Krevolin & Horst attorneys Halsey G. Knapp, Jr. and Barclay H. Vallotton secured a federal jury verdict in favor of the City of Atlanta in a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the City. Mr. Knapp and Ms. Vallotton were part of a trial team led by Halima White of Employment Law Solution. The team defended the […]
Krevolin & Horst attorneys Joyce Gist Lewis, Barclay H. Vallotton, and Jamil A. Favors recently secured a win for their clients in federal court. The team represented the City of Atlanta and its Director of the Office of Zoning and Development against discrimination claims by two white former city employees. Both former employees alleged they […]
Jessica Cino speaks on ongoing legal issues during the pandemic related to the rise in COVID cases. According to Cino, “A lot of what was in place earlier were short term fixes that expired, Employees have less federal protection, but some options remain. People suffering from long-haul COVID symptoms might ultimately receive protection under the […]
Krevolin & Horst attorneys Joyce Gist Lewis, Barclay Vallotton, and Jamil Favors recently won a motion to dismiss two employees’ reverse discrimination claims against the City of Atlanta. In recommending that K&H’s motion be granted, the magistrate judge found as a matter of law that the plaintiff failed to allege facts showing that the decision […]
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.
Racial slur and hand-written note trigger workplace lawsuit, WSBTV, August 21, 2018.
Joyce Gist Lewis presented on joint employer liability issues at the NAMWOLF Regional Conference on Employment Law and Diversity Issues for Silicon Valley on August 23, 2018.
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 […]
