News, Events, Seminars & Articles by Gentry Locke Attorneys

Fall Employment Law Webinar Series #3: The EEOC & New Battlegrounds

Events October 2014

Thank you for attending the final of three webinars covering important employment law updates you need to know. A PDF of the Powerpoint slide deck that partner Lindsey Coley and David Paxton presented is below. CLICK to view the slides. RIGHT-CLICK the link and choose the option to save it to your computer: Fall 2014 Webinar Series #3: The EEOC HR Certification Institute Credit: Please Read While we know who logged in to attend the webinar, there may be people from the same company who registered but attended the webinar from a single log-in. Attendees may use this HR Certification program ID number to apply for […]

Confessions of an Oral Argument Junkie

Articles September 2014

I admit it. I am an appellate argument junkie. This has been a long-standing problem, but when the Supreme Court of Virginia began releasing audio recordings of its oral arguments earlier this year, my habit took on new dimensions. I can now listen to hours of appellate argument without leaving the house, car, or office. This has brought new purpose to my long daily commute (I hope the legislature will not make this illegal), and I’m totally hooked. But what’s the big deal, concerned friends ask – audio recordings of Fourth Circuit arguments have been available for some time now. […]

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Fall Employment Law Webinar Series #2: The Affordable Care Act

Events September 2014

Thank you for attending the second of three webinars covering important employment law updates you need to know. The presentation that partner Brooke Rosen presented is below. CLICK to view the presentation. RIGHT-CLICK the link and choose the option to save it to your computer: Fall 2014 Webinar Series #2: The ACA HR Certification Institute Credit: Please Read While we know who logged in to attend the webinar, there may be people from the same company who registered but attended the webinar from a single log-in. Attendees may use this HR Certification program ID number to apply for professional credit only if they […]

ALERT: Government Contractors – Important Reminders

News September 2014

File an EEO-1 Report by September 30, 2014 As a reminder, if your company (i) has 100 or more employees, or (ii) is a federal government contractor or first tier subcontractor with 50 or more employees and has a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more, you are required to file the EEO-1 Report by September 30, 2014. The EEO-1 Report requires these employers to provide a count of their employees according to job category, race/ethnicity and gender. Please note that there is a new EEO-1 Job Classification Guide this year. New Self-Identification Forms Also, government contractors are required to use new Self-Identification […]

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Remainder needed to be charged for Fall Webinar Series

Events August 2014

We apologize that your card was only charged $25 of the $40 discounted rate required to participate in all three webinars. Please us the “Register Online” link below to complete the payment for our Fall Webinar series. Do not use the optional Code input field in the attendee contact information area. Your card will be charged $15 when you choose the Pay Online option, and the invoice we email you will reflect your having paid in full for the $40 registration fee.Please use the same credit card you used to sign up for the webinar. We will use the original […]

Fall Employment Law Webinar Series #1: The NLRB

Events August 2014

Thank you for attending the first of three webinars covering important employment law updates you need to know. The presentation that Todd Leeson and John Thomas presented is below. CLICK to view the presentation. RIGHT-CLICK the link and choose the option to save it to your computer: Fall 2014 Webinar Series #1: The NLRB HR Certification Institute Credit: Please Read While we know who logged in to attend the webinar, there may be people from the same company who registered but attended the webinar from a single log-in. Attendees may use this HR Certification program ID number to apply for professional credit only […]

Lessons from My First Experience as a Construction Dispute Mediator

Articles August 2014

For three years in law school, finishing in 1993, I think I hardly heard the word “mediation,” much less had any courses or training in it. In clerking in the US District Court in Norfolk for a year after that, I don’t recall much, if any, mediation occurring, certainly not with magistrate judges the way it is today. Within days of arriving at work at Gentry Locke in the fall of 1994, however, I can vividly remember having conversations with a colleague about John McCammon starting a “mediation business.” Not long after that, I began getting involved in representing parties […]

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Webcast: Lessons from a Construction Dispute Mediator

Events August 2014

After representing parties on either side of more than a hundred construction disputes at mediation, Virginia attorney K. Brett Marston had the opportunity to take on the role of mediator. On September 18the he shared his experience, tips, and techniques for preparing for and conducting mediation in the construction law arena for attendees. no matter in which seat they find themselves and their clients.

Twenty-One Gentry Locke Attorneys Earn Best Lawyers® Designations and One Lawyer of the Year

News August 2014

ROANOKE, VA – The Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore is pleased to announce have the recognition of twenty-one attorneys on the 2015 Best Lawyers in America® list, with one attorney in particular being named Roanoke Lawyer of the Year. K. Brett Marston, a Gentry Locke attorney who specializes in Construction Law, has earned Roanoke Lawyer of the Year for Construction Law for the second time—the first being in 2013. Gentry Locke attorneys named to the 2015 Best Lawyers in America® list are: J. Rudy Austin Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Thomas J. Bondurant, Jr. Corporate Compliance […]

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Attorney Leeson Quoted as Employer Advocate in SHRM “Ban the Box” Article

News August 2014

Gentry Locke employment law partner Todd Leeson was quoted in an article published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) discussing the “ban the box” movement. The article, titled “Ban-the-Box Movement Goes Viral”, updates SHRM members across the country on cities and states that have passed laws to ban the check box on employment applications asking whether the candidate has ever been convicted of a crime. Under the section subtitled Impact on Employers, author Roy Maurer notes Leeson’s observations on the risks and dangers of employers unknowingly hiring persons who could pose a real threat to their business, employees, and […]

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