Coming Down the Pike: New Developments in Labor & Employment

Jahnisa is the Division General Counsel for Property Management for RangeWater Residential, LLC. In this role, she is responsible for all legal, risk, and compliance matters across the property management division.

Prior to joining RangeWater, Jahnisa was Managing Counsel, Litigation, for a publicly traded real estate and financial services company, where she managed global litigation and employment matters for the company. Prior to going in house, Jahnisa represented clients in general civil litigation, insurance, consumer protection, cybersecurity, and privacy matters at a leading Atlanta law firm. Jahnisa also clerked for two federal judges.

Jahnisa received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark Atlanta University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Experienced labor and employment attorney with extensive experience in class action, traditional labor and individual litigation, personnel policies and procedure, investigations and dispute resolution. Experienced personnel resources specialist with a comprehensive and strategic understanding of human resources management, business needs and organizational changes. Emily believes the key to a successful business is to ensure that the workplace is reflective of the best practices of the business.

Elizabeth Gross offers practical and focused solutions for employers facing employee management issues by providing a broad range of support. Liz also regularly assists clients with internal investigations, responding to agency audits and complaints, defending against employee lawsuits, and enforcing clients’ rights under restrictive covenant agreements. Liz also has significant experience assisting clients with employment-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions.

With the ever-changing dynamic of the employment relationship, Liz assists both public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, and health care.

Melodie Craft is a corporate lawyer and business advisor with more than two decades of experience strategically advising public and private companies nationwide. Melodie has a Certificate in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management from Stanford and a Certificate in Global Business through Yale. She also has a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations. Melodie is currently head of legal at a publicly traded portfolio company where she serves as Vice President Legal Affairs and Risk Management, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer; previously she was an equity partner at a large national law firm.