Nancy Rafuse > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile
Seyfarth Shaw LLP Offices
1075 PEACHTREE STREET, NE
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ATLANTA, GA 30309-3962
GEORGIA
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Nancy Rafuse
Work Department
Labor & Employment Department; Wage & Hour Litigation
Career
Nancy Rafuse is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP’s Atlanta office. Nancy has served as lead trial counsel in all areas of employment litigation, including cases filed under the anti-discrimination statutes (Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, Section 1981, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act) as well as other employment-related statutes (the FMLA, FLSA, OSHA, ERISA). Nancy serves as lead counsel defending companies in response to alleged Rule 23 class actions, as well as alleged FLSA collective actions. She has developed a national reputation over her 25 plus years of practice working with and cross-examining such experts as statisticians, labor economists, and industrial and organizational psychologists.
Nancy is also called upon by clients to assist with the review of employment tests and hiring and promotional assessments. She is regularly invited to speak to national bar associations, industry groups, and management and human resources groups on employment and labor related issues, and also regularly presents to industry and expert groups on the subjects of statistics and labor economics.
Nancy is frequently called upon to advise clients concerning high-level, executive employment related issues, including drafting and interpreting executive contracts and compensation agreements, enforcing restrictive covenants and advising clients with respect to confidential executive placements, investigations and departures.
Education
JD, University of Georgia School of Law
Magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
Georgia Law Review, notes editor
BBA, University of Georgia
Finance
Cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious