On the Rise: Corey Goerdt
“'Employment lawyer'” wasn't exactly at the top of my career list as a kid," he says, but he's had some impressive wins and enjoys the opportunity to do pro bono work.
June 19, 2019 at 02:00 PM
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Corey Goerdt, Fisher & Phillips Atlanta (Courtesy photo)Job Title: Associate.
Current primary practice area: Employment law/employee defection litigation.
Experience: Fisher & Phillips: 2015-present.
Education: University of Georgia School of Law, 2015; Brown University, 2009.
What drew you to a career in law? Employment lawyer wasn't exactly at the top of my career list as a kid. After working for years in politics and the service industry, I developed a passion for building community and rewarding, meaningful places to work. As an employment lawyer, I get to follow those passions. I help my clients grow their business by fostering collaborative and respectful workplaces, safely recruiting talented employees and executives and making sure former employees don't exploit my clients' key information and relationships. I'm also lucky to be at a firm that supports my passion for building community by providing pro bono representation to underserved individuals and nonprofits through organizations like the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.
Have you set a specific goal that you want to achieve in the next year? I'm privileged to spearhead the Atlanta office of Fisher Phillips' pro bono initiatives. We've increased our pro bono participation and hours considerably over the past couple years, and I'm excited to see our office's pro bono work continue to develop and grow in the next year. On the employment law side, I'm helping my brother start a one-man carpentry business. My stretch goal for the next year is for him to have enough employees to be able to hire me!
What has been your proudest career moment and your biggest hurdle? I've had some exciting litigation wins—from discovery disputes to injunctions, summary judgments and arbitration hearings. But my proudest moments have been with my pro bono clients: guiding kind, brave and hardworking asylum-seekers through the tangled and daunting asylum process, winning a settlement for a disabled combat veteran and helping a nonprofit develop new processes for training, evaluating and retaining its valued employees.
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