PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS THE LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT “On January 29, 2009, with the new law’s namesake Lilly Ledbetter there to witness, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — legislation to fight pay discrimination and ensure fundamental fairness to American workers.” YouTube Contact Us

NELA APPLAUDS LILLY LEDBETTER’S COUNSEL National Employment Lawyers Association Applauds Lilly Ledbetter’s Cousel Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantazis, LLC “Lilly could have accepted her lot and moved on. She could have decided that it wasn’t worth thehassle and the harassment that would inevitably come with speaking up for what she deserved.But instead, she decided that there was a principle at […]

NLRB PROPOSES TO REQUIRE ALL COVERED EMPLOYERS TO POST A NOTICE CONTAINING NLRA RIGHTS Excert taken from The Labor and Employment College Full article can be seen at World Blog   “EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT   “The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) guarantees the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively with their employers, and to […]

RACE DISCRIMINATION TRIAL STARTS IN MOBILE “Five black men who worked for Austal USA in Mobile took their racial discrimination lawsuit to federal court Monday, opening a 2-week civil trial. The plaintiffs, who seek unspecified damages, are among 22 people who made racial discrimination claims against the shipbuilder, which is the city’s largest industrial employer. They accused the company of allowing a hostile work […]

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST ASU VERDICT RETURNED Ms. McGowan represented three plaintiffs in a discrimination lawsuit against Alabama State University for claims of racial and sexual harassment and retaliation. The plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected to a racially and sexually hostile work environment from their supervisors, which included being called various forms of the “N” word and […]

EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION CHILI COOK-OFF Lawyers at Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, LLC participated in the 2013 Exceptional Foundation Chili Cookoff, helping raise over $200,000 to benefit social and recreational programs for mentally and physically challenged individuals. Led by Head Chef Dennis Pantazis, the team consisting of Brian Clark, Craig Lowell, Rocco Calamusa, Daniel Arciniegas, Kimberley Sanders, and Kurt Kilpatrick, cooked hot and delicious chili while braving a […]

From left to right Tamika Wren, Ann Robertson, Judge Carol Privett, and Robin Burrell WOMEN’S SECTION OF THE BIRMINGHAM BAR ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION The Women’s Section of the Birmingham Bar Association will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its founding in 2014. Ann Robertson was a founding member of the Section and was very active in its formation. As a member of the […]