Ms. Johnson is a senior associate in the Labor & Employment Department and is a member of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group.  Ms. Johnson devotes the majority of her practice to defending management in both single-plaintiff and complex federal and state wage and hour litigation and to conducting preventative, workplace assessments of employers’ pay practices and employee classifications to ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws.  Ms. Johnson also has experience with civil and commercial litigation matters and with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ms. Johnson represents employers throughout the United States in court litigation and agency investigation matters arising under federal and state wage and hour laws.  She has defended more than 50 lawsuits and investigative matters regarding minimum wage and overtime compensation alleged to be owed to employees in the financial services, consulting, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and real estate holding industries.  The privately brought lawsuits have ranged from complex multi-district hybrid actions under state and federal laws involving thousands of employees to the more basic single- and multi-plaintiff lawsuits asserting individual claims for back wages under the FLSA and state wage and hour laws.  The administrative matters that Ms. Johnson has defended have involved investigations by state and federal departments of labor on issues such as independent contractor status, unemployment, exempt classification, and wage payment issues.

Ms. Johnson speaks at public and employer-specific seminars regarding employers’ compliance with wage and hour matters and contributes to publications such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2009 - 2010).

Ms. Johnson is a senior associate in the Labor & Employment Department and is a member of the firm’s national Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group.  Ms. Johnson devotes the majority of her practice to defending management in both single-plaintiff and complex federal and state wage and hour litigation and to conducting preventative, workplace assessments of employers’ pay practices and employee classifications to ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws.  Ms. Johnson also has experience with civil and commercial litigation matters and with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ms. Johnson represents employers throughout the United States in court litigation and agency investigation matters arising under federal and state wage and hour laws.  She has defended more than 50 lawsuits and investigative matters regarding minimum wage and overtime compensation alleged to be owed to employees in the financial services, consulting, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and real estate holding industries.  The privately brought lawsuits have ranged from complex multi-district hybrid actions under state and federal laws involving thousands of employees to the more basic single- and multi-plaintiff lawsuits asserting individual claims for back wages under the FLSA and state wage and hour laws.  The administrative matters that Ms. Johnson has defended have involved investigations by state and federal departments of labor on issues such as independent contractor status, unemployment, exempt classification, and wage payment issues.

Ms. Johnson speaks at public and employer-specific seminars regarding employers’ compliance with wage and hour matters and contributes to publications such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, Cumulative Supplement, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2009 - 2010).