Kara E. Shea
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Labor & Employment
Band 2
About
Provided by Kara E. Shea
Practice Areas
Advises employers in a variety of industries including: financial services, healthcare, and transportation. Assists with wage and hour compliance, employee leave and accommodation issues, and workplace investigations. Also represents employers before administrative agencies and in litigation, including defending employers in discrimination, whistleblower, FMLA, noncompete, and wage and hour cases, including class actions. Regularly speaks on employment-related topics and provides supervisory training on topics including FMLA and FLSA compliance, conducting workplace investigations, and implementing employee discipline.
Publications
Co-author of a comprehensive guide to wage and hour compliance; Editor of the Tennessee Employment Law Letter.
Chambers Review
USA
Kara Shea offers expertise in ADA compliance training, workplace investigations and litigation assistance. Her recent experience includes advising on harassment cases and providing guidance on sensitive employee severance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kara is an excellent lawyer."
"Kara is always eager and willing to counsel her clients with good solutions and ideas."
"Kara is friendly and wonderful to work with. We trust her and her judgment implicitly."
"Her knowledge of employment law is extensive and she always provides us with level-headed, well-reasoned and balanced guidance."
"Kara is an excellent lawyer."
"Kara is always eager and willing to counsel her clients with good solutions and ideas."
"Kara is friendly and wonderful to work with. We trust her and her judgment implicitly."
"Her knowledge of employment law is extensive and she always provides us with level-headed, well-reasoned and balanced guidance."