People: Heather G. Havette, Associate

Heather G. Havette

Associate

Atlanta
Direct: (404) 881-5449
Fax: (404) 892-7056
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Ms. Havette is a member of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group, and devotes her practice to advising employers of their rights and obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and representing management in litigation and administrative enforcement actions arising under state and federal wage and hour laws.  She has defended numerous class and collective actions brought by employees alleging a variety of state and federal wage and hour violations.  Ms. Havette specializes in the management of large actions involving numerous employees or groups of employees and has extensive experience with data collection, management and exposure analysis activities in the class action context.

Ms. Havette is a member of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group, and devotes her practice to advising employers of their rights and obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and representing management in litigation and administrative enforcement actions arising under state and federal wage and hour laws.  She has defended numerous class and collective actions brought by employees alleging a variety of state and federal wage and hour violations.  Ms. Havette specializes in the management of large actions involving numerous employees or groups of employees and has extensive experience with data collection, management and exposure analysis activities in the class action context.

Education

  • J.D., Duke University School of Law (2002)
  • B.A., College of the Holy Cross (1998)
    magna cum laude

Admissions

  • Georgia
  • California

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Representative Engagements

  • Bartlett v. Sam’s West, Inc., Case No. 02CC00297 (Superior Court of California, Orange County 2002) (state law class action alleging misclassification of assistant meat and bakery managers as exempt employees)  
  • Plenty v. The TJX Companies, Case No. CV-07-BE-1656-S (N.D. Ala. 2007) (putative FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of assistant store managers as exempt employees)
  • Taylor v. Ann Sacks Tile and Stone,  1:10-cv-00363 (N.D. Ga. 201) (FLSA action alleging that sales manager was owed back wages in the form of overtime)
  • Garcia v. Cintas Corporate Services, 1:10-cv-20290-JAL (S.D. Fla. 2010) (putative FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of tailors as independent contractors)
  • Cornn v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Case No. C03-2001 TEH (N.D. Cal. 2003) (state law class action alleging improper payment of wages to drivers)
  • Helgren v. Amgen USA, Inc., Case No. 2:06-CV-7182 AHM (RZx) (C.D. Cal. 2007) (putative FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of pharmaceutical sales representatives as exempt employees)
  • Maddox et al. v. Knowledge Learning Corp., Case No. 1:07-CV-0808 (N.D. Ga. 2007) (putative FLSA collective action alleging improper payment of wages to teachers at day care center)
  • Marlo v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Case No. CV 03-4336 DDP (C.D. Cal. 2003) (state law class action alleging misclassification of supervisors as exempt from California’s overtime requirements)
  • Noble v. Serco Inc., Case No. 08-76-DCR (E.D. Ky. 2008) (putative FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of military recruiters as exempt employees)
  • Norman et al. v. Spherion, Inc., Case No. C7-6028-7C (D. Ore. 2007) (putative collective and class action alleging improper payment of wages to sales representatives)
  • Ruggles et al. v. WellPoint, Inc., Case No. 1:08-CV-0201 LEK/RFT (N.D.N.Y. 2008) (multidistrict hybrid state law and federal class and collective actions alleging misclassification of nurses as exempt employees)
  • In Re Wachovia Securities, LLC Wage and Hour Litigation, MDL – 1807, No.  05-CV-1031 (C.D. Cal. 2006) (multidistrict hybrid state law and federal class and collective actions alleging misclassification of securities brokers as exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements and improper deductions from compensation)
  • Ruiz v. Serco Inc., Case No. 3:10-cv-394 (W.D. Wisc. 2010) (putative FLSA collective action alleging misclassification of family programs workers as exempt employees)

Presentations

  • Internal Training Presentation to Wage Hour Group: “Economists’ View of Evaluating a Wage-Hour Case (2008)
  • Training Presentation to Real Estate/Multi-Family Property Firm Community Managers and Directors Regarding Wage-Hour Matters (2007)

 

Publications

  • Contributing Author, "Chapter 17," Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012).  Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.
  • Contributing Editor, Linderman and Grossman, “Employment Discrimination Law,” Fourth Edition (2006)            
  • Contributing Author, “Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement,” ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2002-2006