Jeannine Novak

***C Virginia Circle, Northeast Atlanta, Georgia 30306 404-***-**** acudgu@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Georgia

Juris Doctor, 2001

Honors: Highest Grade in Legal Professionalism, Fall 1999.

Publication: Let’s Be Reasonable: Resolving Ambiguities of the Affirmative Defense to Vicarious Liability for Sexual Harassment After Faragher and Ellerth. Defense Counsel Journal, April 2001. 68 Def. Couns. J. 211 (2001).

Activities: Legal Intern, BellSouth Cellular Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall Semester 1999; Certified Mediator; Student Bar Association.

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Ithaca, New York

Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Labor Relations, 1998

Honors: Cornell Tradition Scholarship Fellow. Congressional Certificate of Merit, 1994.

Activities: Allied Signal Intern, ILR Office of Dean of Student Services, Ithaca, New York, October – December 1996, September 1997 – May 1998; President, Denmark’s International Studies Program, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Spring Semester 1997; Spanish Language Institute, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Winter Session 1996; College Program Associate and Spanish Interpreter, Walt Disney World Resorts, Inc., Orlando, Florida, May – August 1996; Curriculum Committee, ILR Office of the Dean.

LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE

EXPERIENCE

King & Spalding, LLP Atlanta, Georgia

Project Attorney March 2015-Present

Practice includes litigation support and discovery preparation in mass tort defense, including environmental, pharmaceutical, and products liability claims and conduct of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank audits.

Conduct first and second line review of documents for responsiveness, significance, confidentiality, and privilege.

Identify “hot docs” and prepare list of issues and exhibits for inclusion in defense strategy and witness examination.

Prepare privilege logs of documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine.

Review and analyze contract provisions in due diligence investigations relating to acquisition of target companies.

Counsel On Call, Atlanta, Georgia

Contract Attorney January – August 2006

Drafted EEOC position statements.

Conducted document review.

Jackson Lewis PC, Atlanta, Georgia

Labor Law and Employment Litigation Associate October 2004 – November 2005

Practice involved defending employers in workplace related litigation before federal and state courts and the National Labor Relations Board and counseling clients on preventive employee relations, human resources management, and union avoidance strategies.

Participated in collective bargaining negotiations.

Drafted pre-trial briefs and pleadings in employment litigation and traditional labor matters.

Responded to unfair labor practice charges and related inquiries from the National Labor Relations Board.

Contributed to The Developing Labor Law Supplement.

Created defense strategies for labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice hearings, and employment litigation matters.

Prepared witnesses and exhibits for depositions and hearings.

Advised clients on labor relations, personnel management, and union avoidance.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia

Labor and Employment Litigation Associate August 2001 – August 2004

Labor and Employment Litigation Summer Associate May – August 2000

Practice focused on management-side labor and employment litigation under federal and state employment discrimination statutes, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Managed litigation through disposition.

Argued motions in federal and state courts.

Drafted appellate briefs, summary judgment and

other pre-trial briefs, pleadings, and discovery.

Took and defended depositions.

Negotiated case settlements.

Responded to administrative inquiries.

Developed litigation and public relations strategies.

Assisted clients with daily employment issues, training, and preventive employee relations and management practices.

Drafted employment contracts and policies.

Delivered seminars and training sessions to human resources executives, management groups, and client employees.

Advised, counseled, and trained clients on labor relations, human resources management, and handling of disputes arising in the workplace.

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United States Attorney, Civil Division, Atlanta, Georgia

Legal Intern September 2000 – April 2001

Argued hearings in federal district court.

Drafted court memoranda, pleadings, and discovery.

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Legal Department, Atlanta, Georgia

Legal Intern January – April 2000

Drafted sections of trial briefs, reviews of charges recommended for litigation, and cause determinations.

Fisher & Phillips LLP, Atlanta, Georgia

Labor and Employment Litigation Summer Associate May – August 1999

Drafted court, administrative agency, and internal memoranda in management-side labor and employment firm.

VOLUNTEER

Atlanta Community Food Bank

Cornell Alumni Association of Atlanta President 2004-2005

Street Law Instructor

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