Shannon K. Patton has spent her entire career as a management-side labor and employment attorney, with an emphasis on employment litigation, wage and hour issues and corporate counseling. She has successfully represented clients before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitration proceedings and mediations. She has handled a variety of employment-related cases, including class and collective action wage and hour matters and claims involving age, gender, race, religion, and disability discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. She also regularly counsels clients with respect to an array of employment issues, including:
- Wage and hour issues
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) obligations
- Reductions-in-force
- Employee discipline/termination
- Discrimination and harassment issues
- Internal investigations
- Contract negotiations
- Employee relations issues
- Policies and handbooks
- Pandemic and post-pandemic employment issues
Additionally, Shannon counsels corporations in virtually every line of business including:
- Corporate
- Education
- Manufacturing
- Real estate
- Energy
- Retail
- Healthcare and home care
- Hospitality
- Service industry
- Public sector
- Nonprofits
In addition to private practice, Shannon has in-house corporate counsel experience. She served as senior labor and employment counsel at American Greetings, a Fortune 1000 company. This in-house experience gives Shannon a more practical and cost-sensitive perspective in advising clients.