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Wendy Bryant Becker Wendy represents employers in all phases of employment law. In particular, her practice includes the litigation of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases, representation of employers before the EEOC, state and local Human Rights Commissions, and general counseling to employers on hiring, firing, wage-hour and other day-to-day employment matters.
Education
B.A., University of Richmond, 1972
M.A., Middlebury College, 1976
J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law, 1981
Admitted to Practice
Ohio, 1981
Kentucky, 1983
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1984
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Kentucky Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Fayette County Bar Association
Professional Leadership
President, Fayette County Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, 2006-2007
President, Fayette County Bar Association Women Lawyer's Association, 2006
Planning Committee for Cincinnati Bar Association Regional Employment Law Institute, 1996
Co-Chair, University of Kentucky CLE Employment Law Handbook Planning Committee, 1992, 1994
Co-Chair, KBA Labor and Employment Law Section, 1992-93
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007
Recognized by Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading Kentucky employment law attorney, 2004-2006
Leadership Lexington Graduate, 1984
Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal, 1980-1981
Award for Best Survey Article, Award for Best Writing, 1981 Graduating Class
American Jurisprudence Award for Antitrust Law, 1981
Civic and Charitable Involvement
Past President, Henry Clay Memorial Foundation
Lexington - Deauville Twin City Committee
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
Bluegrass Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management
Selected Publications and Presentations
Presenter: "Harassment Law Update," UK CLE 10th Annual Employment Law Institute, June 2006
"Workplace Harassment: Sexual, Racial and Gender" (with Julie K. Hackworth), UK-CLE Monograph, 2006; 2002; 1998
Presenter, "Employment Law Update," Southeast Kentucky Society for Human Resource Managers, April 2006
Presenter, "What Every In-House Counsel Needs to Know About Employment Law," Kentucky Bar Association, April 2006
Presenter, "Employment Law Highlights," Fayette County Bar Association, March 2006
Presenter, Avoiding FMLA Retaliation Claims," Council on Education in Management, February 2006
"Workplace Harassment" (with Julie Hopkins), UK CLE Employment Law Handbook, 2006
Presenter, "The New White Collar Overtime Regulations" Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Breakfast Briefing, June 2005
Presenter, "Employment Law Update," Shelbyville Personnel Association, 2005.
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