ATLANTA, May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sanford Heisler Sharp today announced the addition of Nancy Rafuse, one of the nation’s leading employment lawyers, as its firmwide Head of Litigation. Rafuse will support from Atlanta Sanford Heisler Sharp’s litigation teams in its 6 offices across the U.S.
Rafuse practiced employment law for the past three decades as an equity partner at Seyfarth Shaw, Polsinelli, Paul Hastings, and her own firm, Ashe Rafuse & Hill. She currently serves as a counselor in residence at the University of Georgia School of Law, teaching courses in employment discrimination, wage and hour law, and litigation. She is also a member of the school’s Board of Visitors.
In addition to representing large institutional clients on the defense side, Rafuse has excelled on the plaintiffs’ side: She was counsel to a class of Louisiana State University women student athletes seeking equal participation opportunities under Title IX. After a month-long bench trial, the court found in the students’ favor and ordered LSU to include women’s soccer and softball. On appeal, the 5th Circuit affirmed the students’ victory and remanded for an award of compensatory damages to the class. Rafuse was also trial counsel in a gender discrimination matter against an Applebee’s franchisee on behalf of a female store manager. The case resulted in an approximately $1.9 million verdict for the manager.
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