RESUME OF STEPHEN F. FISHER

*** **** ****** ***** ? Spartanburg, South Carolina 29307

(Home) 864-***-**** ? (Cell) 864-***-**** ? acfg11@r.postjobfree.com

Employment Goal

My goal is to secure a senior level corporate human resource or

in-house counsel position that would allow me to apply my extensive

background as a trusted human resource and labor relations advisor and

consultant as well as an employment/labor/business attorney.

Qualifications Summary

Over twenty years of experience serving as a daily advisor to

human resource professionals on a wide range of employment-related

issues. Also an accomplished employment, labor and business attorney

with extensive experience advising and representing employers of all

types and sizes relating to employee relations legal issues in forums

from administrative agencies, state and federal courts, to the United

States Supreme Court. Over the past twenty years have handled

employment-related disputes in more than twenty states and provided

human resource professionals associated with employers of every size

with day-to-day employment law compliance counseling relating to their

decision making, policy development and application, risk analysis and

legal exposure. Have been involved in many sensitive investigations

and have provided advice on interviewing, hiring, performance

counseling, disciplinary issues and discharge decisions of all

varieties. Have designed and delivered training on all major

employment law subjects. Have extensive experience personally handling

agency charge investigations (EEOC, OFCCP, NLRB, SCHAC), as well as

employment, labor and business litigation, including trade secret,

contract and non-compete issues. Have handled numerous high exposure

negotiations, mediations and arbitrations. In addition, have

represented non-union employers during union elections and assisted

unionized employers with numerous contract interpretation questions as

wells as with grievances, arbitrations and unfair labor practices.

Example Employee Relations Skills

. Provide employee handbook and employment-related policy drafting,

review, interpretation and defense;

. Provide training and advice on application review, interviewing

and hiring decisions;

. Provide training and advice on performance appraisal and

disciplinary practices;

. Provide training and advice on discipline and discharge decisions

and defense of same;

. Provide training and advice on FMLA leave eligibility and

management and coordination with worker's compensation, ADA and

other issues;

. Prepare companies for and provide representation during on-site or

desk investigations by OFCCP, EEOC, Department of Labor, NLRB;

. Perform compensation, hiring, termination and promotion analysis

in connection with OFCCP affirmative action plan audits;

. Prepare and file annual EEO-1 and Vets 100A reports;

. Provide advice and defend decisions under Title VII, ADA, FMLA,

ADEA, ERISA, WARN, COBRA, USERRA and other state-law statutes such

as worker's compensation retaliation and unemployment

compensation;

. Provide advice and defend decisions under the FLSA relating to

minimum wage, overtime and exempt/non-exempt issues:

. Draft, interpret, defend or challenge employment contracts,

settlement agreements, non-compete, confidentiality and trade

secret provisions;

. General contract drafting and interpretation;

. Investigate allegations of management or employee misconduct such

as sexual harassment;

. Extensive and recent experience with union avoidance, policy

review, concerted activity and unfair labor practice issues before

the NLRB;

. Deep experience with mandatory employment arbitration systems and

enforcement;

. Excellent interpersonal skills honed through many investigations,

depositions and interviews;

. Abel to closely supervise activities and billing practices of

outside counsel;

. Excellent writing and public speaking skills, highly detail-

oriented, independent and deadline conscious;

. Advanced computer literacy including Microsoft Word, Excel and

PowerPoint.

Employee Relations/Legal Work Experience

Wimberly, Lawson, Daniels & Fisher, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina:

day-to-day employee relations consulting and advisement; practicing

labor and employment law primarily on behalf of management; Member,

2003 to present;

Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, LLP, Greenville, South Carolina:

day-to-day employee relations consulting and advisement; practicing

labor and employment law on behalf of management; Partner, 1999-2002,

Associate, 1995-1998;

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PA, Greenville, South

Carolina: day-to-day employee relations consulting and advisement;

practicing labor and employment law on behalf of management;

Associate, 1990 to 1994;

Education

University of South Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctor; Class Rank:

Top 7%; Honors included Order of the Coif and Order of the Wig and

Robe; Wofford College, Bachelor of Science, Biology.

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