As an employment litigator, Elizabeth Liner defends clients against claims brought under Title VII, the FMLA, the ADA, the ADEA, the FLSA, and FELA, among others. She has specific experience representing clients in the construction, energy, health care, and banking industries. She also represents employers before state and federal administrative bodies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights (LCHR) and the Department of Labor (DOL).
With the eye of an employment litigator, she advises clients on a wide variety of day-to-day employment issues, including discipline and terminations, leave, disability accommodation, and policy implementation and enforcement in an effort to position clients to avoid employment litigation altogether. She advises and defends clients with regard to other employment-related tort claims, including claims related to drug testing policies and programs. In addition, Elizabeth drafts and enforces non-competition and non-solicitation agreements and frequently speaks and writes on emerging issues in labor and employment law.
Elizabeth's accomplishments in labor and employment law and her commitment to professional leadership have earned her recognition throughout Louisiana. She has been listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Labor and Employment Law - Management and selected to Louisiana Rising Stars for Employment & Labor and Employment Litigation: Defense. In addition to her legal practice, she serves as an Adjunct Professor at Louisiana State University and has held leadership positions with the Shreveport Bar Association's Women's Section and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, where she was recognized as the organization's Young Lawyer Committee Member of the Year.