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Kara E. Shea provides practical advice on employment issues and compliance to national, regional, and local employers of all sizes, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, in a variety of industries. She also represents employers before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and in litigation, including discrimination, retaliatory discharge, whistleblower, and wage and hour cases, including class actions. Ms. Shea has briefed cases presented to both the Tennessee Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Shea regularly speaks on employment-related topics and provides supervisory training on topics including FMLA and FLSA compliance, conducting workplace investigations, and implementing employee discipline. Ms Shea has been a regular columnist for the Nashville City Paper and is the co-editor of the Tennessee Employment Law Letter. Ms. Shea also practices in the area of intellectual property, including trade secrets, trademarks, and copyright matters. Practice Groups Labor & Employment Intellectual Property Education J.D. Vanderbilt University, 1996 Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review B.S, summa cum laude, Boston University, 1991 Court Admissions U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits U.S. Supreme Court Professional Memberships Nashville Bar Association Tennessee Bar Association American Bar Association Employers Counsel Network Legislative Chair, Board of Directors, MT-SHRM Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Publications Co-Editor of the Tennessee Employment Law Letter Regular contributor to the Nashville City Paper. | 