Total Credits: 6 including 5 CLE, 1 Ethics
Don’t miss our annual Employment Law seminar. In these uncertain economic times, it is vitally important to understand the challenges facing businesses and their employees. Whether you represent employers or employees – or both – this seminar will provide the necessary tools to address your clients’ issues.
| Seminar Handout (30.8 MB) | 361 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Coleman Slides (1.1 MB) | 19 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| PWFA (1.8 MB) | 36 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Ms. Leonard is a partner with the Birmingham law firm of Heather Leonard, P.C., where she concentrates her practice on labor and employment law, including litigation before the federal and state courts as well as administrative agencies. Her practice embraces a variety of matters relating to wage and hour law, harassment, invasion of privacy and employment discrimination. She is also adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she teaches mediation and trial advocacy, and serves as an assistant coach for the UAB Mock Trial Team. Ms. Leonard received her B.A. from the University of Kentucky and her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law, where she was the Managing Editor for the Law and Psychology Review and a member of the National Moot Court Team. She is a member of the Alabama bar and various state and local bar associations.
John Coleman has practiced management side labor and employment law for over thirty-five years. A 1978 magna cum laude Duke University graduate, a 1981 Duke University School of Law graduate, a former law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Donald Russell, and a current Burr & Forman LLP partner, John has been elected as Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, as Life Fellow of The American Bar Foundation, and member of the Management Labor and Employment Roundtable, and every edition since 1993 of Best Lawyers in America. Law & Politics’ SuperLawyers this year named him one of Alabama’s top fifty lawyers. John is an adjunct professor at two law schools and has authored Thompson West’s Disability Discrimination in Employment and annual updates, Southern University Press's Employment Discrimination in Alabama and annual updates. He has coauthored a book on workers compensation and contributed to the 1997 and 2004 updates of BNA's Occupational Safety and Health Law and chapters in the book’s Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions.
Grace Ann is an associate at Starnes Davis Florie. Her practice is devoted to Labor & Employment and Commercial Litigation. She represents both public and private employers in labor and employment litigation in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies. In addition to her litigation experience, Grace Ann routinely advises employers in making employment decisions and developing policies that reduce the risk of being sued by employees.
James L. “Jay” Mitchell was elected to the Alabama Supreme Court in 2018.
Prior to serving on the Supreme Court, Justice Mitchell was an accomplished litigation attorney with Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. During his time in private practice, he tried a number of complex cases to verdict, successfully handled appeals, and obtained favorable settlements for clients. He was rated as one of the top litigators in the United States and Alabama, and received the highest possible rating for professional ethics. He also served on Maynard, Cooper & Gale’s executive committee, helping to lead strategic and growth initiatives for the firm.
Justice Mitchell was born in Mobile and grew up in South Alabama and in Homewood. He is a graduate of Homewood High School and received his Bachelor of Arts with honors from Birmingham-Southern College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, served as president of the student body, and played forward on the school’s 1995 national championship basketball team. He holds a Master of Arts from University College in Dublin, Ireland, and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Justice Mitchell has long been active in organizations that benefit the community and enhance the legal profession. In addition to his service with other organizations, he is a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham and serves on the board of directors at Cornerstone School, an inner city Christian school. He is also a member of the Federalist Society.
Annemarie Axon is a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Upon completing a clerkship with United States District Judge Inge Johnson, Judge Axon practiced in the field of environmental litigation throughout New England and New York. After returning to Birmingham, she practiced with the law firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, & Brandt.
Since her appointment to the bench in 2018, Judge Axon has presided her docket while also serving the Judiciary as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States’s Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council Rules Committee.
Judge Axon is married to Will Axon, a partner at Starnes Davis Florie. Will and Judge Axon have two school-aged children.
Larry is a principal and trial attorney in Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Fraud Section, where he has devoted his career to seeking justice on behalf of those who have been negligently or intentionally harmed. His clients include individuals and small businesses. He joined Beasley Allen in 2000 and prior to working in the Fraud Section, he worked in the firm’s Business Litigation Section and later the Environmental & Toxic Torts Section. While working in Environmental & Toxic Torts, Larry was a part of the legal team that obtained a settlement of the largest toxic exposure claims in U.S. history. That case involved PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama, by Solutia, Monsanto and Pharmacia. The federal court settlement exceeded $700 million for more than 18,000 clients. Larry graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995, is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and is licensed to practice in Alabama, Florida and the District of Columbia.
Matt Stiles is a shareholder with Maynard Nexsen, PC. His national practice and unique talent stack encompass a broad skill set in the laws affecting the workplace, including labor and union relations, employment litigation, employee benefits, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, Service Contract Act and government contracting, and PEO and staffing industry law. Matt has successfully resolved complex, multi-party and multi-jurisdictional labor negotiations in the federal contract sector on behalf of his clients. He has extensive experience counseling employers involved in federal and state agency investigations and litigation, for which he has served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama. Prior to joining Maynard, Matt was a shareholder with a labor and employment boutique firm and served as Associate Counsel with a Fortune 500 bank. Matt is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. Matt's skills and reputation continually distinguish him as a leading labor, employment, and benefits lawyer. Since 2008, he has been recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading practitioner in the area of Labor and Employment. He is a multi-year recipient of the Lexology Client Choice Award for Employment & Benefits Law, a selection made by in-house general counsel recognizing lawyers who add value to clients' business above and beyond others in the market. In addition, Matt is consistently recognized for both his labor and employment practice and employee benefits practice by The Best Lawyers in America© and Super Lawyers, in which he has often been included among the Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama. Matt recently completed a year of service to the Alabama State Bar as Chair of its Labor & Employment Section.
Roman was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He attended undergraduate, graduate and law school at the University of Alabama. He practiced law in Tuscaloosa for a couple of years then practiced with the Montgomery, Alabama firm of Beasley Allen for 17 years. As a lawyer, Roman had a multi-jurisdictional practice and was licensed to practice law in 8 states and over 35 federal jurisdictions. He has represented individuals, businesses, insurance companies and state governments. In January of 2017, Roman was appointed as a trial judge in Montgomery County. In June of 2018 he became the General Counsel of the Alabama State Bar. He is married to Caroline Thames Shaul and has three daughters, Anne Kingsley (14), Isabel (13) and Thompson (6).
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Wed, Jan 08, 2025 - 08:30am to 03:49pm CST
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