Watson Spence partners, Alfreda Sheppard and Louis Hatcher, have won a big trial victory over the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC sued Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Phoebe) for disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed in 2017. Five years and one day after the filing of the lawsuit, a federal jury in the United Stated Middle District of …
Watson Spence Partners, Obtain Largest Employment Law Settlement Paid in Lee County
Watson Spence partners, Alfreda Sheppard and Louis Hatcher, have obtained what is reported to be the largest employment law settlement ever paid in a Lee County case by ACCG, the county’s insurer. Remarkably, the $225,000 settlement on behalf of Mike Sistrunk was obtained prior to a lawsuit being filed. Ms. Sheppard and Mr. Hatcher jointly noted: “We have been privileged …
Watson Spence Attorneys Recover Six-Figure Settlement
In October 2020, Watson Spence attorneys Alfreda Sheppard and Louis Hatcher recovered a six-figure monetary settlement to resolve a reverse discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in 2014, alleged that a white female employee of the Richmond County Probate Court was demoted and subjected to a hostile work environment by the Richmond County Probate Court Judge, an African-American male. …