Kerry Shad
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Labor & Employment
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About
Provided by Kerry Shad
Practice Areas
Kerry Shad represents employers in connection with all aspects of employment-related litigation and counseling in multiple industries including pharmaceutical, financial, technology, biotech, insurance and hospital/health care. Kerry has extensive experience representing companies in individual, class and collective action discrimination and wage and hour claims at the agency level and in state and federal court and in arbitration; serving as “in house” employment litigation counsel for a large company managing litigation in jurisdictions across the country; conducting internal harassment and employee misconduct investigations; and advising companies on a variety of employment-related risk management issues.
Career
Kerry has been a Partner since 1999; is listed in Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers; and is very actively involved in Firm leadership, including as an elected member of Smith Anderson’s Management Committee, including chair of the compensation process, and co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Professional Memberships
Admitted to practice in North Carolina (1991); U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1994); Supreme Court of the United States (2005).
Publications
Publications:
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JD (with honors), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991; B.S., in Psychology, Florida State University, 1985.
Chambers Review
USA
Kerry Shad is an experienced employment litigator who frequently advises clients from the manufacturing, pharmaceutical and hospitality industries, among others. She is particularly expert in discrimination claims and wage and hour actions, as well as advising on retaliation suits.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kerry has exceptional judgment, and is very experienced in reputational risk and litigation risk. She offers a very nice balance of advice to help us navigate a whole host of situations. She has a very clear and concise style and is a very effective communicator."
"Kerry is a strong communicator – wise, practical, and brilliant."
"Kerry is easy to work with. She is approachable, knowledgeable and very practical."
"Kerry has exceptional judgment, and is very experienced in reputational risk and litigation risk. She offers a very nice balance of advice to help us navigate a whole host of situations. She has a very clear and concise style and is a very effective communicator."
"Kerry is a strong communicator – wise, practical, and brilliant."
"Kerry is easy to work with. She is approachable, knowledgeable and very practical."
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