Class and Collective Action Experience

Elarbee Thompson has a rich history of defending class action and collective action lawsuits involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and various other federal and state statutes. Our attorneys were the first in Georgia and the southeastern United States to represent employers in these type of lawsuits, for such companies as Georgia Power, Georgia Pacific, the City of Albany and Atlanta Gas Light. (U.S. v. Georgia Power; King v. Georgia Power; Johnson v. City of Albany; Martinez v. Georgia Pacific; Powell v. Georgia Pacific)

Our attorneys take aggressive actions for our clients confronted with class actions, multi-plaintiff litigation, or pattern and practice litigation. For example, upon learning of efforts by the EEOC to pursue a pattern and practice claim against a large national employer regarding alleged sexual harassment of over 200 current and former employees, our lawyers immediately took affidavits from the potential plaintiffs and obtained vital information that ended the EEOC’s pursuit of the case.

Thus, we are well-versed in defeating class actions and other multi-plaintiff litigation. Because we are actively involved in current class litigation, we have developed and maintain a wealth of research on class issues and are not required to "reinvent the wheel."