KatieGraham Poirot
Associate
Labor & Employment
kgpoirot@seyfarth.com
Katie helps employers address legal hurdles so that they can focus on their business goals.
More About Katie
Katie’s practice focuses on advising clients on a broad range of employment-related matters, including handbook and policy drafting, leaves and accommodations, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, with an emphasis in nationwide paid leave and leave of absence matters.
On the litigation side of her practice, Katie defends clients in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters and represents employers in single- and multiplaintiff cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliatory discharge, failure to accommodate and interference with protected rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and various other local, state, and federal statutes. Katie also handles administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
On the litigation side of her practice, Katie defends clients in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters and represents employers in single- and multiplaintiff cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliatory discharge, failure to accommodate and interference with protected rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and various other local, state, and federal statutes. Katie also handles administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- JD, The University of Georgia School of Law
Cum laude
Georgia Law Review - BA, University of Georgia
English; International Affairs; Political Science
Magna cum laude with High Honors
- Georgia
- US District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Related Services
- Co-Author, "If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 107: Colorado Amends Paid Sick Leave Law; Public Health Emergency Leave for COVID-19 Ends this Week," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 7, 2023)
- Author, "To Trust or Not to Trust: Native American Healthcare Improvement in the Supreme Court’s Hands," 56 Ga. L. Rev. 1281 (2022)
Katie helps employers address legal hurdles so that they can focus on their business goals.
More About Katie
Katie’s practice focuses on advising clients on a broad range of employment-related matters, including handbook and policy drafting, leaves and accommodations, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, with an emphasis in nationwide paid leave and leave of absence matters.
On the litigation side of her practice, Katie defends clients in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters and represents employers in single- and multiplaintiff cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliatory discharge, failure to accommodate and interference with protected rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and various other local, state, and federal statutes. Katie also handles administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
On the litigation side of her practice, Katie defends clients in restrictive covenant and trade secret matters and represents employers in single- and multiplaintiff cases involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliatory discharge, failure to accommodate and interference with protected rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and various other local, state, and federal statutes. Katie also handles administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- JD, The University of Georgia School of Law
Cum laude
Georgia Law Review - BA, University of Georgia
English; International Affairs; Political Science
Magna cum laude with High Honors
- Georgia
- US District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Related Services
- Co-Author, "If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 107: Colorado Amends Paid Sick Leave Law; Public Health Emergency Leave for COVID-19 Ends this Week," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 7, 2023)
- Author, "To Trust or Not to Trust: Native American Healthcare Improvement in the Supreme Court’s Hands," 56 Ga. L. Rev. 1281 (2022)