Projects
- Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller: Emotional Distress Damages Under the Rehabilitation Act and Affordable Care ActVirginia’s Worker Misclassification Law, VA Code § 58.1-1900-05 (“WML”), emphasizes the rights of employees to be properly classified as such, and makes it unlawful for employers to require or request that employees sign documents incorrectly classifying them as independent contractors. While the WML does not provide a statutory right of action, an employee terminated in violation of the policy stated in this law may have a common law claim for wrongful discharge.
- Virginia Equal Pay Act: Equal Pay for Equal WorkThe Virginia Equal Pay Act (“VEPA”), VA Code § 40.1-28.6, prohibits Virginia employers from paying employees less than employees of the opposite sex for doing the same work. The VEPA is similar to the federal Equal Pay Act and contains similar exceptions and remedies, but only covers employers not covered by the Equal Pay Act.
- Perez v. Mortgage Bankers: DOL Powers and Overtime Protections for Mortgage Loan OfficersIn Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass’n, 575 U.S. 92, 135 S. Ct. 1199 (2015), the Supreme Court held that an agency, like the Department of Labor, is not required to use notice-and-comment procedures when it wishes to issue a new interpretation of a regulation that deviates significantly from one the agency has previously adopted. The practical effect of this ruling was that the DOL’s 2010 interpretation of FLSA regulations concluding that mortgage-loan officers do not qualify for the FLSA’s administ
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Work history
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AttorneyCoffield Law
Charlottesville, United StatesFull Time
Founder
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Attorney Law ClerkTrout Unlimited
- Charlottesville, United StatesFull Time
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Skills
- Public Speaking
- Writing
- Academic Writing
- Research
Education
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J.D LawUniversity of Virginia School of Law
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MFAThe University of Montana
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Composition instructor. Curricula included critical and persuasive writing, techniques of research, rhetorical strategies.
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