LESLIE W. EHRET
PARTNER
Phone: (504) 599-8203
Fax: (504) 599-8263
Email: Leslie W. Ehret
PRACTICE AREAS
Labor & Employment
Class Actions
EDUCATION
Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987, J.D.
Louisiana State University, 1983, B.A.
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Louisiana
Alabama (Southern District)
Arkansas (Eastern and Western Districts)
Colorado (District of Colorado)
Illinois (Central and Northern Districts) United States Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh Circuits
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Committee for Liaison 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
Tulane School of Business, Visiting Lecturer
AWARDS & HONORS:
Benchmark Litigation, Labor and Employment Star, 2024
Best Lawyers in America, Litigation- Labor & Employment, 2014 - 2024
New Orleans City Business 'Ones to Watch in Law', April 2014
National Diversity Council's Louisiana Glass Ceiling Award, 2013
Louisiana Super Lawyer 2007, 2008, 2013-2024
Leadership in Law, Top 50 Attorneys in New Orleans, 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:
Discrimination
Harassment
Wage and hour
Employment agreements, non-competition, non-solicitation, and unfair competition
Defamation and other employment torts
Severance
Whistleblower
Class and collective actions
In addition to defending employers in litigation, Ms. Ehret counsels employers regarding day-to-day employment matters and advises on employment policies and procedures. She assists with disability, leave and health management, conducts investigations and provides training sessions for human resources departments, managers and supervisors on myriad workplace issues including:
Supervisory Training: The Basics
Prevention of Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment
Documentation: Why? When? How?
What You Don't Know Might Hurt You: Sage Advise for Managers and Supervisors
Top Ten Wage and Hour Mistakes
Hiring Mr. Right and Firing Ms. Wrong
Theft, Lies and Videotape: Protecting Your Organization from Employee Fraud
ADA & FMLA
Dealing with Problem Employees
Respect in the Workplace
Ms. Ehret is active in community affairs. She is a volunteer with numerous charities and fundraising initiatives in New Orleans.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Trial attorney in race discrimination case proposed as a class action in which class certification was defeated
Defended a seminal case for a global oil company in which class certification was defeated
Defended a national retailer in nationwide class action dealing with roof installation where class certification was defeated
Lead trial attorney on multiple FLSA collective actions
Lead attorney in seminal case regarding H2-B visa workers
Represented chairman of a large organization in sexual harassment case which was resolved in favor of the client
Advises companies in corporate reorganization and downsizing
Trial attorney in race and gender case proposed as class action in which class certification was defeated.
Advises companies on labor and employment issues related to acquisitions and mergers.
Conducts workplace investigations
Conducts training for human resource departments and managers