Joyce Gist Lewis received a full summary judgment in favor of metro Atlanta county on Title VII retaliation claims and Rule 12(B)(6) dismissal of Section 1983 claims.

Joyce Gist Lewis won summary judgment for her governmental entity client on claims asserted under Americans with Disabilities Act based upon a showing that the client lacked control of the adverse employment decision. The Plaintiff withdrew claims asserted under the Family Medical Leave Act following the filing of the summary judgment motion.

Halsey Knapp guided a professor through a graduate student’s 25 year after-the-fact re-evaluation of a friendship without any publicity or lasting harm to his reputation or his standing in the eyes of his institution. (Summer 2018).

Halsey Knapp and Patricia Minton defeated a supervisor’s effort to enforce an oral bonus arrangement made over the owner’s kitchen table in 1983 that went undocumented, accrued, and unpaid for more than 20 years and only to be asserted in the amount of 3.2 million dollars after the death of the business’ owner. Multi-State Financial […]

Halsey Knapp and Patricia Minton represent a full-service power industry vendor that provides power services and equipment to its clients who has been sued by its terminated chief operations officer.  The former operations head disputes the terms of his employment and contends that, despite being terminated, he is entitled to a discretionary bonus and ownership […]

Joyce won a pre-discovery dismissal of all Title VII and Sec. 1983 claims asserted against individual elected official and county department head by a Plaintiff claiming that she was terminated because of a perceived disability.

Plaintiff alleged that he was paid less than white co-workers and was constructively terminated for having made complaints of racial discrimination. Prior to moving for summary judgment, Joyce Gist Lewis reached a confidential settlement for less than one-half the cost of her client’s attorneys’ fees and obtained an agreement from the Plaintiff not to apply […]

Joyce Gist Lewis reached a non-confidential settlement for less than one-half of her client’s attorneys’ fees in a case where Plaintiff alleged he was denied promotions because of his race and was not paid overtime as required by law. Settlement was made prior to the filing of a motion for summary judgment, and included an […]