Adams and Reese Partner
Elizabeth Roussel has been named the firm’s Labor and Employment Team Leader. Roussel, who focuses her practice in the areas of labor and employment litigation, commercial litigation and director and officer liability claims litigation, serves as a Partner in the firm’s New Orleans office.
Since 2002, she has represented a wide variety of clients including financial institutions, private Fortune 500 companies, public entities, nonprofit corporations, state agencies, private universities, public trusts and charter schools. In her labor and employment practice, she has defended employers in administrative proceedings before the EEOC and the Louisiana Department of Labor. Roussel has also served as counsel for corporate directors and officers in defending derivative suits alleging mismanagement, fraud and conversion. Additionally, she has litigated construction and real estate disputes, including expropriations and public works contract actions.
Roussel was named among the
New Orleans CityBusiness “Women of the Year” in 2011. In the community, she serves on the board of the Federal Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and is currently the Chair of the board of directors for the Children’s Bureau of New Orleans, a nonprofit United Way partner agency that provides mental health, counseling and other services to children and families. She is an active member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) and the ABA/EEOC Liaison Committee.
Adams and Reese labor and employment attorneys are admitted to practice at all levels of state, federal and appellate courts, and team members have argued and advocated before the EEOC, the OFCCP, the NLRB, OSHA, the DOL Wage-Hour Administration, as well as various state and local workplace agencies. They help clients with human resources requirements, union and non-union structures and the critical labor policies surrounding compensation, hiring, termination, retention, immigration and mergers and acquisitions.
The team has experience representing clients on a wide range of issues, including regulatory representation, benefits design and compliance, union negotiation and disputes, litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with offices strategically located throughout the southern United States and Washington, DC. American Lawyer includes Adams and Reese on its distinguished list of the nation's top law firms - "The Am Law 200.” The National Law Journal also includes the firm on the "NLJ 250" list of the nation's largest law firms.