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Stanford G. Wilson






Stanford G. Wilson
   –   Managing Partner
swilson@elarbeethompson.com
(404) 582-8434
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Practice Areas

Labor & Employment Litigation
Labor Relations
Complex Litigation (Directors & Officers, Specialty Claims)
Trade Secrets Protection & Non-Competition Litigation
Employer Counseling, Training & Litigation Prevention
Mining & Chemical Operations
Hospitality & Service Industries
Rubber & Tire Manufacturing

Education

J.D., with distinction, Emory University, 1980
B.B.A., summa cum laude, Georgia College and State University, 1977

Admitted to Practice

Georgia
District of Columbia

Profile

Stan focuses on defending employers in employment-related litigation and in traditional labor matters, including unfair labor practice proceedings, representation cases, arbitrations, and collective bargaining. He also focuses on proactively counseling employers regarding day-to-day employment decisions in order to avoid litigation. He works with a variety of employers nationwide, including chemicals and mining operations, major restaurant chains, manufacturing, and retail operations.

Areas of Practice
Employment Discrimination Litigation

Stan focuses on defending class or collective actions relating to wage and hour law, race, gender, or age discrimination. Stan successfully defended a large restaurant chain against a claim of sex discrimination by the EEOC and a multi-plaintiff age discrimination suit against a major paper manufacturer.

Labor Relations
Stan recently helped unionized companies modify collective bargaining agreements and past practices to address rising health care costs and to defend cases regarding modifications to retiree health benefits. Stan also provides counseling and assistance regarding plant relocations and consolidations.

Complex Litigation
Stan recently represented a large company in a fraud/negligence case involving professional liability.  He works within the firm's Complex Litigation Group handling other professional liability, directors and officers liability, errors & omission claims, as well as products liability and commercial litigation. Stan also works with specialty insurers who insure these particular complex litigation areas.

Professional Associations
State Bar of Georgia
American Bar Association
Atlanta Bar Association
Vistage
Georgia Mining Association
 
Civic and Community Service
Member, Board of Directors, Transitions Hospice Care
Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
Member, Board of Advisors, Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 

Awards & Honors

Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
Chambers USA Leading American Business Lawyer
Georgia Super Lawyers (Top 100 Vote-Getter)
Georgia Trend's Legal Elite
The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
BTI Consulting "Client Service All-Star"

 

 

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