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Leslie W. Ehret
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 Phone: (504) 599-8203
Fax: (504) 599-8263
Email: Leslie W. Ehret
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PRACTICE AREAS
Labor & Employment
Transactional

EDUCATION
Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987, J.D.

Louisiana State University, 1983,B.A.

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Lousiana
Alabama
Colorado
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Louisiana Hospital Association
Committee for Liason with the EEOC, OFCCP

SEMINARS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
 Workplace Violence
Loyola University

Considerations in Analyzing Client and Former Client Conflict of Interest
Transportation Law Institute

Hiring and Interviewing
Transportation Law Institute

Evaluation of Employee Performance
Chamber of Commerce

AIDS Discrimination in Hospitals
Louisiana Society of Hospital Attorneys

What About Unions in Healthcare and Nonprofit Facilities?
Council on Aging

Overview of Current Labor Issues and What You Must Know to Comply
National Business Institute

Theft, Lies and Videotape: Protecting Your Organization From Employee Fraud
Council on Education in Management

AWARDS & HONORS:
 Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2007, 2008

Leadership in Law, 2008


Leslie Ehret is a partner in the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Area. She works with companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to small, privately held companies.
She has extensive experience litigating all types of employment claims in federal and state courts on behalf of employers, including:

o Discrimination
o Harassment
o Wage and hour regulations
o Employment agreements and executive compensation
o Defamation and other employment torts
o Severance
o Workers' compensation
o Class actions

In addition to defending employers in litigation, Ms. Ehret counsels employers regarding day-to-day employment matters and advises companies on employment policies and procedures. She conducts training sessions for managers and supervisors on myriad workplace issues including:

o Supervisory Training: The Basics
o Prevention of Sexual and Other Forms or Harassment
o Documentation: Why? When? How?
o What You Don't Know Might Hurt You: Sage Advise for Managers & Supervisors
o Top Ten Wage and Hour Mistakes
o Hiring Mr. Right and Firing Ms. Wrong
o Theft, Lies and Videotope:Protecting Your Organization From Employee Fraud

Ms. Ehret is active in community affairs. She is a volunteer with numerous charities and fundraising initiatives in New Orleans, including New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation, Childrens Hospital, The Ogden Museum.






REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:

 - Trial attorney in race discrimination case proposed as class action in which class certification was defeated

- Lead attorney in seminal case regarding H2-B visa workers

- Represented chairman of large organization in sexual harassment case which was resolved in favor of the client

- Advised national company in corporate reorganization and downsizing

- Advised several Louisiana companies in right - sizing after Hurricane Katrina


PUBLICATION:

'What you don't know might hurt you'