- Retaliation and Whistle Blowing Under Sarbanes-Oxley, Advance Civil Trial Law Conference, Houston, TX
- South Texas College of Law
- 2006
- Four Years After SOX: Where Are We? A Review of SOX Retaliation Cases, New York, NY
- Associate of Corporate Counsel of America (ACCA)
- 2006
- The Glass Ceiling, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Vital Voices
- 2008
Awards
- New York Super Lawyer
- Magazine of Law and Politics
- Awarded from 2006-2007
- Selected to Serve on the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal
- Justice Department
Professional Associations
- Connecticut Bar Association, Employment Law Committee
- Member
- Current
- Fairfield County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Women's Bar Association, New York Judicial Selection Committee
- Member
- Current
- International Bar Association, Discrimination and Gender Equality Committee
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Also a member of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee, the Human Rights Law Committee, and the Women's Interest Group
- Association for a Better New York
- Member
- Current
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Connecticut
- 2nd Circuit
- 4th Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar Crime
Languages
- English
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
Legal Answers
- Q. If you clock in and out of work, is it assumed that you are a wage worker?
- A: If by wage earner you mean non-exempt, normally it is only non-exempt employees who are required to clock in and out. But there is no law prohibiting an employer from making exempt salaried employees clock in and out.
- Q. I am a teacher and took FMLA leave. Snow days occurred during the leave. Can my employer require me to make up the days
- A: If the employer is counting the snow days against your FMLA leave, you cannot be required to make it up. But the employer should not count the snow days against your FMLA leave, in which case you could be required to make it up.
- Q. Am I Trespassing if I'm picking up my last pay check?
- A: The answer depends on whether your employer has informed you, in writing or otherwise, that you are not entitled to come back on the property and your paycheck has been mailed to you. A finding of trespass turns in most states on whether you have been notified not to come onto the property and whether you have a legitimate basis to come on to the property. Normally, coming to pick up a paycheck would be a legitimate basis to come onto the property unless you have already been told that it will be mailed to you and that you should not return. If that is the case, the safer course is to wait for it to be mailed. If you do not receive it, report it to the Dept of Labor as nonpayment of wages. ... Read More
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